Thyroid disorders have become an epidemic, yet doctors seem to write them off with a prescription — and ignore the underlying cause behind the diagnosis. So, what is actually destroying your thyroid function? Were you just unlucky in the genetic lottery? Or, is it something more…

There are more than 270 types of mushrooms with loads of health benefits. So how do you know where to get started using them to boost your health? You can’t go wrong with any of them, but here are some top recommendations and how they help…

At some point in your life, you’ve probably been told to “treat your body like a temple.” And that’s good advice. You only have one body, after all. And it has to last you for a while. But, if you’ve been a little rough on it, no worries. One special drink could turn things around for you…

I’m thrilled to have valid, healthy reasons to drink a few cups of coffee every day — guilt-free! But the really great thing about coffee is this: The less we do to it, the more it gives up its gold. That’s because it contains a special fat-burning compound you don’t want to roast away…

You may have heard about the recent YouTube video in which a Harvard Professor called coconut oil “pure poison” and “one of the worst foods you can eat.” Like I did with the American Heart Association, let me set the record straight about this highly nutritious food…

The Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that when healthy adults with high LDL levels ate one serving of pistachios daily, their LDL cholesterol levels dropped by nine percent. Those who ate two servings per day saw a 12 percent drop in LDL. That’s just for starters…

These tips were shown to impact a key component that could turn off premature aging much quicker than creams. But it’s about more than how you look. You can protect yourself from age-related diseases, like heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers…

For years, we’ve assumed a low-carb diet is best for weight loss… Too much starch packs on the pounds, after all. So, with that nugget of wisdom, taking the bun off the hamburger seemed the right thing to do. If you want to live longer, put it back on…

Recently, I was reprimanded by a fellow physician. It wasn’t for prescribing antibiotics over the phone for a patient with symptoms that were likely viral, as this doctor did… but for suggesting a treatment that could help my patients rely less on mainstream medicine’s biggest money makers.

I don’t know where you fall on the insect-eating spectrum. But if you can tolerate the idea at all, there are some fabulous health reasons to give it a shot… particularly crickets (think chocolate-covered). And better gut health is one of them…

Move over, mustard! There’s a new condiment in town. This root vegetable is first cousin to broccoli. Astonishingly, though, it has ten times the cancer fighting power of its superfood cousin. As if killing cancer cells weren’t enough, I have six more benefits for you…

When you mention the benefits of healthy fats, those in the mainstream medical communities gasp in shock: Fats are terrible for you… Fat causes heart disease… Low-fat and fat-free are the only option… This stance has killed in record numbers over the past fifty years.