Do you do private consultations? What is the cost? Where are you located? I just want to feel good, and have enough energy to exercise and keep up with my family. I wouldn’t mind losing 30 to 40 pounds.
Although things have been in a bit of an upheaval (I just accepted the position of Medical [...]

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I need to change eating habits as well as exercise more to better control my weight and health. I have been reading your articles and now wonder how big a part of my weight issue is my fibromyalgia and thoracic outlet syndrome issues. For years I have felt bloated and like I was retaining fluid [...]

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Do cola drinks affect calcium in women?
All soft drinks use a phosphate buffer so the carbon dioxide does not become carbonic acid in the drink.
Carbonic acid is so toxic that it would stop people from drinking pop immediately. When phosphorus is absorbed into the body, the body matches that phosphorus with calcium, which has to [...]

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Would weight loss help my other physical problems, even though I have been told I may have to have back surgery for degenerative disc disease?
If you are overweight or obese, weight loss will help you in many ways, especially if you have back problems. Assuming you are overweight, let’s talk about how less weight should [...]

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Is it possible that there are some bodies who do not adequately digest certain foods because of a lack of certain chemicals or enzymes?  Am I trying to make up excuses?
There are at least 5 separate steps that have been identified in our body to assist in the digestion or breakdown of food. It starts [...]

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Our Germs, Ourselves
Forbes reports that our bodies have 100 trillion bacteria in the intestinal tract. Recent studies imply that the type of bacteria in the gut may decide whether food is burned as energy or stored as fat. Obese people had a different

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Sugar Shock
In 1976, the sugar industry discovered it was cheaper to make sugar from corn than from beets or cane.  Since then, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sucrose as a sweetener in most soft drinks, baked goods, and processed foods.  Among other consequences, fructose has been implicated in

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