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Also at The Commonwealth Club on September 10th, is Dr. Adam Gazzaley speaking about Video Games as Cognitive Enhancers. This event will sell out, so purchase your tickets early....

As you know I am co-chair of The health and Medicine member-Led Forum at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. On July 12th, Julia Ross is speaking about sugar addiction and will be signing her newly revised book, The Diet Cure. Be sure to attend!...

One of the organizations I belong to has some very interesting classes and seminars on a variety of topics. One that caught my eye was: Conscious Eldering: Aging with Intention and Passion Discover the types of inner work that facilitate fully claiming and embodying...

This is a nice list of ways to keep your skin healthy and beautiful. This list is courtesy of the University of Washington with my notes in italics and in parenthesis: Tips for maintaining good skin care: Avoid soaps labeled "antibacterial" or "antimicrobial." These...

This could be an important 60 minutes in your life! You will learn a lot about Stress. https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/stress-new-biological-clock-how-we-can-turn-it-back-3311 This program was at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

As you know April in Zest is a month-long cleanse. No, you will not be hungry and no you don't have to go without food. You will have the option mid-month to participate in a juice component that I'm pretty sure you're going to like after you find out all about it....

This Sunday I will be on Bay Area Focus with EMMY-winning host Susan Sikora. Here is the link to the show: Bay Area Focus

Here is the link: I'm sure you will find it fascinating! https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-02-28/food-addiction

I thought this might be useful for many..... How to Substitute Sweeteners 1.  Honey and maple syrup are sweeter than sugar (and heavier!) so use less (about 1/2 – 3/4 cup) for each cup of sugar. 2.  When substituting a liquid for a granulated sweetener, such as using...

We are all biochemical individuals and what works in a Cleanse for one, may not work for another. There are some basic principles that will work for everyone that we will utilize during the first ten days. We’ll remove the major foods-most of them are white!-that are...

At the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last Tuesday, I chaired a program on Food Addiction. The panel included doctors, clinicians, and scientists from all over the country and Canada. It was an incredible event and everyone learned so much; the physical elements...

The answer is that those are the topics of the Zest Program in March. Last Thursday, the topic was the importance of healthy snacks -which was a bonus class as there are 4 more Zest classes this month. Join us in March and learn all about these topics as you learn to...

Dr. Lustig will be speaking at The Commonwealth Club tomorrow. This is such an interesting article:

On Tuesday February 28th at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, we have experts from all over the country coming to speak about Food Addiction. It's not often we have this many experts in one place! Join us!

There was an article in the New York Times today about the hidden costs of using those little plastic cups that people use to make one serving of coffee. My biggest concern is not that perhaps they are more expensive than just brewing a pot, but what is the cost...

It has been said that our biology becomes our biography. What does this mean? Think of your actions and reactions like the flow of water coming down a mountain. If you have suffered loss and grief, and I'm sure all of us have, then think back (or perhaps you're in the...

How about this menu for Super Bowl Sunday? Fruit Salad, perhaps even skewered, like fruit shish-kabobs. Jicama cut into slices and served with fresh salsa Gucamole with veggies and chips. Try cutting corn chips into wedges and baking until crispy. Yum! Meatballs...

This Thursday evening at 6:00 at Zest, you will learn about creating meal plans. If I have a veggies scramble for breakfast, what should my snacks, lunch and dinner be? We'll go through a sample week and you'll even get some recipes! You can drop in for one class of...

Please join me at The Commonwealth Club where a very impressive group of doctors, scientists and researchers will discuss this topic. Here is the link to register for this program: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-02-28/food-addiction Food Addiction Tue,...

I met Gary in New Orleans in 2010 and we became friends almost instantly. Skip ahead a year and he’s home in Canada and I’m home in California, chatting and emailing and keeping up with each other’s lives. Our friendship grew into what we knew would be a friendship...