We all want to look and feel our best and stay healthy, vibrant and full of energy but it can be hard when our days are packed full and we are under stress trying to get everything done. There may be little time to work out or we may be thrown off of our daily eating habits by changes in routine. Then when we are not at our best, we are confronted with temptations at gatherings, given food gifts by family and friends, or find ourselves eating out more than we normally do. As we count down to 2014, there [Read More]

Many people looking to avoid fructose, but yet not consume too much glucose, turn to alternative sweeteners. The natural ones, such as raw honey, date sugar, and real maple syrup provide some good options. Others, such as sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, pose health concerns far more damaging than actually consuming sugar. In this article, I want to look at one of those: aspartame. Aspartame, sold under the name NutraSweet or Equal, is responsible for more than 75% of all food additive complaints to the FDA. It has been shown to cause, mimic or trigger serious conditions such as Lupus, [Read More]

Greetings from India! I spent some time around Delhi, saw the Taj Mahal, and am now on my way to Rishikesh, a beautiful town in the Himalayas along the banks of the Ganges, for the International Yoga Festival. This newsletter will be short and will include a few tips until I can write more. If I have internet access, I’ll post on the New England Health Advisory Facebook page while I’m there! This first tip is one that has come up a few times over the past weeks. A woman at one of the gyms I teach at mentioned it [Read More]

Several weeks ago I wrote about the first long-term study on the impact of GMOs. The ten year study out of Europe has shown conclusively that GMOs and GE foods are not harmless: they cause damage to the digestive system and our ability to digest proteins, change the micro-structure of our intestines, alter our immune systems and cause us to eat more, gain weight — and retain the weight – than would occur with a non GE diet. Now another study out of France has followed rats through their lifespan, which typically lasts two years, and found severe health concerns [Read More]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the European study linking genetically modified corn and Monsanto’s weed-killing Round Up spray to cancerous tumors and other health concerns. This study led to America’s GMO corn being banned in Russia and pending reviews by other European countries. As with all studies, some will challenge the results and even the study’s scientists say the study will need to be replicated. But seeing the pictures of the tumor-laden rats wasn’t necessary for me to confirm what I know intuitively: that these products are not in our best health interests. As the attention focuses around [Read More]