I Love Summer Tomatoes!

Is there anything better than a warm tomato picked from your garden? Okay, maybe there are a few things, but when you are biting into this ripe red fruit, it’s hard to think of what they may be. I know that not everyone is lucky enough to have tomatoes growing in their backyards, but your local farmers’ markets are brimming with them, so there is no excuse not to enjoy locally grown tomatoes. Continue reading “I Love Summer Tomatoes!”

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Turmeric: A Safe and Effective Remedy for What Ails You

Turmeric is an ancient Indian spice that has been long known for its healing properties and has been used for thousands of years as both a medicine and a culinary spice. In addition to being used to treat such various conditions as arthritis, eczema and endometriosis, turmeric seems to have wide ranging benefits throughout the entire body, including boosting the immune system, improving heart health, helping with liver and gall-bladder function, and cleansing the blood. It is currently being studied as a possible cancer preventative as well. It is an antioxidant, and is know to have anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. Continue reading “Turmeric: A Safe and Effective Remedy for What Ails You”

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Food, Inc.: Put this film at the top of your “must see” list this summer

Judging by the turnout for the recent opening of the brand-new food documentary, Food, Inc. (it topped the per-theater average of all the movies at the box office on its opening weekend), Americans care about food. We want to know how our food is produced, who or what is harmed in the process, and whether or not what we are feeding our children is actually healthy. Food, Inc. goes in-depth into exactly these topics, and allows the viewer to see what food production entails for the farmer, the manufacturer, the production-line worker, and, ultimately, the consumer. Unfortunately it is not a pretty picture. Continue reading “Food, Inc.: Put this film at the top of your “must see” list this summer”

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Lower Lipids Naturally

So often I am asked if cholesterol or triglycerides can be lowered without prescription medication. The answer is yes. First, know what your low-density cholesterol (LDL, “bad cholesterol”) is and what it should be. If it is greater than 130, it is probably too high. If it is over 100 and you have one or more risk factors for vascular disease, it is probably too high. If it is over 80 and you have coronary disease or diabetes, it is too high. Risk factors, in addition to diabetes, include hypertension, smoking, family history, elevated CRP (C-reactive protein), and elevated Lp-PLA2 (lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2). I will discuss these further in a later blog. Continue reading “Lower Lipids Naturally”

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