Back when my dear mother was still in a nursing home (prior to her passing in 2015 at age 94), every time I would visit her, I would pop my head into the doorway of her room and say, “Hi Mom!  How are you?” She would always respond, “Well, Sher, I hurt from head to toe (with arthritis), but I still know who you are!” Ah yes, age-related cognitive decline is a very real...

  Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a day known for romance, flowers, and… Chocolate! Now, many people have a love/hate relationship with chocolate in that they love it, but hate the fact that it can pack the pounds on you. Well, here’s the thing—when you have a regular diet of wholesome real foods (and stay away from junk and fast foods), you CAN enjoy an occasional sweet treat like chocolate and not pay the price! Plus...

  People sometimes joke around about forgetfulness or “CRS disease” as we age, but in reality, mental decline (dementia) is no laughing matter. Currently one in three senior citizens dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, and over six million Americans are living with the condition. Even more disturbingly, that number is projected to rise to 13 million over the next few decades. And it’s not just old age!  While dementia is typically found...

  Currently, 40 million adult Americans suffer from occasional or regular bouts of anxiety.  That’s about one out of five of us! As if that’s not bad enough, the prevalence of anxiety is increasing, and it’s affecting people at younger and younger ages. Currently, half of our mental health problems are established by age 14, and 75 percent by age 24! Now the question here is… [[big4]]Why are we so anxious to begin with?[[end]] There...

  June is National Migraine and Headache awareness month, and I suspect that anyone that has ever suffered from a migraine is quite “aware” of them, as they’re hard to ignore. About 39 million people in the US, and over a billion people worldwide suffer from migraines, making them one of the most common disorders in the world.  Ninety-one percent of migraine sufferers can't work or function normally during an attack, and as many as...

  Modern medicine rarely, if ever, looks at the underlying causes of chronic disease.  Instead medications are prescribed that cover up the symptoms but don’t really cure anything. Nowhere is this truer than with DEPRESSION! Shockingly, the theory behind depression that continues to be parroted by many mainstream medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry is that depression is the result of some kind of chemical imbalance in the brain that can be magically abated with...