I recently read an interesting story in the New York Times Magazine titled “Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?” by Paul Tough. He points out that today, 11.4 percent of children in America have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D., and for 17-year-olds, it goes...

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you likely have heard about the remarkable benefits of the new GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs like Wegovy, Victoza, Trulicity, Mounjaro, or Byetta. They are FDA-approved for either type 2 diabetes or obesity, and the drugs seem...

There’s no question about it. I am a complete and unapologetic supplement junkie. One room in our large Victorian home is loaded with supplements from the floor to the ceiling. I take various supplements to enhance my health to help deal with several medical problems....

I was recently blown away when I visited the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) website. One of their goals is to prevent discrimination against people who are obese, which is something I agree with. They also seem to promote obesity as something...

I recently traveled back in a time capsule to watch Guns N’ Roses sing Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door in 1992 at the Freddy Mercury tribute concert. If you’ve been on this planet as long as I have, this song will likely touch your soul! One thing that caught my eye was...

Because of my long-standing interest in nutrition, especially the connection between diet and brain function, I am constantly amazed at the number and variety of folks who claim to have some nutritional expertise. It seems that every Tom, Dick and Gary (Taubes) wants...

A recent article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study looking at whether the MIND diet can reverse Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, the diet didn’t seem to positively impact dementia. I pay attention to this type of study because...

We live in an era of dramatic and revolutionary technological advances This noteworthy progress comes to a screeching halt when it comes to preventing and reversing common chronic medical conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and many mental disorders.

You’ve likely heard about the miracle weight loss drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists. These drugs include: Dulaglutide (Trulicity) Exenatide (Exenatide, Byetta) Liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda, Semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus) Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepound) These...