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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
