• Chocolate-Blueberry Brain Smoothie

    This brain healthy Chocolate-Blueberry Smoothie is a delicious, guilt-free treat that is perfect for breakfast, dessert or a snack. It’s easy enough to whip up with basic ingredients from your kitchen, and you can always add different berries, protein powder or even greens. Serves 1 2 Tablespoons Cashew 12 ounces cold water 1/2 cup frozen ...

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  • What Can I Do to Stay Asleep and Sleep More Deeply?

    If doctors and dietitians had a penny for every time they heard this complaint, they could comfortably retire on some exotic tropical island. You know poor sleep makes you less productive and uncomfortably tired, but it can also wreak havoc on your hormones and health. Studies shows that sleep, next to nutrition and exercise, becomes ...

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  • Why Diet and Exercise Are Not the Key to Weight Loss and Health

    What if getting healthy had very little to do with obsessing over what you eat or worrying about how much you exercise? What if you could make weight loss and health automatic? In fact, research shows that is the best way to lose weight and get healthy. You can design a life where health and ...

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  • Give Yourself a Metabolic Makeover

    Are you tired and worn out? Do you feel burned out and have sore muscles, fatigue and brain fog? You might have metabolic burnout! Imagine if you could find a way to tune up your metabolism, to increase the amount of energy you have, to be able to think clearly and feel less achy! Imagine ...

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  • How Hidden Food Sensitivities Make You Fat

    Think food allergy and you might conjure the worst-case scenario, like a child going into anaphylactic shock after exposure to peanuts. No doubt, a severe food allergy is scary. But it’s also relatively rare. A much more common scenario is an adult with a low-grade food allergy to, say, gluten who never pinpoints the cause ...

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  • Energy Gains, Energy Drains

    I admit it. I was addicted to sugar, caffeine, and adrenalin. I am a recovering dopamine addict, and it almost killed me. Twenty years ago, as a freshly minted doctor, I swallowed the propaganda that doctors are invincible, that “MD” stood for “medical deity.” During my training, one of my surgical residents told me, “Real ...

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  • How to Eat Healthy When You Don’t Have Time

    “How do I make smart eating choices on a busy schedule?” patients frequently ask.  As a busy doctor, I can understand how eating healthy might feel like a herculean demand and become short shift among the numerous demands in your life. While eating healthy on a time budget does require a little planning, it’s easier ...

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  • How to Fix Your Gut Bacteria and Lose Weight

    “I read somewhere that a high-fat diet can damage your gut bacteria and promote weight gain,” writes this week’s house call. “Should I be concerned if I’m eating a high-fat diet?” It is true that what you eat can affect your gut bacteria, for better and for worse, and changes in your gut bacteria or ...

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  • Want a Happy Life? Deal with the Power of Your Mind

    Do you believe every stupid thought you have?  It took me a while to break that bad habit.  I used to listen to my own mind like it actually had all the right answers. Sometimes it did and I am grateful for that. I like my mind most of the time. In fact, it has been one ...

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  • 8 Strategies to Kick Your Junk Food Habit

    “I love junk food, and I can’t stop craving it,” a reader posted on my Facebook page. “What do I do?” If you can identify with my reader, you’re not alone. Of the more than 600,000 food products – note I said food products, not food – 80 percent have added sugar. We went from ...

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