Have you read a good book lately? Most people sadly answer “No”. We all know the reasons for this; it is not worth it to enumerate the excuses, “But, by the neglect of the studies of

EDITOR’S NOTE The controversy over the Paleo Diet is gathering more steam. Being an integrative doctor I look for the Middle Road. We have known for decades that some people don’t do well

EDITOR’S NOTE  Best wishes for this New Year. I hope you resolve to work on the 90% of factors (diet, environment, relationships) that affect your health, most of which are not covered by the Af

EDITOR’S NOTE We have reporting on the brain-gut connection since the inception of this newsletter. Briefly, it means that the food we eat, the toxins generated in the gut and in the environment

EDITOR’S NOTE A well-intended sympathizer of Integrative Health recently reminded me of an insidious issue that causes misunderstandings among skeptics. Her zeal for her companies’ Iodine

EDITOR’S NOTE The cholesterol story leaves out significant facts in order to focus on the treatment of cholesterol with pharmaceuticals. While this is helpful in certain cases, it is not the onl