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Chill out–it may be healthy for you!
Temperatures plummeted across much of the U.S. this week, leaving many of us shivering. I got out my long underwear that had been lying fallow for several recent mild Northeast winters. To make matters worse, weather forecasters…read more
Categories:Environmental Health
Ask Leyla: What is the relationship between hormones and weight loss?
Q: One of the weight loss systems advertised on radio claims that you have to balance hormones in order to lose weight. What exactly does this mean? Which hormones are involved the most in weight loss (or gain),…read more
Categories:Hypothyroidism Nutrition and Weight Obesity
A tale of two toxins
We spend a lot of time worrying about exposure to mercury, lead, bisphenol A, glyphosate and a myriad of environmental toxins. But here are two that you probably don’t know about and may be inadvertently consuming. Transglutaminase: Science…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Gluten Sensitivity
Leyla Weighs In: The best approach to weight loss I ever learned
One of the most important components of education and training to become a nutritionist is nutritional counseling. It’s critical for changing eating behavior and is particularly germane to weight loss. I was struck by an interesting psychological strategy…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight Obesity
Does this statin make me look fat?
It’s been conclusively demonstrated that people who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs—especially women—are more prone to Type 2 diabetes, the kind associated with being overweight. So much so that the FDA issued a black box warning saying that…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis Heart Disease Heart Health Obesity
Leyla Weighs In: This is a great time to develop a winning mindset
As humans, when it comes to changing a behavior (such as an attempt at self-improvement or establishing a healthy habit) we often start off all gung ho with an “all or nothing” attitude—especially at the start of…read more
Categories:Exercise
The Big 3 Botanicals: What are they and how can they revitalize your health?
By Chris Kilham
Chris Kilham is a respected colleague who’s an acknowledged expert on nutraceuticals. He was an early pioneer in mainstreaming the use of potent herbal extracts based on his extensive ethnographic research entailing study of the health secrets…read more
Categories:Supplements
Censorship threatens your access to news about natural alternatives
It seemed like a wonderful dream come true: An unlimited torrent of information at your disposal, just a click away. As my 90-year-old aunt excitedly described it: “The Internet is like having a genius in your living room!”…read more
Categories:General Medicine
Leyla Weighs In: Happy New Year! A great time to establish healthy new habits
Experts say we don’t actually break a habit. We simply replace it with a new one, a new behavior. How we eat is actually a behavior. For example, if you’re always the first one to finish your…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition
The five health battles we need to fight next
In a previous newsletter, I celebrated five victories that suggest the tide is finally turning—marketers of chemical-laden junk food are bowing to consumer demands, and even the Federal government is scaling back on its fluoridation mandates. These victories are…read more
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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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Q: One of the weight loss systems advertised on radio claims that you have to balance…
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We spend a lot of time worrying about exposure to mercury, lead, bisphenol A, glyphosate…
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One of the most important components of education and training to become a nutritionist is…
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