I don’t need to tell you that beating blood-sugar problems starts with diet and exercise. In fact, dropping just five percent of your weight can make a dramatic difference for many diabetes sufferers. But if you’re already working on managing your blood sugar and still find yourself dreading ... Read More ›
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UPDATED:March 30, 2016
UPDATED:July 15, 2016
The common food that’s linked to losing your mind
It turns out the key to keeping your brain firing on cylinders as you get older may have been in your kitchen all along. But this time I’m not talking about a superfood you should be putting ON the menu. Rather, it’s a food you should steer clear of instead. This should be easy, though—these ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
3 Steps for Warding off Season-Change Blues
While it is common to experience more stress and episodes of depression during the cooler months due to the shift in weather, minimal sunlight and looming holiday stress, there are a few tools that may help you fight off the cooler-weather blues. 1. Take Your Vitamins Vitamin D is actually a ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Protect Your Health From The AGEs
It's true that your body needs sugar. But excess sugar is causing a real problem in the form of Advanced Glycation End-products, or AGEs for short. AGEs are the mutant molecules formed when rogue sugar molecules attach themselves to healthy proteins, lipids or various types of cells and tissues ... Read More ›
UPDATED:March 11, 2016
Taking This If You’re Over 65 Could Kill You!
If you're over 65, don't tell your doctor that you're feeling a little run down. You'll walk out of his office with a prescription for a common drug you probably think is harmless. But studies show these drugs don't work any better than a placebo. Plus -- they're far more dangerous. In fact, if ... Read More ›
UPDATED:September 9, 2016
Ladies put the zip back into your love life with these 5 libido boosters
Do you find you just aren't as interested in sex as you once were? Well, if you answered yes, it turns out that you aren't alone. In surveys of 27,000 men and women around the world, about 30% to 40% of them reported a lack of desire. A healthy sex life is vital to your emotional health and ... Read More ›
UPDATED:September 15, 2016
The health benefits of bromelain from pain relief to digestion
Originally isolated in the late 1800s, bromelain can play a key role in digestion, and perhaps more importantly, its properties have prompted many practitioners to use it as an agent in wound healing and the prevention of infection and inflammation for decades. Bromelain is a protein-digesting ... Read More ›
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UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Allergy Relief, Naturally
Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and spring is in the air. For many, the changing seasons mean allergies symptoms. Are you one of the forty to fifty million Americans that suffer from allergies? It is estimated that allergies affects between 10% and 30% of all adults and as many as 40% ... Read More ›
UPDATED:June 21, 2016
Q&A: Step to the “beet” to lower homocysteine & help your heart
Question: I read that many medical experts now believe that elevated levels of homocysteine--not high cholesterol--are the main cause of cardiovascular disease in Western society. Some say it's good to eat beets because they contain betaine, an important source of a molecule that accelerates the ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Go With the Flow
Question: I don't like talking about it, but I've recently been having trouble urinating. Is there anything I can do? Dr. Wright: I recently came across research on an extraterrestrial molecule (a.k.a. patent medication) that's supposed to improve a man's ability to urinate. The researchers ... Read More ›
