The State of Our Health Care System

I left it in 2015 for many reasons. Some of them are mentioned in the excellent articles included below   Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re Demoralized by Our Health System By Eric Reinhart, New York Times, February 5, 2023 Doctors have long diagnosed many of our sickest
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Beyond Skin-Deep Therapies

If you have had any skin problem, you were very likely prescribed a cream to put on the problem. It may result in enough improvement. BUT it would be better if you worked on the source of the problem: a microbiome (gut bacteria) imbalance. This is most often due to poor diets, antibio
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Volume 24 • Number 2 • February 2023

Losing weight bedevils most of us (see blog February 2023). There are many ways to address obesity. The best one is the one that works for you. Still, diet and exercise are the cornerstones. But what if you are not motivated to exercise? What if you are not losing weight despite your
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Losing Weight

Intermittent fasting—not good now? Intermittent fasting has received a lot of attention from patients and researchers in the last few years. It does seem to work. But, as is usually the case, we are now seeing studies that may dampen our initial enthusiasm. But take courage: the main
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Volume 24 • Number 1 • January 2023

The good news about chocolate continues. Now we know that its benefits are greatly mediated through its salutary effect on the microbiome. It should be a surprise to those who have understood the wide impact of nutrition on our gut bacteria. But before rushing to the grocery store, ma
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