Blog — Wellness
Best Paleo Sweeteners: Top 5 Healthy Options
What is the best paleo sweetener? In the low-carb world, people like to say that sugar is sugar is sugar. That’s why many of them will tell you that eating honey or maple syrup is as bad for you a...
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6 Foods To Avoid For a Healthier You
Are so-called “health foods” making you sick? In today’s post I single out six foods that bill themselves as nutritious but actually belong in the trash—not in your refrigerator. Open a typical fr...
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Food for Thought: Going Low-Carb Can Save Your Brain!
My patients want to look and feel good right now, and that’s my first goal for them. However, I also want them to think about the future. Because believe me—that future creeps up on you faster tha...
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Five Reasons to Love Green Tea
For a humble drink, green tea packs a big nutritional punch. In today’s post, I’ll tell you why getting in the green tea habit can slim you down or even help save your life. It doesn’t pack as big...
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Three Reasons to Love Hard-Boiled Eggs
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? (And no—vodka doesn’t count!) For me, I think it would be eggs. Fried, scrambled, poached, rolled into an omelet, or ba...
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Five Ways to Ward Off Autoimmune Disease
One thing I know as a medical clinician is that biology isn’t destiny. One of my primal rules is: There’s no such thing as “I have bad genes, so bad luck for me.” The truth is that while we all ha...
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What’s in Your Makeup?
I’ll be the first to admit it—I take my makeup seriously. I can’t face the world without a little blush and lipstick, and there’s no way I’ll go out the front door without my mascara on. But while...
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Do I Get All the Nutrients I Need From Food?
As a doctor, I’m often asked whether you can get all the nutrients you need from food. And it’s no wonder so many people wonder about this. Getting all the nutrients we need from food would be…wel...
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Is White Rice Actually Better Than Brown Rice?
It’s hard to believe that a food as basic as rice could become the source of controversy and confusion. But it has. And it’s time to clear things up. There are two big questions about rice that we...
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