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One of the best ways to help people transform their lives and create their own food revolution is to write my patients’ stories: this is #2 of 7.* Susan was just 50 when her younger brother Bill died of a stroke. Always significantly overweight, she nevertheless was healthy. She [...]
With Seth Godin as an inspiration, I’m going to do a live session in Santa Barbara on Friday, June 18, 2010. Instead of charging my usual fee for tickets, I’m offering seats only to people who want to be able to train several others. If you’re a coach, a [...]
One of the best ways to help people transform their lives and create their own food revolution is to write my patients’ stories: this is #1 of 7.* Peggy had severe osteoarthritis. Except for the few blocks walk to the market, and the weekly shuttle to a matinee, she [...]
The transformative power of lifestyle changes is the best medicine…and synergistic with meds and devices. But what if you can’t eat the best diet possible, exercise most efficiently, alleviate stress in the model way and be nakedly intimate in your closest relationships? You start [...]
TEDx talks are a privilege to give, and some are life-changing: Al Gore on climate change, Tony Robbins on transformation, Jamie Oliver on childhood obesity. In this first TEDx American Riviera in Santa Barbara, I describe healthy eating that is transformational, based on new research in aging, [...]
The culinary medicine questions I’m asked most are about weight loss. And losing weight does help many medical problems: in fact, food can work like medicine in the body. The trick, often, is to make sure it tastes like food, not like medicine. Acne vulgaris–young adult acne–is [...]
Filled with flavor, anti-inflammatories and in every yellow curry in the book, turmeric is not just for mustard coloring any more. In fact, culinary medicine–the art of cooking blended with the science of medicine– is one of the great bargains of our time. That’s essential in [...]
Read reviews and features on Amazon.com. In early 2007, Nicholas Genes interviewed me for Medscape about blogging, which not all physicians have taken to eagerly. He writes well and started Grand Rounds: read his blogborygmi. He asked: “Dr. Genes: Do you ever run into trouble when you headline a [...]
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