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The Surprising Therapeutic Benefits of Xylitol

Looking for recipes? Scroll down… Xylitol is a 5-carbon sugar that has 40% fewer calories and 75% fewer carbs than refined white sugar. Xylitol is a mere 7 on the glycemic index (which measures the impact of food on our blood sugar levels), compared to sugar’s glycemic index of 100. It has no bad aftertaste,Continue reading “The Surprising Therapeutic Benefits of Xylitol”

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Juicing

Juicing can be one of the most beneficial things you can do for your health, if you do it right. Juicing supports your overall vitality, and the health of your digestion, metabolism, skin, liver, and joints.

Help for Managing Holiday Stress

If you’re one of those folks who sails through this season with grace and ease, and nary a dark thought, then go ahead – skip this column.

Exploring vegetarian, gluten-free options

Is going gluten free and vegan the new key to health? Maybe, maybe not.

Give A Gift of Health (with free shipping)

Here are 10 gifts from my practice, in a price range from very little to extravagant. And as you’re reading, remember that you, too, deserve the gift of health.

Female in Your 40s or 50s?

In a culture that worships at the altar of youth, what can a woman expect once she reaches her forties, fifties or sixties? Is it true that aging means gaining weight, lost libido, thinning hair, and increasing aches, pains and physical woes? Absolutely not! This can be a wonderful time of life, if women learn to take care of themselves as well as they’ve taken care of everyone else in the decades before.

Season of Gratitude

Just because Thanksgiving is over is no reason to stop giving thanks. It’s one of the best and simplest daily practices around.

Extra Calcium and Vitamin D Aren’t Necessary, Report Says – NYTimes.com

Sometimes I feel like a broken record on this one. As with everything else, what matters is not how much you take in or ingest, but what your body can or can not do with it.

Aging Ills Reversed in Mice – WSJ.com

Aging Ills Reversed in Mice – WSJ.com. The subject of telomeres is fascinating, and one I have been following for several years. In fact I wrote my very first blog piece about telomeres! When this will actually benefit humans in a safe and reliable way is still not foreseeable, but the potential is intriguing. InContinue reading “Aging Ills Reversed in Mice – WSJ.com”

6 Simple Steps for a Healthier Brain

Are you concerned about Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia? Did you know that much of your future brain health can be significantly influenced by your lifestyle choices now?