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Allergy: How to Reclaim Your Mojo Naturally
With everything you need to deal with each day, do you really need allergies slowing you down? Whether it’s hay fever, pet dander or some other U.F.O. (Unidentified Frustrating Offender), the suffering caused by chronic allergies can make you either mildly slower-than-usual or downright miserable. Unfortunately, relying on any one of the allergy medications lining…
It's Not You, It's Your Adrenals
I have a confession: It wasn’t long ago that I was addicted to all the things that I preach against – sugar, adrenaline, caffeine, dairy and alcohol. At Harvard Medical School, I was taught (and blithely internalized) the message that the ruthless and dogged pursuit of medical knowledge was noble, even if it meant denying…
Thyroid: Minimize Goitrogens for Optimal Metabolism + Weight
Here is a great list of foods that slow down your thyroid. They are also known as goitrogens. Isn’t that a weird word? It’s best to avoid these foods in their raw form – lightly cooked is a better option. Caffeine. Yes, not a popular food to give up, but it will help your thyroid…
Pokeberry: A Natural Dye that Acts as a Lymph Cleanser
Pokeberry, which grows around my home as a weed, is a natural lymph cleanser. Synthetic dyes are associated with allergy, asthma, bladder cancer and cause genotoxicity. Some synthetic dyes mimic estrogen in the body. Poke is a beautiful example of a dye that can create gorgeous color, and actually improve your health. This is a…
D15 of August Break: My Favorite Natural Dyes
Oak galls (or Oak apples, as they’re sometimes called) fascinate me. They are a result of the puncture of the bark of an Oak tree by the female Gallwasp, Cynips Gallae-tinctoriae, who lays its eggs inside. Five to seven cm in diameter, they make a smokey grey or black dye. Beautiful. Thank you to Rebecca Burgess…
Have You Seen My Sex Drive?
10,000 women in my private practice so far. Guess what every one of them wants to know? Single, divorced, pregnant, married, retired, gay – seriously, everyone. They can hardly wait for the door to close. “My sex drive! Where did it go? I want it back.” Inside my office, this question feels safe. Outside my…
D9 August Break: Blue Bottle, Anyone?
Blue Bottle artisanal coffee, roasted in the ‘hood here in Oakland’s Jack London Square. Now, if we could just settle the acrylamide issue….
D7 August Break: Breaking Free from Restriction
We’re one week into the August Break. Trying not to write, but as usual I’m processing, processing, processing. Here’s what I’m working with, in the hopes that it’ll provide some benefit to you. It’s a path toward greater authenticity. It’s my daily inquiry, my endeavor to break out of the old-school medical paradigm into my…
Day 6 of August Break: Happiness Held Is the Seed – Happiness Shared Is the Flower
My August Break took me to Santa Monica this weekend. David Gottfried, aka Darling Husband, wanted to go to Ivy for date night and I wanted to go to Seed in Venice. David, since he grew up in LA and knows how it’s done around here, called to make a reservation. “Uh, that’s cool, but…