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Mediterranean and other Traditional Diets The Mediterranean diet is the most well-known traditional diet, but there are 22 countries in the Mediterranean region so a one size fits all in this category is a misnomer. Each country along the Mediterranean Sea boasts a...

No One Wants Their Food Medicalized. …and two suggestions for the new year Preamble I am in the nutrition world, and my friend is in the policy world focusing on aspects of health, which makes for interesting conversations. On our call yesterday, we caught up on...

I am proud to chair this program at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 22 at 6:00 pm. A NEW ERA OF EXPERIENTIAL MEDICINE: FROM VIDEO GAMES TO PSYCHEDELICS A fundamental challenge of our health-care system is the enhancement of cognition for millions...

My interview with Behavior Scientist BJ Fogg at The Commonwealth Club of California was informative, dynamic, and so much fun! Transforming your life can be easier than you think. In his New York Times best selling book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change...

I have been involved with The Commonwealth Club, Health and Medicine Member-Led Forum,  for 13 years and I am very proud of my previous programs and thrilled with my upcoming programs. Here are the upcoming programs that I'm sure you'll want to attend. The only...

What if we all did this? 72 billion pounds of food goes to waste each year- a staggering $218 billion- while 50 million people go hungry. Did you know that almost half of all fresh produce is thrown away? 20 billion pounds of vegetables and fruits are plowed under or...

Here is my recent interview with Mark Bittman. I hope you find it informative. Cut and paste into your browser   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHvY1Scm60Y

I'm really looking forward to interviewing Mark Bittman for The Commonwealth Club on March 24th. It should be very interesting. Join me! A century ago, food was industrialized. Since then, new styles of agriculture and food production have written a new chapter of...

I am proud to chair and moderate this important program at The Commonwealth Club on March 2nd. Based on 20 years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifestyle as the best prescription for their patients'...

I purchased each of my kids a tagine from Morocco for Christmas, which, thankfully, was a big hit. I am from a family of good cooks, and my sisters and I have passed this love along to our own children. So my eldest daughter Olivia was the first to season her tagine...

We have a unique opportunity to create a new normal on so many fronts. What have we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic? These aren’t blue-sky ideas, we know how the Earth can heal when humans step back. We know that our health affects outcomes in times of pandemic....

The Lessons of Coronavirus Moving forward… I’m sure by now everyone knows that the vast majority of those with coronavirus had an underlying health conditions; i.e., high blood pressure, obesity, and more. We won’t know all the statistics until this is behind us. My...

I am proud to be chairing this important program at The Commonwealth Club. In Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs, David Kessler explains how eating refined grains such as wheat, corn and rice leads to a cascade of hormonal and metabolic issues that make it very easy to gain...

So many labels: Paleo, Keto, Empath, Democratic, Republican, Optimist, Nerd. On and on. Why do we feel the need to label ourselves, to place ourselves into groups/tribes? Sometimes it might be that we’ve found a group of people who are like us, who understand us, and...

As many of you know I have been co-chair of the Health and Medicine Forum at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco for 11 years now. Through my volunteer work at The Club, I have had the pleasure of meeting incredible people and learning so much. This next week I am...

Catchy title, I know, but it did get your attention. I am proud to chair this program at The Commonwealth Club on July 18th at 6:00 p.m. Stephan Guyenet is a Researcher; Science Consultant; Science Communicator; Author, The Hungry Brain; Founder and Director, Red Pen...

As many of you know I have been co-chair of The Health and Medicine Forum at the prestigious Commonwealth Club in San Francisco for 10 years now. It has afforded me the opportunity to meet such amazing people and hear cutting edge programs. On August 27th, Jan Huiskin...

Join me as I chair this important program at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on June 19th, and listen to Kenneth Pelletier, Ph.D., M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, talk about how our genetic profile may signal an...

The title is pretty amazing isn't it, and not in a good way. We have to think about how to not bathe babies in toxins in utero. Sad that we have to think about this, but the fact is that we do. Want to learn more? Join me at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on...

I once worked a group of Veterans most of whom had addiction issues. It was a very rewarding year helping these men improve their health through health education and much healthier food than they were used to with a focus on intact foods and healthy fats. At first...