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ORGANIC FOOD SHOPPING ON A BUDGET By now, most people are well aware of the health benefits organic food can provide over conventional, intensively-farmed foods. Fruits, vegetables, fungi and animal products which are created using modern, mass production-based methods of farming are literally seething with toxins. These foods are riddled with carcinogenic compounds, hormone-altering chemicals, […]
WHY GLUTATHIONE IS THE KING OF ANTIOXIDANTS If you make a point of placing your ear to the health community ground every so often, you’ve probably heard the occasional mention of a mysterious thing called glutathione. Along with this word, you’ve possibly also heard phrases such as “master antioxidant” or “most important nutrient”. But what […]
The Righteous Predator Donovan Green came to the Bronx from Jamaica in the early 1980s. This was a tough time to be a kid in the South Bronx. Donovan found that out the hard way. He saw the daily fights, the shootings, the stabbings, and the colorful crack cocaine vial tops that he and his […]
A History of Witches The Malleus Maleficarum, (“Witches Hammer”) was first published in 1486. It is said to have played a major role in the estimated nine million deaths – most of those women – during the 250 years of the Inquisition. It was a guidebook used in the identification, prosecution, and execution of women […]
Learning From Our Cravings Most of us have a love/hate relationship with our cravings and desires. With wisdom gained from tough personal experience, Alex Jamieson teaches us to honor our desires and cravings. She wants us to change our relationship with our food and our bodies. Alex was the co-star of the award-winning documentary Supersize […]
Metagenomic Testing We are learning that there are more microbes out there in the world than we ever though could be possible. And Robert Rountree who does a lot of work for the Institute for Functional Medicine is one of the experts lifting the veil off of this topic and finding that we are swimming in […]
We Come From Mushrooms Say what? According to Tero Isokauppila, an expert in the world of all things mushroom. Tero is from Finland and grew up on the organic family farm that’s in it’s 13th generation. He says that about 10 years ago scientists figured out that we actually come from mushrooms, not plants. About 1.3 […]
Sleep is the answer Most of us are not getting the sleep we need and it’s wreaking havoc on our lies. But I’ve got my good friend Shawn Stevenson on today who’s the host of The Model Health show and author of a new book called Sleep Smarter. He’s got some great solutions for […]
How Can You Get More Energy? Ari Whitten was buried in the scientific literature for two years looking for a an answer to a nagging question: where does energy really come from in the body? Along the path he discovered a concept called Hormesis which is rooted in new scientific understanding of cellular biology. Essentially, “what […]
Advertising is tricking our kids If you have young kids and you let them catch some cartoons so you can get things done around the house, you’ve most likely seen how commercials tell our kids everything that they need. From toys to Lucky Charms, Madison Avenue knows what it’s doing. And my guest today, Dr […]
Discovering Veganism Food politics can be nasty. The battle between vegans and meat-eaters often becomes heated. Kevin Gianni, a vegan for six years, was right in the middle of the conflict. Kevin moved from a Standard American Diet to a vegan lifestyle after listening to an MP3 recording of raw foodist celebrity, David Wolfe. He […]
Clinical Depression and Society It’s hard to turn on the TV without seeing a commercial about depression drugs these days. And the sad truth is that the number of adults dealing with depression is really high- 14.8 million Americans are suffering from it. And the even scarier part to that statistic is that women […]
What Exactly IS Leaky Gut? Well, if there’s one person who really knows what this is, it’s Dr. Josh Axe who has just written a great book about this syndrome and intestinal permeability. Leaky gut is when you the gates of your intestines stay open when they should be closed. So things start passing into the bloodstream […]
Eating For YOUR Body Dr. Warren Willey is a board certified osteopath who has spent 20 years focusing on weight loss and coming at it from a different angle than the typical rhetoric we are used to hearing. At his clinic in Idaho, he stresses how to eat for your body, understand the effect of your food, and […]
Definition of a Migraine People suffering from migraines live in a world of terrible pain that’s compounded by confusion and uncertainty. Dr. Steven Graff-Radford is a dentist who has devoted his professional life to easing that pain, uncertainty, and confusion. He is also the Director of the Headache Orofacial Pain and Sleep Apnea Program at […]
Emeran Mayer, MD is a sensible man. I’ve interviewed scores of health celebrities who’re all touting some miracle solution to something people want to relieve…but not Dr Mayer. He looks at data- HUMAN data because lab rats are not the end all. His book, “The Mind Gut Connection” helps us understand the science (the stuff […]
Plastic Surgery – Curse or Blessing? Dr. Anthony Youn is a board-certified plastic surgeon. He believes that surgery should be the last option for most people who want to look younger. Skin is the largest organ and the one that most easily lends itself to abuse. Dr. Youn says that every time he prepares to […]
A Healthy Heart Starts In The Kitchen Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s goal is to end heart disease. It’s the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. He bases his approach on a nutrition plan that some would call “aggressive.” He is a six-time New York Times bestselling author and the board […]
Becoming A Vegan Veganism can be a loaded word. For some, it symbolizes a spiritual, healthy, and humane way of eating. For others, it conjures up thoughts of skinny, animal rights zealots. Donovan Green is a martial artist, author, personal trainer, nutritionist, and… …a vegan. As a Jamaican-born, Bronx-bred, muscular, ball of energy, he turns […]
Mr. Universe to Mr. Marshmallow He went from Mr. Universe to “Mr. Marshmallow.” Wade Lightheart gained 42 pounds of water and fat in 11 weeks after competing in a national bodybuilding competition. He became ill. He was confused about how this could happen to him after being in, what he though, was the best shape […]
