Many research studies discuss how inflammation can impair your health. High levels of inflammatory chemicals in our bodies have been linked to conditions like osteoporosis, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, periodontal disease, type II diabetes and certain cancers to name a few. Research studies…
Oddly enough, in this era of branding and name recognition, my medical specialty, physiatry, has almost none. In fact, people often think physiatry is just psychiatry spelled wrong. If you thought the same thing, it’s okay. I’m here to set the record straight and…
Food is a medicine that we need to take every day. Food can prevent, treat and even reverse disease. Improving your diet can help fight obesity, diabetes, arthritis, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, depression and reduce cancer. The United States Department of Agriculture’s 2005 Dietary…
You may wonder about the cost of adding more organic or locally grown fruits and vegetables into your diet. Currently, Americans are spending less than 10% of their income on food, at a time when healthcare costs are skyrocketing. Many of us try to…
What are we eating? Our diet has changed profoundly over the last 10,000 years, with a more accelerated rate of change over the last hundred years. There is a disconnect between what we’re putting in our bodies as nutrition and what our bodies are…