We face stress in our everyday lives. Work and family life can be plenty challenging, and unusually extreme, out-of-our-control events can be incredibly overwhelming. The amount of stress we face and how we deal with it can greatly affect our health.

Ebola has cost thousands of lives. It is infectious and terrifying because of its ability to rapidly spread and kill. People are understandably afraid. Governments are struggling to contain the epidemic. I think we are missing a key component in containing this and other future epidemics. That is the health of the host.

If you were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, or a similar autoimmune disease, you may have asked your doctor about diet and what you could do yourself to reduce your symptoms. Unfortunately, most neurologists today would shrug off that question.

At first, the thought of eating meat was nauseating to me, both physically and morally. I wanted desperately to heal, and I was willing to try just about anything, but by this time I had been a vegetarian over 15 years. How could I reconcile eating animals after all this time?

Stress has a bad reputation. You’ve probably heard that it’s going to kill you, or at least damage you in some way. Just thinking about the consequences of stress is enough to make you feel…really stressed! But stress gets bad press, and the situation isn’t quite what you might think. Stress can actually be a good thing.

If you are like many Americans, your brain may be shrinking without your even knowing it. But it’s not hard to get your body to release a growth hormone vital to your brain.

When people in my clinics complain of fatigue, the focus is on improving the quality of their diet and increasing their physical activity level. That’s a two stop process…

Dietitians agree that nutrient density — the amount of vitamin, mineral, and antioxidant content per calorie consumed — is key to improving health outcomes. Many believe that the best way to get maximal nutrient density is to…

Because bacteria and viruses evolve quickly and develop resistance to our drugs, infections are growing too powerful to treat with antibiotics and antivirals. But there is still a great deal that we can do to protect ourselves.

Within one month, my brain fog was gone. In three months, I no longer felt fatigue and was able to walk with a cane. After six months, I no longer needed a cane.

Though no one can change their DNA, we certainly can address the environmental factors that influence our health. It is possible to shift these factors from disease promoting to health promoting.

Martial arts were a large part of my early life. I loved the work outs. They were perfect–and I had strength, balance and interval training in those classes–which I now know are excellent for improving nerve growth factors in the brain and improving cardiovascular and pulmonary fitness.