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How can I encourage someone to live a healthier lifestyle?
Q: How do you advise a 70-year-old to start a healthier life when they have horrible eating habits and don’t move around much? A: The simple answer? You don’t advise them to do anything. Unless of course,…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition
Dethroning the orthodoxies: Ideas it may be time to throw out
“Follow the science” they say. But if Covid has awakened us to anything, it’s that science is dynamic, a work in progress. Today’s verities may be overturned by new discoveries. What follow are some dogmas that are…read more
Categories:Aging Digestive Health Men’s Health
Leyla Weighs In: Identifying your stage of change
How close are you to making a change in your lifestyle, behavior, or habits? How you eat, how you move, your outlook, has everything to do with your health status and any expected outcomes for success. Are…read more
Categories:General Medicine General Nutrition
Supporting your digestion with dietary supplements
There’s more to GI health than whether or not to take an acid-blocker. All too frequently drugs are the answer to bothersome digestive problems. Fortunately, there are a wealth of gentler, safer natural alternatives. Learn about them…read more
Categories:Digestive Health Sponsored Supplements
What’s driving America’s epidemic of violence and criminality?
The recent attempt on candidate Trump’s life merely highlights a long-standing problem: America is in the throes of a mental health crisis. It seems not a week goes by that we don’t learn of another mass-shooting incident….read more
Categories:General Nutrition Mental and Emotional Health
Ask Leyla: Should I drink liquids with a meal?
Q: Is drinking liquids with meals bad for digestion? I routinely have a pint of water with my main meal and continue drinking water throughout the day. A: Over much of my career in nutrition, I’ve seen…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
The peanut controversy
“Dr. Hoffman, do you still eat peanuts?” That was a listener question recently on my Intelligent Medicine radio program. Sure, I eat peanuts, but rarely now. There’s nothing like working your way through a bag of ballpark…read more
Categories:Allergy Food Sensitivity General Nutrition
Ask Leyla: Help! My weight is creeping up
Q: I’m a 58-year-old female and my height is 5’9”. Three years ago, I lost 20 pounds – reaching my weight goal of 150 pounds. But over the last six months, about six pounds have crept back. I…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight
Politics heats up summer ‘24–and I’m not talking the Presidential race!
Chevron reversal and the natural products industry: On June 28, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision in Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimundo to reverse the 40-year-old Chevron opinion, which empowered administrative agencies to develop and draft…read more
Leyla Weighs In: Maintaining food safety at home
The importance of food safety cannot be overstated. Every year there are an estimated 48 million cases of foodborne illness. Proper handling of food is critical to keeping it safe to eat. Preventing cross-contamination is key. When…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Lately, I’ve been sharing with Intelligent Medicine listeners that I’ve been augmenting my diet with…
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Q: I am a 77-year-old woman. On recent bone density test, lumbar spine results range…
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The 1973 sci-fi movie Soylent Green depicts a dystopian future in which over-population and environmental…
A New Era in Wellness: Non-CBD Innovations with Lex Pelger, Part 2
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