The perfect summer treat! Tastes like apple pie in a glass. To see the Chef and The Dietitian LIVE and in person sign up at www.HealthyTasteofLA.com...

Atherosclerotic plaques may be more aptly described as pimples. These inflamed pockets of pus building up in the lining of our arteries can rupture, cut off our hearts’ blood supply, and kill us. In my 2-min. video Arterial Acne, I profile...

Imagine being faced with one of the most difficult decisions of your entire life. A decision of whether or not to let another human being live or die. By choosing life, it may result in years of surgery for this...

The title is an old English proverb, subject to endless debates about what any of it means (try googling it). I wrote some of this at the end of May 2010 – and as the May blossom and the month...

It's cool to get braces when you're old, because: Your peers congratulate you or sympathise - instead of calling you names and avoiding you Your kids think your new hardware is interesting, or even sparkly (my 4 year-old girl)...

Better talk about Todd Akin now; cause he's gonna be old news soon. Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin is getting a lot of heat these days---for apparently stating how he really felt about the abortion issue....

A Seed by Any Other Name is Still a Seed Real world studies of what people eat show, over and over again, that if you consume whole grains you will be healthier and thinner. Yet outlandish statements in the popular...

Most of the U.S. population suffers an acute diarrheal illness every year. According to a recent survey, most people correctly identified food as the most common source of infection, but fewer than half (45%) believed it legal for grocery stores...

Last week I had the opportunity to drop into the Vegan Camp, which has run for a couple of weeks every year, in all parts England, Scotland and Wales, since 1981. This year it was near the Lake District in...

  Just when you think that our mainstream "system" can't get any worse. (Featuring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) The latest terrible advice from our "system" arrived in my mailbox today---and was contained within my copy of the August-September...

The Wellness Forum Institute is the first school to offer students the opportunity to become nutrition professionals with a solid science foundation and an emphasis in plant-based nutrition. Due to our "virtual classroom" format, classes are live and interactive, but students can...

In October 2012 the 40th IVU World Veg Congress will join with the Vegsource Healthy Lifestyle Expo in Los Angeles, California. We’ll be in San Francisco for the SF Veg Festival the previous weekend – October 6-7 for that one, then a short...

Well, that depends on who you ask. If you ask me... Without a doubt, Dr. Mehmet Oz is the most famous doctor in the country---but we all know that he is now in the entertainment business. Therefore, he is...

How many times has this happened to you? You’re in a natural food store walking near the supplement section and an employee graciously asks if you need any help, and proceeds to offer advice on healing what ails you. You’ll...

Dr McDougall's gift is that diet no longer seems controversial. You can picture ol' Doc McDougall offering you a bucket of chicken wings, saying, "Do you feel lucky?" Well? Do you? If you haven't already discovered Dr McDougall, The...

Spiritual principles CAN lead to material success. The premise is this: If we get in our own way and block our own success due to unconscious, self-sabotaging behaviors, then when we get out of our own way by stopping our...

[updated August 2012] The 40th IVU World Congress/Vegfest will be in California, October 2012 - starting in San Francisco, October 5-8, then on to Los Angeles Oct 12-14. The first IVU Congress was in Dresden, Germany, in 1908 and they've been held...

As a former resident of Atlanta, I know all about Mr. S. Truett Cathy and how he built his company, Chick-fil-A on biblical principles. But not all biblical principles; just the ones that suited him. For example, I wonder what Jesus would say about...

Heard this before? We don't need to pass laws to make things better; we just need more education. If people knew better, they would do better. I'm a writer. I'm all for information sharing. But telling the truth isn't...

Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the food safety risks associated with processed meat and poultry products. There is a concern, however, that viruses fed to chickens could spread toxin genes between bacteria, the subject...