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Well, yes, this is true.  If you've been dieting most of your life you may have the following issues: you may be zinc deficient which can lower your appetite you may have learned not to...

So far, I've talked about Fact #1 - obesity is genetic and Fact #2 - exercise of 300 minutes per week is key to treating obesity.  I'm sure most of you know the TV show...

If you read the previous blog, you will know that the predisposition to obesity is overwhelmingly genetic.  What does this mean to you?  Well, if you come from a family of overweight individuals, it will...

I just recently attended and was a speaker at the 6th Annual Nutrition and Health Conference put on by the University of Arizona (www.nutritionandhealthconf.org).  The conference was held in Chicago and May 11th was declared...

My mentor, Andy Weil this past week testified before the US Senate about Integrative Medicine and the future of healthcare.. See the link: http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_02_26/2009_02_26.html

Natural remedies for serious mental illness are largely ignored by conventional medicine despite solid evidence that supports their use.

Eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating are serious and life threatening disorders. Many clinicians have sided with the new genetic research pointing to the increase in incidence of...

The financial crisis has really made me stop and think about my own patterns in life.  I can see that I have always assumed that I lived in a “land of plenty” and that I...

Finding your anchor is a way to find your emotional center / balance in the stormy seas of life.

Is compulsive overeating the same as binge eating?

There is a code that is much like the genetic code in your DNA that may make you more prone to being overweight, for example, because it's in your genes.  However this code is the...

Binge eating disorder (BED) affects between two and five percent  (Spitzer 1993) of adults in the United States (over four million Americans) and is the most common of all the eating disorders.  Up to 25...

Maryann felt overwhelmed.  Her youngest child was home sick, her boss was upset with her for missing work and her father was just rushed to the hospital.  She couldn't take one more thing happening! John...

Millions of people suffer with food issues.  They may have been diagnosed with an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder or they are overweight or obese or just confused by all...