Healthy Habits

I recommend three methods to healthy food choices and reinforcing great nutrition decisions: 1.  Watch the number on the scale –As you make better food choices, you naturally cut calories out of your diet.  Cutting calories out of your... Full Answer

Ironically, some of the behaviors that many people think are fun and sexy - like smoking cigarettes, overeating, abusing alcohol and other substances, and being super-busy and stressed out - are the same ones that leave them feeling lethargic, depressed,... Full Answer

Trying to scare people into changing doesn’t work very well. Telling someone that he’s likely to have a heart attack if he eats too many unhealthful foods or that she may get lung cancer if she doesn’t quit smoking doesn’t work... Full Answer

Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs, microbes and molecules. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to prescribe it would be... Full Answer

People have different needs, goals, and preferences. What matters most is your overall way of eating and living. If you indulge yourself one day, you can eat more healthfully the next. If you’re a couch potato one day, you can exercise a little... Full Answer

The food police are counterproductive. “Doctor’s orders” don’t work, at least not for long. If I tell people, “Eat this and don’t eat that” or “Don’t smoke,” they immediately want to do the... Full Answer

There are power issues which occur between many doctors and their patients. I've seen many people choose to maintain self-destructive and painful lifestyIe behaviors and communication patterns in order to feel free from someone else telling them to do... Full Answer

There are many things you can do to maintain a healthy lifestyle on a daily basis, including incorporating more spontaneous physical activity, making relatively good food choices consistently, and finding better ways to manage daily stress.... Full Answer

Television's role in influencing the mental state of our society has been profound. Most people seem to enjoy coming home at night and turning on the TV. Like any opiate, it's a way for many to "get away" from the stress of our day. In the short... Full Answer

Give yourself permission to say no when you are too busy to take on additional commitments of your time or energy. Often people feel the need to respond immediately when a friend or family member make a request. Help yourself set limits by... Full Answer