I just returned from travelling for close to three weeks to promote my new book, Is It Me or My Hormones? and the PBS special I made on the same topic. I went to cities I'd never set foot in before, met some wonderful people, and learned a lot about...

According to a 2012 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 60 to 80 percent of visits to primary care doctors may be related to stress, yet only 3 percent of patients receive stress management counseling. Why is it that so few people are getting...

As a culture, we tend to believe there's an ideal way to eat to stay healthy, one food plan that's best for everyone, and one path to be thin and attractive. We search for it daily in magazines, new books, and advice from the latest celebrities, and spend billions of...

When I was in high school, I remember making pacts with my girlfriends to eat only one meal a day during the weeks before a big dance or special occasion. For me, skipping those meals meant I would look as thin as possible in my new dress. Early on, food...

You've probably heard about the recent organic food study in which Stanford University researchers conclude that organic foods aren't any more nutritious than conventional foods.[1] The way the media has jumped all over this study, inferring that the organic food movement is a waste of time, is disheartening and confusing...

I'm in the process of writing a book about hormones. With intense writing deadlines, a medical practice, three children, a house, and my own hobbies and pleasures, I often feel totally strapped for time. I eat quickly between patient visits at the clinic and work late some nights and on...

I think we can all agree that for some people, eating in America has become a way to define yourself. Some chose their label for political or social reasons, and others are doing it for their health. We have vegetarians and vegans, people who follow raw food diets, macrobiotic diets,...

Muscle pain, dizziness, nausea, anxiety, insomnia, coughing, hair loss, fluid retention, liver problems -- these are just a few of the side effects associated with some of the most popular prescription drugs of 2010. These prescriptions include medication for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, low thyroid function, and diabetes. (1)...

In the natural health world, we hear this phrase all the time: Use food as your medicine. But how do you actually go about making food your medicine? Are there special meals to cook when you feel sick? Are there foods that help prevent disease? Many women tell me this...

Eat cheese, drink wine, smoke, and stay thin and healthy -- how can this be? As Americans we often refer to the French Paradox with a certain amount of jealousy. We'd die...

When the airline lost my suitcase on a recent trip to visit my son in Peru, I was desperate to get it back. After hours of frantic conversations on the phone, frustration, and eventual resignation, I walked into town to buy the...

Up to an amazing 90 percent of people who lose weight may eventually go on to gain it all back, according to the results of a recent study. When a reporter for Elle magazine asked me to comment, I told him that the statistics are so shocking because...

Detoxification isn't just for the new-age crowd anymore. It has become an essential component of good health for people in all walks of life, because we live in a toxic world. This added stress can be the tipping point for thyroid disorders, severe menopause symptoms, cancer and weight gain, to...

Every day millions of overweight women and men berate themselves for not being able to lose weight. They work out endlessly, cut calories until all they can do is think about food, try eating only grapefruit, only cabbage, or skip meals altogether -- and nothing seems to work. They feel...

At one time or another, we've all been promised this: "If the amount of calories we eat is less than the amount of calories our bodies use, we will lose weight." I'm sorry to say that this promise is false.

Women come to my door every day frustrated and...

When I was a child, I was surrounded by the positive energy of aboriginal cave drawings, healthy home-cooked meals, sunshine and the crystal waters of Australia. One of the reasons my childhood is such a sacred place in my mind is because everything changed when our family moved to America....

What if I told you I had the key to better sex, a leaner body and youthful skin? You'd probably look at me like I was crazy. There is no fountain of youth, right? I recently read an article on human growth hormone serving as the "so-called fountain...

I never thought I'd see the day that Betty Crocker came out with a gluten-free brownie mix. I'm astounded at the amount of gluten-free advertising out there -- Subway, Pizzeria Uno, Boston Market, Chili's, P.F. Chang's, Ruby Tuesday, King Arthur Flour, the list goes on and on. And it isn't...

How many people do you know who seem attached to their iPhone, iPad or Blackberry, or who stay up late at night on their computers? What about those people who wake up at 3 or 4 a.m. to go to the gym before work and then stay at work until...

At times I feel like I'm practicing medicine in a tunnel, one where the only way out is to prescribe pharmaceuticals that have gone through double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Modern medicine has brought us many wonderful advances -- and, believe me, I understand that controlled trials are important -- but what...