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Food As Medicine: Is the raw food diet worth it?

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Food As Medicine: Is the raw food diet worth it?

So what if you eat a carrot raw or roasted, an onion raw or sautéed, a tomato raw or stewed? Well, it turns out that when your using food as medicine, how you prepare your food makes a huge difference in which nutrients your body absorbs. 

Add Sunshine To Your Day with Vitamin D

Add Sunshine To Your Day with Vitamin D

Perhaps you’re already familiar with a healthy body’s key nutrient – vitamin D3. It’s arguably the most important essential nutrient, working to keep your bones strong and inflammation in check while reducing your risk of developing chronic disease or improving disease outcomes.

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Black Raspberries: The David and Goliath of Cancer Treatments

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Black Raspberries: The David and Goliath of Cancer Treatments

If Goliath were cancer, then David would have to be the tiny black raspberry that rose to fame as the deep purple superstar of the berry world when Ohio State University (OSU) scientists discovered its powerful abilities to fight cancer.

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Does Bone Broth Stand Up To The Hype?

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Does Bone Broth Stand Up To The Hype?

It seems like every year, simple fresh whole foods launch some new trend, and a bunch of folks jump on the wagon, and once manufacturers get wind, new products land on the shelves in the blink of an eye. Bone broth is no exception to that marketing craze, but does it have staying power?

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Harvard To Document Unique Cancer Wins

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Harvard To Document Unique Cancer Wins

I am so pleased to announce that I’ve been accepted into Harvard Medical School’s remarkable NEER study or Network of Enigmatic Exceptional Responders, which is part of the People-Powered Medicine (PPM) program. Through NEER people like me who have beaten the odds and thrive cancer-free, are finally being looked at more closely to identify how others might benefit from our success.

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Healing Communities With Food: Stone Soup

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Healing Communities With Food: Stone Soup

Today’s recipe comes with one of my favorite stories I especially loved to tell when I began to teach how to use food as medicine. The story is an old folk tale called “Stone Soup,” and while there are several different versions, Jon J. Muth’s adaptation made a particularly strong impression on me while I worked to develop a community-based integrative health program to stop the growing trend of chronic disease. 

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Dietary Supplements: Are they necessary?

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Dietary Supplements: Are they necessary?

Supplements tend to be the first thing we run to, believing they can provide us with the nutrients our bodies need. In fact, one of the first questions most new clients ask me is generally presented in the form of a box or bag filled with bottles of "nutritional supplements" they paid a lot of money for.

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AICR Offers Advice On Oral Cancer Prevention and Care

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AICR Offers Advice On Oral Cancer Prevention and Care

Oral cancer has been on my mind lately with the recent national attention given to an increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease for teens and young adults who vape along with adults who use tobacco or drink a lot of alcohol.

Simple, Attainable, Sustainable