Cabbage & Green Bean Stew

March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
cabbage & green bean stew

I got a St. Patrick's day card from my sister the other day.  She is the absolute queen of card sending. It was a little square card with a bright, happy mound of green as can be shamrocks being cupped in a child's hands. Besides conjuring up the smell of dew and fresh grass, it made me think of corned beef and cabbage. This though stuck in my head for a couple days before I absolutely could not help myself and off to the store I went to buy ingredients! For some reason I chose to … [Read more...]

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What Do Habits Have to Do With Health?

July 23, 2009 By 3 Comments

Bad habits can drive us nuts... But they can also be at the bottom of health problems too. It's no secret that there is an epidemic of overweight, diabetes and stress.  Yet, if we know about these things, which almost all of us do - and we know at least some of the things we should do to make them better - then why, oh why, aren't the problems going away? Because a lot of the solution has to do with changing our habits!  And that can be hard to do. Feel free to weigh in on your … [Read more...]

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Know What’s In A Pesticide On This Earth Day

April 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I just got back from Sacramento, the Capitol of California.  I was there to testify in favor of a bill, SB 759, to make sure that ALL of the ingredients in pesticides, including the "inert" ones, are disclosed before they are sprayed. The bill was authored by California State Senator Mark Leno and sponsored by Pesticide Watch. What a great way to spend earth day! It's a great idea, actually (at least I think), for everyone to go to their state capitol and sit in on some sessions.  You get … [Read more...]

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Losing Weight Smartly, not Hardly…

April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Weight loss is not as easy, for some, as eat less and exercise more. It makes a lot more sense to lose weight the smart way.  Because trying to lose weight the hard way hardly ever really works. For a lot of people, eating right and exercising is exactly the ticket.  The trick there is just knowing how to eat, and the right kind and amount of exercise. But for other folks, it's more complicated.  Chances are good that if you are one of those folks, you may intuitively know that there … [Read more...]

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Sugar In, High-Fructose Corn Syrup Out…

March 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Who are we kidding? Sugar is back in packaged foods and drinks, and HFCS is out, as the NYT reports.  But do we really think switching from high-fructose corn syrup to sugar is going to solve all of our sweet tooth induced problems? High fructose corn syrup may be the evil product of corn subsidies and high tech food manipulation in all of it's sugary madness, but thinking a switch from one sugar to another is the answer to our problems is just a silly mind game. Take a walk into … [Read more...]

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Eating Away The Cholesterol

March 15, 2009 By 1 Comment

Guess what?  Guess what?  "My cholesterol was down 90 points and I passed my treadmill!!" Wait.  Slow down.  What? Bob, my friend, had burst in the door and stood there with his arms open wide and a little kid grin, just beckoning me to come receive a hug. He was so darn proud and somehow, I had something to do with it. So, never one to decline a hug, I collected my hug and got down to the business of finding out why I was so honored. Well, it turns out that I had been giving … [Read more...]

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Sensible Progressive Medicine

February 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Have you ever been frustrated by health problems that don't ever seem to have an answer or recommendations to take more and more medications? As a physician, I heard your frustration. And, I was just as frustrated as you! But, I have come a long way. I am now happy to say that for many problems, there IS a better way: a new way of thinking about health care and the practice of medicine. I call it sensible progressive medicine. It is prevention based and is not about "curing" disease, … [Read more...]

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