The journey to combating a health issue can be a challenging task; from overwhelming differing nutritional advice to those who doubt your lifestyle choices. Plant-based board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. Joyce has been there,…
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“Given the right conditions, the body can heal itself” (How Not to Die). Pioneering physicians in lifestyle medicine, Nathan Pritikin, Dean Ornish, and Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. took patients with advanced heart disease…
When it comes to nutrition, we rarely talk about eyes. We uphold our hearts, our hands, and even our feet as some of our most daily used body parts, but how often…
It’s hard to resist the spirit of this time of the year. Something about autumn feels less commercialized than the other seasons, especially the upcoming red-and-green one. Maybe it’s because we’re growing…
Our Uber driver drove us up to a huge, high rise hotel, overlooking the sparkling San Diego Bay. Out of the Uber stepped me and my two co-passengers, Cindy & Carol, two…
Show up on Friday at noon with a knife, apron, and closed-toed shoes. These were my instructions should I choose to accept them. Well, of course I did and so the next…
Ever since I can remember, I spent many hours in the garden helping my parents till soil and plant seeds. As I grew older, I understood and became familiar with different gardening…
This weekend, a few of us at Life & Health are packing up our things and heading to our favorite Blue Zone (i.e. longevity hot spot) Loma Linda, California, where a veggie…