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Answers to Questions from My Recent Twitter Party
I recently held a Twitter Party in the lead up to the UltraSimple Diet Challenge some of you just completed with me. The party and the challenge were fun opportunities to connect directly with some of...
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Fifty Percent of Americans Suffer from Silent Killer
ONE OF EVERY TWO of you have a deadly disease that’s making you fat sick and will kill you and 90 percent of you don’t even know you have it. What’s worse is your doctor’s not trained how to find it...
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Get Your LYFE Back: Vote with Your Fork
Everybody has thought of it, but no one has done it. And we desperately need it! How do we get food that tastes better than what you find in almost any restaurant or chain in America for a fraction of...
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How to Fix Our Broken Health Care System
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED while I was flying back from Seattle to Philadelphia recently. I was there teaching other doctors about Functional Medicine at The Institute for Functional Medicine...
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Why Eating Dinner is Better Than Seeing a Doctor
MEDICINE JUST DOESN’T come in pills. In many cases, it’s as close as your fork or your spoon. That’s right. Your meals can be powerful medicine — if you eat the right kinds of foods. Today, I’d like...
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How Diet Soda Makes You Fat (and Other Food and Diet Industry Secrets)
How do you lose weight? Substitute diet drinks for sugary drinks. Eat low fat foods. Just eat less of the bad foods – it’s all about the calories. We are told, “Just have more willpower”. These...
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Why Cooking Can Save Your Life
The cure for what ails us—both in our bodies and in our nation—can be found in the kitchen. It is a place to rebuild community and connection, strengthen bonds with family and friends, teach...
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Occupy Wellness and Eat-In: The Power of the Fork – Part One
We each own a secret weapon that weighs only a few ounces. If this was strategically deployed for one day, we could transform our world into a better place. We could end obesity and chronic disease,...
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Occupy Wellness and Eat-In: The Power of the Fork – Part Two
In my last blog, I explored how your diet affects not only your personal health but the health of the soil, water, air, and global climate. What we choose to eat determines whether or not we deplete...
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The Healing Powers of Burgers and Fried Chicken
Can burgers and fried chicken really be good for you? Yes. But not the Five Guys killer burger—not that kind. It’s burgers and chicken you cook yourself. And why do you need to cook them yourself?...
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The Most Important Thing I Learned From My Mother
It’s Mother’s Day, a time to celebrate the person who brought us in to this world, who taught us the basic lessons of life and planted the seeds for who we become. Today, I want to celebrate my mother...
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The One Diet That Can Cure Most Disease: Part I
If I told you there was one diet that could cure arthritis, fatigue, irritable bowel, reflux, chronic allergies, eczema, psoriasis, autoimmune disease, diabetes, heart disease, migraines, depression,...
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The One Diet That Can Cure Most Disease: Part II
What if you could cure all your health problems and lose 10 pounds in just 7 days? That’s an amazing claim, hard to believe for sure, but I have seen this miracle so many times in my practice (and now...
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Got Proof? Lack of Evidence for Milk’s Benefits
There is no biological requirement for cow’s milk. It is nature’s perfect food but only if you are a calf. The evidence of its benefits is overstated, and the evidence of its harm to human populations...
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Don’t Ever Be in a Food Emergency Again
It may seem as though we live in a land of plenty. Everywhere you look there are vending machines, restaurants and stores offering an endless assortment of quick and cheap snacks and meals. And yet,...
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10 Reasons Why Summer Is THE Season for Eating Well
There are so many reasons why I love the summertime: the green grass and warm sunshine, longer days and warmer evenings, more time to savor all the beauty of the outdoors. But the best part by far is...
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7 Steps To Reverse Acid Reflux
Acid reflux is a big problem. 44% of Americans have heartburn at least once a month. 25 to 35% have reflux. Acid-blocking drugs or what we call PPIs like Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec—that little purple...
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Do You Have a Fatty Liver? 90 Million Americans Do!
The most common disease in America is something you probably never heard of, but it affects 90 million Americans and is a major risk factor for diabetes, heart attacks, and even cancer. It is called...
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8 Steps To Stop Your Nighttime Binges
Do you sometimes sneak a late-night snack, even after you’ve had a big dinner? Or worse, do you find yourself binging at night? You are not alone! Are you hungry after a big meal? Do you continue...
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Milk Is Dangerous for Your Health
Our current government guidelines recommend drinking three glasses of milk a day for every American over five. For kids under five, Uncle Sam recommends chugging two glasses a day. But is milk a...
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