Heart Health Blog

This past week we’ve enjoyed daily treats of colorful, ripe and amazingly delicious figs from our local food market.  While figs have been around for centuries,...

Earlier this week, a young appearing middle-aged woman came to see me because she was concerned that her cholesterol levels were too low.  In fact her total cho...

My brother-in-law Jeff recently sent me an email that he had received questioning the innumerable virtues of drinking water for heart protection.  Not only was ...

As our 18-year old daughter finishes packing en route to her first year of college next week, a bittersweet (ours) yet energizing (hers) fragrance permeates the...

Do you enjoy at least 1 cup of fresh brewed coffee every morning?  If you do, you’re certainly not alone as coffee is a staple in many countries.  In the United...

I won’t lie to you…I’ve had a longstanding love affair with blueberries ever since I was a 9-year old picking wild blueberries off bushes nestled in upstate New...

With last weeks discovery of a potentially new blockbuster drug that may be the most effective to date to slow progression of Alzheimer’s, I thought it would be...

We’ve been prescribing aspirin for many years to reduce the risk of heart disease and a commonly recommended dose is 1 baby aspirin (81 mg) daily.  This dose is...

if you are interested in losing weight,  the ketogenic diet as popularized by the late Dr. Robert Atkins, has had its share of controversies.  The diet, charact...

Even though moringa has been used as an herbal remedy in Eastern cultures for centuries, it has garnered considerable interest in Western Europe and North Ameri...

Easily making the Top 50 Foods in “Heal Your Heart“, beets are a nutrition powerhouse, abundant in heart-protective antioxidants and mood-boosting compounds.   ...

In the wake of the National Institutes of Health deciding to withdraw funding for a study aimed at assessing moderate alcohol consumption and cardiovascular ris...