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Food, Inc. The Movie: Should You Be A “Locavore?”

I have never been one to shy away from the truths about our world. An Inconvenient Truth was a movie that affected many of us profoundly. Most of my family does not like Al Gore because they are in...

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The Four Pillars Of Health

I recently moved my work to the Palm Springs area of California. I am the Vice President for Primary Care at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. My duties include starting a new...

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Glycemic Load: How To Lose Weight Without Being As Hungry

I’ve written before here about the glycemic index, that measure of how fast a food causes your blood sugar to rise. High glycemic foods, like simple sugars, cause our blood sugars to rise quickly...

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Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat?

You would expect that diet sodas would help you lose weight since they have no or minimal calories. Drinking a diet soda rather than a regular soda saves you all that sugar, right? Many people develop...

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Ideal Cardiovascular Health: It’s Within Your Grasp

You too can have ideal cardiovascular health. What is that you may ask? The American Heart Association has come out with a new report that defines it. Ideal cardiovascular health means you do all of...

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Belly Fat Is A Risk Factor For Dementia

One of the great fears we all have is to lose our mental ability as we grow old. No one wants to end their life with dementia (such as Alzheimer’s Disease). We all should be highly motivated to do...

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An Eater’s Guide To Food

Michael Pollan has become one of our most important writers about human nutrition. His book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006), spelled out why the almost eight billion humans on this planet had better...

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Can Sugar Raise Your Blood Pressure?

Most of us know that salt raises blood pressure in many people. When I learned that in medical school almost 40 years ago, I have not touched a salt shaker since. I enjoy having a low normal blood...

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Food, Inc. The Movie: Should You Be A “Locavore?”

I have never been one to shy away from the truths about our world. An Inconvenient Truth was a movie that affected many of us profoundly. Most of my family does not like Al Gore because they are in...

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The Four Pillars Of Health

I recently moved my work to the Palm Springs area of California. I am the Vice President for Primary Care at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. My duties include starting a new...

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Glycemic Load: How To Lose Weight Without Being As Hungry

I’ve written before here about the glycemic index, that measure of how fast a food causes your blood sugar to rise. High glycemic foods, like simple sugars, cause our blood sugars to rise quickly...

View Article

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Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat?

You would expect that diet sodas would help you lose weight since they have no or minimal calories. Drinking a diet soda rather than a regular soda saves you all that sugar, right? Many people develop...

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Ideal Cardiovascular Health: It’s Within Your Grasp

You too can have ideal cardiovascular health. What is that you may ask? The American Heart Association has come out with a new report that defines it. Ideal cardiovascular health means you do all of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Belly Fat Is A Risk Factor For Dementia

One of the great fears we all have is to lose our mental ability as we grow old. No one wants to end their life with dementia (such as Alzheimer’s Disease). We all should be highly motivated to do...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

An Eater’s Guide To Food

Michael Pollan has become one of our most important writers about human nutrition. His book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006), spelled out why the almost eight billion humans on this planet had better...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Can Sugar Raise Your Blood Pressure?

Most of us know that salt raises blood pressure in many people. When I learned that in medical school almost 40 years ago, I have not touched a salt shaker since. I enjoy having a low normal blood...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Food, Inc. The Movie: Should You Be A “Locavore?”

I have never been one to shy away from the truths about our world. An Inconvenient Truth was a movie that affected many of us profoundly. Most of my family does not like Al Gore because they are in...

View Article


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The Four Pillars Of Health

I recently moved my work to the Palm Springs area of California. I am the Vice President for Primary Care at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. My duties include starting a new...

View Article

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Glycemic Load: How To Lose Weight Without Being As Hungry

I’ve written before here about the glycemic index, that measure of how fast a food causes your blood sugar to rise. High glycemic foods, like simple sugars, cause our blood sugars to rise quickly...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat?

You would expect that diet sodas would help you lose weight since they have no or minimal calories. Drinking a diet soda rather than a regular soda saves you all that sugar, right? Many people develop...

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