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5 Simple Things to Live Longer, Better

The five things to do that will help you live a longer and more vital life:1. Eat a big breakfast. 2. Eat more vegetables and fruits; minimize meat. 3. Eat beans. 4. Eat nuts. 5. Have sex. Here are the details…

Are You Getting Fat and Sick from Sugar?

Sugar can kill, especially if it’s high-fructose corn syrup. It’s in everything that comes in a can, bottle or box, and it will make you fat and unhealthy. One problem with it is that all of it has to be metabolized by the liver, so it can fatten the liver and lead to disease.

Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign

One in three children are overweight or obese, as are 60% of adults. Obesity is causing a health crisis in American and threatens early death and a bankrupt health care system. Fortunately, diabetes can be preventable, treatable and reversible.

Want 10 Extra Years? It’s Easier Than You Think In The Blue Zones!

Author Dan Buettner writes about areas he calls “blue zones”, like Sardinia, Okinawa, Costa Rica (the Nicoya Peninsula), Ikaria (a Greek island), and Loma Linda, California. What these blue zone residents have in common include exercising regularly, eating more vegetables/less meat, engaging in social networking, and having a sense of purpose.

Vaccine Update and 8 Health Tips X 2

Medical journal The Lancet withdrew assertions that vaccines may cause autism. 8 foods that reduce fat and 8 health rumors are investigated.

Dr. Weil and Kevin Rose Talk Health (Video)

Kevin Rose interviews Dr. Weil. The bottom line on Soda, Energy Drinks, Diary, Soy, Vitamins (esp. Vitamin D), Omega-3, Cell Phone Radiation, Eye Health, Antioxidants, Atkins, Trans Fat, Depression, Exercise, Juice Cleanses and Tea… whew!

Ten Foods for Longevity

Food can help make you live longer. Enhance longevity with super foods, organic foods, such as salmon, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, etc.

Dr Oz and the 14-Day Reboot Diet Plan

Dr. Oz’s Reboot Diet. The first 7 days are key as are the 5 foods that make you fat. How stress ads to belly fat and changes hormones.

Dr. Oz’s New Year’s Prescription: 3 “Revolution Resolutions”

Dr. Oz’s prescription for New Year’s resolutions: More sleep, don’t go hungry, and have more sex. Sleep reduces stress. Healthy snacks prevents over eating. Sex is…

Mind Over Food — 7 Steps for Food Control

Substitute that negative image or thought in your head with one you want. Think apple when apple pie appears in your mind’s eye.

Over Indulgence — The Day After

Dr. Mao’s simple detox suggestions for cleansing an over-stuffed body. Here are some simple but effective remedies for a health detox after overindulging this Holiday Season.

Superfoods, Anyone?

A Simple, But Uncommon, Common Thread YOU PROBABLY have bumped into a myriad of stories over the last several years about “superfoods”, and some superplaces were people live long and well because of their diets, as this great site, Blue Zones, proves. From the Blue Zones “About” section: “… we took teams of scientists to […]

How Depressing is Your Food? And You?

What You Eat Counts! RIGHT NOW, here in my little hamlet just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, it’s steadily raining. November is in full swing, the days grow short, my work is erratic. All this is a potent combination for some depression; at least a tinge, no? Well… actually, I feel great, which is […]

The Basics — My Approach to Health

A comprehensive approach to health focuses on the interplay of body, mind and spirit. Here are some details.

Prostrate Surgery — the Pros and Cons

Non-invasive or extensive surgery? Robots or surgeon-direct? Roni Caryn Rabin writes a good article in the New York Times today summarizing a recent study examining the pros and cons of prostrate surgery. This is a topic dear to many men’s heart (and the women who love them) as they climb into the second half of […]

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