The #1 Inflammation Busting Food You Should be Eating (you might be surprised)
In nearly 20 years of clinical practice, I learned a great many lessons from my patients. One of the most valuable is this: Oatmeal means different things to different people. So, when a patient tells me that they eat oatmeal for breakfast…I ask for details. And sometimes I’m shocked. I’ve had patients tell me that […]
5 Things That May Cause Constipation and How to be More Regular
Do you struggle in the bathroom? Do you experience digestive upset frequently and have trouble passing regular bowel movements? If so, you may be constipated. Many people simply ignore and write off constipation, chalking it up to a heavy meal or just a disrupted routine. Most of the time, constipation will go away on its […]
Top 5 Health Benefits of Asparagus (and how to eat more of it)
Yes, it makes your pee smell weird. But this is a small price to pay for all the fantastic benefits of this nutritious veggie. It’s time to enhance your enjoyment of asparagus by exploring new and exciting ways to cook and prepare these green stalks. Here are our favorite health benefits of asparagus and how […]
How to Sneak More Flax Into Your Diet and Why You Should
One of our favorite family stories came courtesy of my middle daughter (now a teenager) when she was just a toddler. We were visiting family on vacation, and my aunt wanted to give her a little mid-day snack of some yogurt and fresh fruit. When the bowl of yogurt was presented to her…she looked at […]
9 Dressings That Won’t Kill Your Salad
One of my all-time patient stories came from a 400 pound man who told me that every day, he ate a big salad for lunch and dinner every day. At 400 pounds, I had to assume that his “salads” probably looked quite a bit different than mine. So I asked… and I was right. In […]
Health Benefits of Raspberries and How to Eat More
Just this morning on my daily hike, I spotted a flash of red on the side of the trail. A closer look and a cautious approach though the thorns and I pulled out a perfectly ripe red raspberry. Finding wild berries are one of life’s great pleasures, and for me, raspberries are at the top […]
Why You Should Drink This Popular Breakfast Cereal
There was a time not too long ago when “non-dairy creamer” in those little plastic cups was the only milk alternative there was. (Interestingly, many of those coffee creamer products actually contain ingredients derived from milk!) Today though, store shelves are brimming with milk alternatives, many of which are great choices for people who are […]
8 Ways to Add Fiber to Your Diet
I learned a new word recently that is sure to spark some interesting conversation at your next cocktail party. The word is coprolite…and if you think it sounds high tech, you’re wrong. Coprolites are fossilized feces. In other words, paleo poop! It turns out that research on human coprolites has taught us some interesting things […]
New Research: Can Lentils Prevent Diabetes?
A half cup of lentils a day could help keep diabetes away. That’s the conclusion of a new study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, which found that substituting one serving of lentils in place of starchy carbohydrates like rice or potatoes helped reduce blood glucose levels by 20 to 35 percent.
What Can We Learn from Paleo Poop?
I learned a new word recently: Coprolite. It’s a noun. It means fossilized feces. (You can feel free to use it as a conversation starter at your next dinner party…or not.) With all of the recent attention on the “Paleo Diet” and the resultant interest in what our paleolithic ancestors actually ate… coprolites are actually […]
