I’ve been in the health and nutrition field for three decades, so as you can probably surmise, I’ve pretty much heard it all.  I’ve seen numerous versions of what people think a “healthy diet” is, I’ve been asked about every diet and weight loss supplement on God’s green earth and have heard every excuse known to man for someone’s lack of exercise.  That’s OK, because this is why I do what I do.  To...

  Modern mainstream medicine is symptom-focused, meaning sickness and disease are seen as some mysterious thing that pops up, and the standard answers are drugs that mask the symptoms or surgery.  It wasn’t always this way.  Up until about 150 years ago, sickness was viewed as the result of an imbalance or deficiency in the body, and efforts were directed to correct the underlying situation. But this change in the focus of medicine (largely due...

  I recently conducted a little experiment to see if my suspicions were correct.  And they were.  I wrote letters to 65 local gastroenterologists in my surrounding area and along the east coast of Florida, introducing myself, including my curriculum vitae, and explaining that I would be happy to provide specialized meal suggestions and convenient guides that they could give to their patients to help address any dietary-related causes of their symptoms.  Know how many...

  Although there are many paths that lead to disease (including smoking, drug use, excessive alcohol use, having a poor diet, chronic stress, and exposure to toxins), there is another “road” that very few people think of…  But it’s one of the most common factors behind the development of disease!  I’m talking about poor digestion.  And if burping, belching, gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea are your regular companions, you better be talking about it too. ...

  Let’s play an imagine game for a moment.  Imagine that you get gassy and bloated pretty much every time you eat.  Imagine almost never having a normal BM—you frequently have constipation, diarrhea or go back and forth between the two.  Imagine having cramps and abdominal pain no matter what you eat, and your pain is only relieved by passing volumes of gas or having a BM.  Imagine that all of the above have a...

  If you’re among the 7 out of 10 people in the US who suffer from occasional or daily digestive problems, chances are excellent you’ve had Tums, Pepto Bismol or Rolaids as close companions.  Maybe you’ve even graduated to the big guns—Nexium, Zantac, Pepcid or Prilosec.  But these medications only cover up the problem, and not very well at that.  Plus they do absolutely NOTHING to help your digestive system work the way it’s supposed...