My Spouse Has Osteoporosis but Still Takes Unnecessary Risks … Now What?
Q. My partner is 65 and was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis after a bone-density test. She remains active — almost recklessly so. She insists on climbing a ladder to clean our gutters and takes...
The Power of Positive Affirmations
When I was a child, anytime I felt nervous or insecure about anything, or I didn’t feel well, I wanted my mother to assure me that all would be okay. But that wasn’t enough....
Waiting to Inhale
The first time I ever came face to face with asthma was when my daughter, Elise, was in ninth grade and I got an urgent call from the nurse’s office. “Mrs. Michael, please come...
A Survival Guide to the Rest of Your Life
Over the past several years, we have been inundated with books and articles on how we can magically turn our lives around simply by thinking happy thoughts. But those of us who have either...
Real Simple: How to single task your way to success and sanity
Despite the fact that today we pride ourselves on being a culture of multi-taskers, I myself am anything but. For me, multitasking is the art of messing up several things at once. But we...
Wheat No More
Nutritionists first suggested avoiding foods with gluten when it started to become known that they were harmful to people with Celiac disease. Indeed, medical researchers discovered that when glutens are ingested, this serious autoimmune...
Is Juicing Worth the Squeeze
When I was growing up, my mother believed that eating liver was essential for good vision. Animal livers, she insisted, stored vitamins, in particular A and B complex. These essential nutrients help keep the...
Made in the Shade(s): The 411 on sunglasses
In some parts of the Islamic world, women are required to wear burqa’s. Now, this is not a political column so I am approaching this solely from a beauty angle. I believe they are...
The Whole Tooth: Diabetes testing in the dental office?
Years ago, when my book on athlete’s nutrition was just published, I gave a talk to my daughter’s kindergarten class on the benefits of eating well. Never too early to start them on the...
Thinner for (Holiday) Dinner
Next week brings us Passover and Easter. And just these two holidays alone can spell diet disaster. If you’ve ever eaten matzoh, you know that it stays in your system for all eight days,...
