The Buzz on B Vitamins
Eight Tiny Nutrients That Quietly Keep You Alive There are some vitamins that seem to get all the attention. Vitamin C has long been the poster child for immunity. Vitamin D has become the celebrity of modern nutrition. Vitamin K is finally getting the recognition it deserves for bones and arteries. Then there is the […]
You Can’t Supplement Your Way Out of a Lousy Diet
Walk into any health food store and you’ll quickly conclude that modern nutrition apparently comes in bottles. Shelves stretch from floor to ceiling with capsules promising more energy, stronger immunity, sharper memory, healthier joints, younger skin, better sleep, and perhaps, if you look hard enough, the ability to fold fitted sheets. The supplement industry is […]
Twenty Years of Gratitude
A Story About Patients, Purpose, and the Privilege of Practicing Medicine Anniversaries have a way of inviting reflection. They encourage us to look backward with gratitude, forward with hope, and perhaps most importantly, to pause long enough to appreciate the remarkable journey that connects the two. This year marks twenty years since the Integrative Medicine […]
The Alphabet of Life known as Amino Acids
Why the Building Block of Protein Matter More Than You Think There are certain words in medicine that sound far more complicated than they really are. Mitochondria. Neurotransmitters. Phospholipids. And perhaps one of the most misunderstood of them all, amino acids. The supplement industry has done a remarkable job of making amino acids sound mysterious. […]
Milk, Memories, and Modern Nutrition
Understanding A1, A2, Whey, and Finding the Right Protein for You Like many children of my generation, I grew up with whole milk delivered to our front porch in heavy glass bottles. Before breakfast, the familiar clink of glass announced the milkman’s arrival. The cream floated to the top, and if you got there first, […]
Movement as Medicine
Why the Human Body Thrives When It Refuses to Sit Still There is a curious phenomenon that occurs as we age. The less we move, the less we feel like moving. A sore knee becomes a reason to skip a walk. A stiff back encourages another evening in the recliner. A few weeks of inactivity […]
Know Your Brain Numbers for Alzheimer’s
The New Blood Tests That May Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Years Before Symptoms Begin There was a time when nobody knew their blood pressure. People simply walked around until they had a stroke. Then came the sphygmomanometer, and suddenly medicine had a crystal ball – not a perfect one, but good enough to warn us that […]
A Healthy Republic
What America’s 250th Birthday Can Teach Us About Integrative Medicine Two hundred and fifty years is not a particularly long time in the history of civilizations, yet it is a remarkable achievement for a constitutional republic. Like people, nations are born with tremendous promise. Whether they flourish or decline depends upon the countless decisions made […]
Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed?
New Research Reinforces the Promise of Precision Medicine For more than a decade, I’ve closely followed the work of neurologist Dr. Dale Bredesen, beginning with his pioneering research during his years at UCLA. Long before “precision medicine” became a common phrase, Dr. Bredesen was asking a different question than most Alzheimer’s researchers. What if Alzheimer’s […]
Music as Medicine
There are some therapies that come in bottles. Others arrive in syringes, IV bags, or operating rooms. But some of the most powerful medicines in life come disguised as ordinary pleasures. A walk through an alpine meadow. Salt air rolling in from the Atlantic. A conversation around a campfire. And then there is music. Music […]