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Recently I’ve been asked about the sugar, alcohol and caffeine content of kombucha, so here are my answers.  Firstly, there is no such thing as completely sugar-free kombucha.  While kombucha can [...]

Have you ever noticed that the language of modern medicine is the language of war? Western medicine wants to fight the infection, kill the virus, defeat the disease, and wage war on obesity. This [...]

Why don’t we ever hear about the brain functions that IMPROVE with age? Yes, that’s right. Everything does NOT go downhill as we get older. Some — and only some — aspects of brain function may [...]

Thank you for your ongoing interest in my audiobooks. The first book I recorded was NeuroSlimming — Let your brain change your body. I thought that recording my own book was going to be a few [...]

The greatest gift we can give to the people we love and the causes we care about is our full attention — our zest, vitality, energy, enthusiasm and life force. But we can only give these things [...]

Consuming alcohol on an aircraft is an underestimated health risk, especially on long haul flights. The higher a plane flies, the lower the atmospheric pressure inside the aircraft. To counteract [...]

If we want to live longer, strengthen our immune system and reduce our risk of heart attack, stroke, depression and dementia, our number one health habit needs to be cultivating close, supportive [...]

After my recent Health-e-Byte about anger causing damage to our blood vessels, I was asked, ‘Is it just the stuff of movies, or can someone really die of a broken heart?’ The answer is: yes, [...]

Research has found that in the hour before a heart attack, people are more than twice as likely to experience intense emotional upset or anger than during the same period the previous day.  To [...]

After last week’s HEB about replacing chips with nuts, I received a deluge of questions from people with nut allergies. The crux of their questions was: what’s the best thing to snack on if you [...]