Spice Up Your Valentines - Can We Eat Right For Good Sex?
Sexually stimulating foods have been a topic of debate since the dawn of man-kind. Recently I enjoyed a list suggested by AlterNet. Their Top 10 Aphrodisiac Foods suggested are asparagus, almonds, avocado, bananas, basil, chocolate, figs, garlic, oysters, and honey. For each food there was a deli...
Fixing" Health - Starts With Choic
How often have you said, "I know I should, but..."? How often do we continue with self-destructive behavior? What do you do when you see someone else, someone you love, being self-destructive? Acknowledging our self-truth is the first step to healing. We need to be clear about whether we are deal...
A Touch of Sugar"....A Pre-Diabetic Disaster
It really annoys me when I hear doctor say, "Oh it's only a touch of sugar". Diabetes is a miserable disease that causes serious disability as well as death. Why would anyone treat a diagnosis of pre-diabetes as minor? Poor circulation is a hallmark of diabetes. Yes, people with diabetes have a 2...
Motivation isn't Magic
But you're skinny!... It's amazing how often I've been dismissed with those words -- as if my advice might be tainted by some sort of magical genetic gift of thinness. It assumes there is no way I could personally understand the struggle against obesity. There is no "credit" for having battled ag...
Gastric Surgery -- Is It All It's Cut Out To Be?
A new study proclaims that gastric banding pays for itself in approximately two years for patients with diabetes. A systematic review of gastric surgery effects on diabetes found that both gastric banding and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery are capable of improving or even curing ty...