Sweet and Sour

My first book was called LICKING SWEET DEATH. It chronicled how toxic and addicting processed sugars are. The evidence keeps mounting that they are behind metabolic problems and practically all diseases, including cancer. They start by hitting below the belt—the gut and liver. Our gut
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Does Your Expensive Health Insurance Help You Live Longer?

Not that much. The Care system is loaded with expensive bells and whistles. Nutrition, lifestyles, environmental toxins and emotional-spiritual issues helping longevity are seldom covered, even though those issues contribute to longevity much more than the system’s expensive, invasive
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Marianne Williamson’s Platform—the best way to fix our Disease Care System

I am begging you to read her platform below. I am not sure about the rest of Marianne Williamson’s presidential platform, but her comments on health care in our country are exactly what I and better qualified people have been saying for years. PLEASE, take the time to read what she ha
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Social Media’s Dark Side

A recent survey found that 60% of people approve of modern technology, but only 25% approve of Twitter and 36% of Facebook. It is very telling that 80% feel social media is a waste of time, yet 70% of people still use it. It tells me many of them cannot help themselves—they are addict
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NUTRITION-BASED MEDICINE: WILLET HAPPEN SOON?

Doctor Willet is one of my heroes. He has championed Nutrition as the cornerstone of health and medicine. With no further ado, here is his latest salvo. Maybe it will be noted as the turning point towards a more rational, effective and cheaper way to practice medicine. “Nutrition educ
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Bacchus Blues

The science on the virtues of having a small serving of alcohol a day has been strong for decades. Until now. It seems that ANY alcohol has deleterious effects. The more alcohol the more the damage. This is a resounding vindication for teetotalers, unless further studies swing the pen
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To EHR Is Inhumane

To EHR Is Inhumane—Addressing the Shortcomings of the Interface, Medscape March 26th 2019 That is the title that Peter M. Antevy, MD and Tracey A. Loscar, BA, NRP chose for their excellent article reproduced below. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I have written about the factors
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Physician Burnout

Physician burnout has reached critical proportions. It has been shown to affect more than 1/3 pf doctors. Many of them are depressed and feeling like the profession has not lived to their altruistic, humanitarian expectations. Some feel trapped in a health care system that mistreats t
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