Honestly, supplements are not the first place I focus when I am working with a woman who wants to decrease her risk of getting breast cancer. I work with women to improve their lifestyle (which you can read about here) and lower their…

I have been a long-time participant and passionate follower of the environmental movement. When I was considering my major in college, I was torn between nutrition and environmental science. I ultimately chose to study nutrition because I knew what we choose to eat has such an impact (positive…

My 14 year old daughter Isabel brings up the rear behind two older brothers, who are 19 and 22. This isn’t my first adolescent rodeo. The boys took my wife and I to the brink of sanity but we survived and recovered just in time for another adolescent…

Harper was a bright, engaging, humorous 10 year old. She was perfectly healthy and her mom had no concerns. I happened to see them outside the office and she was every bit of the energizer bunny I expected she would be. Several months later, she was the in…

This delicious dessert serves 8.  Ingredients:  2 cups filtered water or unsweetened apple juice  4 apples, sliced in half, cored   Nut Cream ingredients:  1 cup cashews 1 teaspoon vanilla Maple syrup to taste Water for thickening   Directions:  Preheat oven to 350°F. Add the…

Dealing with infertility is an overwhelming, confusing, and heartbreaking issue for an estimated 10% of women in the US who are between the ages of 15 and 44. It’s defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year of trying for women…