POSTED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2017 IN WELLNESS BY SHILPA RAVELLA, MD The global anti-aging market will be worth nearly $200 billion in 2019. New beauty technologies make anti-aging products big business. But what about the possibility of anti-aging treatments for the health of our body, and not just the surface of our skin? Is […]
Heart Disease is Reversible
by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Dr. Joel Fuhrman, MD If you eat the standard Western diet that most people eat in the modern world, you will surely develop heart disease, and may die from it. But there are other options. When it comes to treating heart disease, most doctors promote drugs, expensive, invasive testing, […]
Six Serious Reasons to Just Ditch Dairy
Haven’t ditched dairy yet? Here are 6 serious reasons to just do it: 1. As per Dr. Michael Klaper, the purpose of cow’s milk is to help a baby calf grow, grow, grow as fast as possible. Dairy is hormonally active…intentionally. But once we are full-sized adults, growth is not a positive thing…it inspires […]
Should You Walk 10,000 Steps per Day for Weight Loss?
10,000 Steps Is Supported by Further Research BrianAJackson/iStock By Wendy Bumgardner – Reviewed by a board-certified physician. Updated December 12, 2016 You’ve probably heard that you should walk 10,000 steps per day for fitness and weight loss. How did they come up with this amount? Is this a fitness myth or is there any research […]
Shining a Light on Vitamin D
By Thomas Campbell, MD December 11, 2013 · modified on November 29, 2016 It’s that time of year again. Many of us wake up and go to work in the dark. We work all day and return home in the dark. With the days getting shorter and the weather turning cold, we turn our attention […]
Big List of No-oil Salad Dressings
Trying to get oil out of your diet and want to find oil free salad dressing options? Here is a pretty good list of available options. I also recommend that you experiment with some unusual approaches such as dipping and using soups as a dressing. Almond Ginger Dressing adapted from a recipe from drfuhrman.com makes […]
The Natural Human Diet
Written by: Michael Greger M.D. FACLM on November 15th, 2016 Our epidemics of dietary disease have prompted a great deal of research into what humans are meant to eat for optimal health. In 1985, an influential article highlighted in my video The Problem With the Paleo Diet Argument was published proposing that our chronic diseases stem […]
How Well Do Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Actually Work?
Written by: Michael Greger M.D. FACLM on November 8th, 2016 One of the reasons people may undervalue diet and lifestyle changes is an overconfidence in the ability of pills and procedures to prevent disease. For example, people tend to wildly overestimate the power of things like mammograms and colonoscopies to prevent deaths from […]
7 Things That Happen When You Stop Eating Meat
POSTED ON JANUARY 12, 2016 IN WELLNESS 7 Things That Happen When You Stop Eating Meat BY MICHELLE MCMACKEN, MD People go plant-based for lots of reasons. These include losing weight, feeling more energetic, reducing the risk of heart disease, decreasing the number of pills they take … there are dozens of great reasons! For […]
Dr. Vij’s Famous Bean Soup Recipe
Bean Soup Step 1: Purchase Sprout’s 10 – Bean Soup Mix (found in the bulk food bins) Step 2: Soak beans overnight. Step 3: Shallow Fry – using coconut or avacado oil,withwith minced onion, 1 clove of garlic, and chopped stock of celery, with a pinch of salt, pepper, cumin seeds, turmeric powder. Step 4: Cook […]