Now a new study has shown that texting may be a viable alternative. In a study performed at Duke University, researcher Dori Steinberg and her associates found that after six months, 26 obese women who used daily texting lost nearly 3 pounds, while another 24 who followed traditional methods gained 2 1⁄2 pounds. The average age of participants was 38 years. […]

You know how it is. Walk into a grocery store and see the beautiful label or the great ad and you pull one off the shelf and into your shopping cart. Marketing and advertising works. Thinking about healthy eating may be enough to prime your brain to make better food choices But what if you were influenced to buy healthier foods with the same kinds of marketing and ads? A recent study […]

You probably know eating too much salt (sodium) can lead to high blood pressure and other heart problems and you probably know that French fries and potato chips are loaded with salt. But there are also other foods lurking in the grocery store that may surprise you with their salt content. Your average daily requirement for salt is 1,500 mg. But the average American consumes about 3,400 mg. The […]

The medical name for weight loss surgery is bariatric surgery. The tips of your chromosomes are called telomeres. Telomeres are like the plastic cap on the tip of your shoelaces, and like shoelaces, telomeres prevent your chromosomes from unraveling and that slows your body’s aging. As you age, your telomeres get shorter. That increases the risk both of losing vital DNA from […]

Bioidentical means it’s exactly the same chemical structure as the estrogens you make in your body – it’s identical. And since this is biology, it’s bioidentical. There are three estrogens that the body makes: estradiol, estrone, and estriol. Estradiol is the main one produced by the ovary. It’s there in the reproductive years and is the most potent and the most […]

1. Myth: Diabetes is not that serious of a disease. FACT: If you manage your diabetes properly, you can prevent or delay diabetes complications. However, diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and aids combined. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. 2. Myth: If you are overweight or obese, you will eventually […]

Holidays and family gatherings can be a particularly challenging time for those dealing with the loss of a loved one, and studies show that more people may actually come face-to-face with the full difficulties of the grieving process in the post-holiday season or after family events. It is during these times, after friends and family have departed and we go back […]

While in Greece, we were invited to a local village dance. It was to be held in a nearby field, and we were fascinated to discover it started very late, about 11 p.m., lasting until the early hours of the morning. It was a beautiful moonlit night. The entire village was present: small children, lanky teenagers, grannies and old men clinging […]

My transition through menopause was one of the most important transitions of my life. I am an active yoga and meditation teacher who had just moved from Boston to New York City in my early 50’s. I was in a new city and although I am an expert at handling stress, had met my match with the move to NYC. […]

Ingredients 2 medium-size eggplants, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks 3 cups boiling water pinch of salt 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 medium onions chopped 1 clove of garlic, minced 1 large egg, beaten 1⁄4 cup bread crumbs salt and pepper Preparation Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the eggplant chunks in a saucepan with the boiling water and salt and […]