About a year ago I went to my chiropractor, Dr. Stephen Wechsler complaining of chronic ankle aches and pain. Many years of playing basketball and way too many ankle sprains have left my ankle in rough shape. Dr. Steve had me hop on one of his…
As every year has passed by, it has become more and more difficult for me to take off that winter weight. I am sure my metabolism is conspiring against me. I used to be able to loose that 10 pounds (4.5 Kg) pretty quickly when the…
When my daughter was growing up, I found great joy in giving her flowers. Cut flowers don’t last long so most of the time I gave her potted flowering plants. That was all well and good but my daughter doesn’t have a much of a green…
I was asked recently to provide some guidelines for “older” people regarding working out and fitness. Digestion AS we get older, our bodies’ ability to digest food slowly declines. Stomach acid becomes weaker and the ability to produce digestive enzymes (pancreas) decreases. In Ayurvedic tradition (which…
I hear that from so many people that I talk to….I eat healthy. In the meantime, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, high blood pressure, etc, etc, are rampant in the USA. I also hear people say a lot about this person or that person told them something is…
About 4 years ago I entered a masters program for clinical nutrition. As you might expect in a masters program, everything had to be researched and referenced. I learned a lot about research and pubmed.com became my best friend. Pubmed is a website maintained by the…