If there is one question I hear often, it’s “Should I drink coffee?” According to a 2017 Gallup Poll, two thirds of Americans drink at least one cup of coffee every day. This figure has remained stead...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all Americans over the age of 6 months receive an annual flu shot. Many doctors push the flu vaccine on patients during regular vis...
For over 50 years, birth control pills have been pushed on women as the optimal method of contraception. The reliability of other methods of birth control has been downplayed and women have even been...
The number one cause of cellular inflammation and the diseases and symptoms associated with it is refined sugar. Sadly today sugar is added to—and hidden in—about 75% of all foods.
Sugar in all forms...
It is estimated that over 150 million people are infected with parasites, making them much more common than most people believe. If you are doing everything to keep healthy and are still having sympt...
Currently 40 percent of women older than fifty-five have elevated cholesterol levels. Because this condition is so common, I recommend that midlife women have a baseline lipid profile measuring total ...
Many women spend their entire spring trying to “get in shape” for summer. Much of this has to do with the media’s emphasis on how your body is supposed to look in a swimsuit. But the truth is, if yo...
It is estimated that up to 80% of adults will experience back pain in their lifetimes. Back pain is one of our culture’s most debilitating and costly health problems. All you have to do is look up the...
Many people experience fatigue every now and then. An NIH study showed that 38% of U.S. workers reported feeling fatigued. Despite the fact that fatigue is not something you should expect to experienc...
I always say that eating high quality food is one of the easiest ways to create health on a daily basis. Yet, in many ways nutrition has become synonymous with diet and weight loss in this country. Ma...
According to the American Heart Association (AHA),  heart disease—including hypertension and stroke—is the most frequent cause of death in women today. And, more than 1 in 3 women has some form of car...
When it comes to staying healthy, I believe in prevention first. By prevention I don’t mean vaccines and screening tests. I believe in cultivating true health from the inside out by adopting healthy h...
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