Do You Trust Your Doctor to Give You Nutritional Advice?
Mainstream doctors are on the job site… but they do not have the right tools in the toolbox to help them to get the job done. This is a difficult dilemma… let me explain. Patients with chronic illnesses come to doctors as entrusted professionals who have dedicated their lives to the care of the sick. […]
Mind Over Milkshakes
The stories you tell yourself have a dramatic influence on your health. With that in mind (no pun intended) I’d like to share a famous study that shows just how critical your story can be when it comes to your wellbeing.
Nutrition for Parkinson’s Disease
There is a natural tendency to look for silver bullets when it comes to treating devastating illnesses like Parkinson’s disease. Many years ago, we thought we had one in the form of L-dopa — a naturally occurring amino acid. L-dopa is a precursor to dopamine (a vital neurotransmitter, which is deficient in patients with Parkinson’s) […]
A Steady Diet Of Fake News
Whether you are consuming food or information….you really are what you eat. Sadly, there is are entire industries that have a vested interest in feeding people junk food and even junkier ideas.
Cooking Classes As Preventive Medicine
It’s really hard to teach a patient how to roast sweet potatoes in my office. There’s just something missing…like the sweet potatoes, and the oven. But oh, do I try. Shopping lists, recipes, and cooking instructions are almost always a part of my treatment plans but in the same way that a kitchen wouldn’t be […]
Death Row
I apologize up front for the dark and morbid subject of this article… but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share my thoughts on a study about nutrition on death row. I admit, I never thought much about it before: What do inmates on death row choose as their last meal? And more […]
Food Is Less Nutritious
A friend of mine got married in Northern California recently, and I flew out there for the wedding. The venue was over two hours from the airport so I rented a car, and it wasn’t long before I found myself driving through farmland as far as my eyes could see. At one point in my […]
Nutrient Deficiencies Caused by Common Medications
Every time I review the statistics about pharmaceutical use in the United States, the numbers blow my mind. In 2013, the Mayo Clinic reported that nearly 70% of Americans are on at least one type of prescription drug. About one in five (20%) are on more than one prescription drug. That’s significantly more people on […]
It Only Takes 5 Minutes…
As a naturopathic physician, one of the things I always stress to my patients is the importance of a healthy, clean, whole food diet. Most people know that a meal of vegetables and legumes is a healthier choice than a burger, fries, and a soda. But when hunger strikes… the temptation of a quick, easy, […]
Food for a Week
In the waiting room of my office, I keep a photography book called Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel. It is the book I most often find on my patients’ laps while they wait, and it makes a great conversation starter about food and nutrition. To compile the photographs for his book, […]
