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Food as Medicine

By admin | July 15, 2009

I think it was Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who once said, “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” It’s true: food can and should be used therapeutically to heal, rejuvenate, and maintain health. You may not know it, but you probably have a pantry full of healing foods. Let’s take [...]

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Eat Less, Live Longer?

By admin | April 11, 2009

Remember the days of yore, when being fat meant that you were affluent? That you made enough money to live high on the hog, to feed yourself and your family well? Obesity was equated to wealth. Not anymore. Obesity is linked to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cholesterol, joint pain, and a host [...]

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The Jungle Effect

By admin | February 22, 2009

I am reading this book and loving it: It’s written by San Francisco doctor Daphne Miller, who traveled the world in search of disease “cold spots” to discover why certain areas of the world have lower disease rates (cold spots). We find out that a remote area of Mexico is a cold spot for diabetes; [...]

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