Endive – Healing Food Facts
Endive is a chicory green that is today, much more popular in Europe than in the United States. Although its recognition is growing, it is still largely under valued. Endive is a member of the Compositae family, along with artichokes, dandelions, and lettuce. Chicory...
Resveratrol Shown to Improve Memory and Brain Function
Introduction: Resveratrol is a plant compound similar to flavonoids. It is found in low levels in the skin of red grapes, red wine, cocoa powder, baking chocolate, dark chocolate, peanuts, and mulberry skin. Red wine is perhaps the most recognized source of...
Are Side Effects the Achilles’ Heel of Widespread Use of Statins to Lower Cholesterol?
Introduction: Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) released new guidelines that increased the focus on prescribing statins to lower LDL cholesterol levels. With the new guidelines, it is estimated that in the United...
Is Activating Brown Fat the Key to Weight Loss?
Introduction: Not all fat in the human body is the same. One of the major differentiators is based upon the concentration of mitochondria – the energy producing compartments of cells. When there are a lot of mitochondria in fatty tissue, it looks brown, and when there...Get The Longevity Matrix
On the Dr Oz show
On the show I discussed the failure of conventional medicine to address the underlying issues in many health conditions offering little more than drugs as biochemical “band aids.”