
Why are rates of this disease soaring?
If you are an adult in the US, chances are good that you may have a quiet, sneaky disease lurking inside of you and you have no clue that there’s a problem. This disease often doesn’t cause symptoms. But lo and behold, when it does, there will be no doubt in your mind that something is seriously wrong. I’m talking about diverticular disease. Diverticular disease is the umbrella term used to describe the conditions...

5-part series: 5 Things You Must Do To Avoid An Early Death (Part 5)
The Final Part 5: Nourish your body I saved the best for last! This Final Part 5 of “5 Things You Must Do To Avoid An Early Death” is arguably the most important installment of this series. Because if your body isn’t getting and absorbing adequate nutrients, there is no way in heaven or on earth that you will stay disease-free and live as long as you should. While getting proper nourishment should be a...

Is this diet all it’s cracked up to be?
As a nutrition coach, people are always asking me what I think of a certain diet. It’s not surprising. After all, there are about 30,000 diets in existence so you are bound to come across one you haven’t heard of and want to get the skinny on it. Many diets are what I call “repackaged”—meaning they are similar to an existing diet, but just have a new name and a few different tweaks. Tom...

I have a story to tell you—do you see yourself in it?
I have been in the health field since the early 80s and have also been blessed with a very sharp memory. As such, I can remember what things were like 40 years ago in terms of people’s health as compared to now. And I’ve got to say, hands down, that we are FAR sicker today than we were 40 years ago, and probably have ever been in our existence. I was a health claims...

Could your healthy diet be making you sick?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware that having an unhealthy diet of processed and fast foods is not a wise choice if you want to stay free of disease and maintain a normal bodyweight. But what if I told you that even a healthy diet could make you sick? WHAAATT? That is, if you eat a lot of foods that are high in lectins. Here’s the scoop on lectins—what...

Do you make this costly mistake too?
It’s that time of year again. New Year’s Resolutions are in high gear and people are anxiously looking for ways to attain their goals of losing weight, exercising more or just getting healthier. So far so good. But the “how” is arguably much more important than the goal itself here. Because as much as someone may wish to lose 30 pounds or get in shape, when it comes time to do the work, that’s...