Ah, pooping.  Such a personal subject.  The intimate relationship between you, your toilet bowl and Charmin.    Bowel habits are typically not something that most people feel comfortable discussing, especially when the conversation centers on how often you go.  But it probably won’t surprise you that I believe it’s a VERY important topic of conversation, so let’s have a little chat about your Number twos.    Where do you fall on the spectrum?  Generally speaking, people...

  As much as I would like to say otherwise, our current state of health is not “health” at all—it’s disease management.   If you doubt what I’m saying, then consider these disturbing facts:  7 out of 10 of us take at least one prescription medication per day  75 percent of us are overweight or obese  Over 60 percent of US adults have at least one chronic condition such as heart disease, cancer or Type 2...

  I’ve been in the health and nutrition field for over 30 years and one thing I can say with full confidence is that people are inherently resistant to change.  I can’t tell you the number of times I have consulted with a client and talked about all the wonderful health improvements they can experience…  But as soon as I mention changing their diet, I get the doe in the headlights look.  Or worse yet,...

  When it comes to digestive distress, the potential causes can run the gamut.  Processed foods, enzyme insufficiency, lacking a gallbladder, imbalanced microbiome, certain medications, leaky gut, stress and food allergies/intolerances are some of the possible culprits.  But there’s another cause that most people are not even aware of.   It’s a substance that occurs naturally in many foods, but chances are good that you’ve never even heard of it…and yet it may be affecting you...

  When faced with the unsettling news that they have a disease, many people are taken aback and swear that it just “came out of nowhere.”  Trust me, nothing could be further from the truth.  Disease is not a sneaky monster that lurks in the shadows and waits for its opportunity to bite poor unsuspecting you in the derriere.  No, my friend—disease is slowly CREATED, and although there are many factors that determine whether your...

  If you are an adult in the US, chances are good that you may have a quiet, sneaky disease lurking inside of you and you have no clue that there’s a problem. This disease often doesn’t cause symptoms.  But lo and behold, when it does, there will be no doubt in your mind that something is seriously wrong. I’m talking about diverticular disease.   Diverticular disease is the umbrella term used to describe the conditions...