Weight loss

Are You Eating Your Nuts?

Studies have shown that eating nuts can reduce cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, prevent heart disease, and even reduce inflammation. Yet only about one third of Americans eat any nuts as part of their daily…

I’ve been following with interest as New York City’s mayor Michael Bloomberg moves to ban large containers of “sugary drinks”. Besides that he really means “high fructose corn syrup drinks,” as mainstream American sodas haven’t…

A new study shows that sleep-deprived people make poor food choices. Earlier research has shown a link between lack of sleep and obesity. This latest study out of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at the…

Just after 9 am yesterday my phone rang. It was the city’s Water Department calling to schedule an appointment to fix my water meter. After we had settled on a date, the caller asked me…

I believe in the old adage “Use it or Lose it,” especially when it comes to a degenerative disease like Multiple Sclerosis but really for everyone. My friend Jan DeCourtney at the Stoll Foundation for…