Is my local ‘natural foods’ market slowly killing me?
Oh, how I love that famous natural foods emporium! How I relished going into the the chain’s Manhattan store and ordering a shot of wheat grass juice. How I reveled in perusing the fish selections, regretting that I couldn’t possibly fill my bag with healthy treasures and return to Connecticut 10 hours later without them [...]
Food to make you young and happy
Through experience, I’ve learned that food is a drug. It affects the way I think, feel, and look. I used to drag myself out of bed with eyelids blown up like footballs until I discovered that white flour has the power to transform me into a walking puffed pastry. I’d been through a period where [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow’s tips for better living
On her website GOOP, the actress Gwyneth Paltrow writes about learning of her father’s throat cancer diagnosis in 1998 while filming The Talented Mr. Ripley. She also details how it changed her approach to health and wellness. I had read somewhere that in Asia, the concept of going to the doctor when you were already [...]
Are you toxic? Naturopathic MD shares tips to cleanse your body
Coffee and liquor topped the list of can-I-still-haves and I-can’t-give-that-ups that flooded the question and answer period after a presentation on Toxicity in America and its Relation to Health and Disease Issues hosted by Isagenix on Thursday, November 12, 2008 at The Dish in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, CT. The presentation was given [...]
