Four Tips for Staying Healthy and Living Longer
Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. What can you do to gain the benefits of prevention? How can you …
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Will Detox End My Food Addiction?
Detox is big these days. Everybody’s talking about and trying it—juicing, fasting, cleansing, odd diets, colonics, and more. There are ancient healing systems that teach about detoxification—including ayurveda—and each approach …
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5 Tips to Prevent Premature Aging
If you’re wondering how to live well and prevent premature aging, just ask Wendy Bazilian: As a food enthusiast and fitness specialist, she has some extensive experience under her belt. …
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Focus On: Antioxidants
Antioxidants are compounds produced in your body and found in foods. They help defend your cells from damage caused by potentially harmful molecules known as free radicals. When free radicals accumulate, …
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How Diet Causes and Heals Heart Disease
“Jim” was a patient of mine years back. He had come to me for holistic advice on heart health—his doctors were recommending statin drugs to control his cholesterol, even though …
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Hormone replacement therapy may be beneficial for women’s memory
A type of hormone replacement therapy may protect memory for some women, according to a new USC-led study. The findings by USC researchers are the latest to indicate that hormone …
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Cold and Flu and Sneezes, Oh My!
Fall is often the start of the cold and flu season. When is a sneeze the beginning of a cold—or the harbinger of influenza—and when is it just a sneeze? …
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Defeating Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a killer that doesn’t care about race, religious beliefs, or socioeconomic status. Christine Horner, MD, a nationally recognized surgeon and the author of Waking the Warrior Goddess, …
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From Gut to Brain: The Inflammation Connection
When a woman experiences fatigue, brain clouding, flat mood, PMS, and/or constipation, we call it a result of anxiety or stress, then we stick her on an antidepressant that she …
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A Diet to Control Hypertension
Despite its prevalence, high blood pressure (also known as hypertension, or HTN) is a somewhat mystifying condition. It’s a serious symptom of cardiovascular dysfunction and can be the smoking gun …
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