

By Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
This article originally appeared on Vitality 101 with Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum. In the first installment of my “Ten-Point Tune-Up” series (a ten-step method to energize every system and organ in your body) I discussed the importance of getting a good…read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
These days “Paleo” is all the craze: Paleo Diet, Paleo Bars, Paleo Shakes, Paleo Running . . . what’s next? Paleo Match Dating.com (caveman sex)? Paleo Wear (workout skins)? Paleo Survivor (a new reality show)? Paleo books abound, and we’ve…read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
First Lady Michelle Obama has rolled out a new campaign to make Americans drink more water. “Water is the first and best energy drink,” she told a crowd at a high school at the aptly named Watertown, Wisconsin. It’s all…read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
In the early 1800s, faced with automation and industrialization in the English textile industry, a group of traditional weavers and lacemakers banded together to protest. They were called “Luddites.” The Luddites demonstrated at new mass-production factories, and even sometimes rampaged,…read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
My colleague was a lot like me, only seemingly better. A young holistic physician with a thriving practice, active in the politics of alternative medicine, ambitious, energetic in his 40s, owner of a health food store and host of his…read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
I recently returned from a meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (AAM) where I delivered a paper entitled “Endocrine Aspects of Aging.” Here, I will share with you some of the high points of this most interesting conference.–Dr….read more
Categories: Optimization
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Isabel, a choreographer in her mid-40s, came into my office and said, “I don’t know if something is happening to me. I can’t remember the name of this step when I’m teaching; I use it all the time, but I…read more
Categories: Optimization
Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
Inflammation is the common denominator for a host of medical conditions: whatever “-itis” you may…
March is Sleep Awareness Month, with National Sleep Week coming up on the 12th. In commemoration, I’ll…
March is National Nutrition Month. Health or Disease? YOU choose. Believe it. In many cases, you…
Keeping Your Seasonal Allergies from Going into Overdrive, Part 1
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