You have some new choices in the oil aisle of the grocery store, and some of them are definitely better and healthier than others. The good news is that there are some delicious oils now available (forget that old vegetable oil!) and they are healthy too. Here’s the scoop: Avocado Oil This is the new […]
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Arsenic in Rice
For several years now the FDA has known that levels of arsenic in rice are much higher than is healthy. They just don’t know what to do about it. Arsenic is a Class 1 Carcinogen, meaning it is a cancer promoter. Its on the same level as cigarette smoking, asbestos, and formaldehyde. Arsenic also contributes […]
New Habits and Game Changing Beans
Hello and Happy New Year! We are halfway through January and many of us have already left our New Year’s Resolutions behind. I help people make positive, healthy changes that last. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that keeping resolutions is hard, but creating new habits can be easy. The trick is to […]
Blood Pressure Making You Feel Old?
While my mind thinks I’m still 19, my arteries are not fooled and the blood pressure reading at my last check-up was inching above my usual 110 over 65. In fact, it was almost to the pre-hypertension stage, and it really threw me for a loop. High blood pressure is the #1 risk factor for […]
The new MIND diet
There is a new diet in town, the MIND diet, and it promises to keep our brains sharp and healthy throughout our old age. Surprisingly it may actually deliver on that promise. Despite what commercials and headlines scream at us every day, there are only three diets that have been proven time and again, in […]
Nutrigenomics and You
When I was in grad school studying nutrition, the field of nutrigenomics (how genes and nutrition interact) was just getting started. The human genome was in the process of being decoded, and scientists were beginning to make rapid progress in finding out what each gene does. The thought that we could personalize each person’s medical […]