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You’ve definitely heard its name. You might have seen it on the board at your local smoothie shop, in powdered form on your spice rack, or even at the store in its original rhizomatic root form. But you might not be so sure what turmeric actually does—or the health [...]
The evidence couldn’t be clearer: Exercise is the best prescription for a healthy life. Exercise aids in the prevention of chronic disease, enhances brain and nervous system function, and helps us manage stress at every age. It’s so potent for our well-being that many medical [...]
It’s this new graph, from the new CDC Early Release of U.S. Obesity Estimates, 2015 men ought to know about: in which men for the age group 40–59, the prevalence of obesity was higher among men than among women (36.3% v 33). There are more gruesome details too.* For [...]
It’s not unusual to blame your shrink-resistant waistline on a slow metabolism. But in many cases that’s not what’s keeping you from reaching your ideal weight. What is Metabolism? Metabolism is your body’s method of converting calories, from the food you eat, into energy [...]
From Shakespeare’s reference to “pumpion” in The Merry Wives of Windsor to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, pumpkin is woven into the fabric of history and cuisine. Native Americans roasted long strips of pumpkin over an open flame and ate them. Colonists made pumpkin pie by slicing [...]
Wise and healthy aging should not be left to the young: it should be practiced, so your RealAge can be younger as you age. New research from Stanford and Harvard’s Schools of Business show that work stress (typically out-of-control hours, out-of-balance work-life ratio, and job insecurity) [...]
Healthy Heart Foods When I worked at the great Chicago restaurant Topolobampo, one of the other volunteers in the kitchen loaded up on Peptobismol and Lipitor (a statin now off patent) before our annual trip to a great culinary region in Mexico. “One for the gut and one for [...]
My colleague Michael Roizen, MD, told me on his terrific YOU the Owner’s Manual Radio Show this weekend that the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Schools of Medicine are collaborating on a new building that will house a culinary medicine program and teaching kitchen. Isn’t that great? [...]
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Food is often the best medicine, and the right food can make all the difference in your health, energy and vitality. Women have always known this about food and health: it’s part of their upbringing, worldwide, to learn about food, diet, recipes, gardening, cooking, and nutrition. Men, [...]