Optimal Health For The New Year

Sometimes people ask me what I think about doing a detox or a cleanse. My response is to proceed with caution. I think people should be under medical supervision if they chose to embark upon any detox or fast that lasts longer than three days. Detoxing the body is a complex, systematic, often lengthy undertaking….

I have experienced my share of exercise trends over the years. There was a time when I was extremely committed to a gym routine. I would ride the stationary bike for 40 minutes at alternating high and low intervals, after the bike I would lift weights. This is still my “ideal” work-out because of how…

MoonDance Botanicals is a fabulous resource for women and for men who know women (wink, wink to all the guys reading this). MoonDance is owned and operated by herbalist Tonja Reichley. Tonja and I worked together at an integrative pharmacy a couple years ago. Since then she has opened her own shop and handcrafts gourmet…

As my 41-year old self watched Madonna’s 53-year old self rock the stage at the Super Bowl this past Sunday I wanted to know her secret. The all knowing Google told me that Madonna used to be Vegan but she recently switched to a Macrobiotic Diet (meaning she added fish and more whole grains). Her…

I just returned from the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) that took place in Las Vegas, Nevada this January. I first heard about CES on Donny Deutsch’s show, The Big Idea, in 2005. I loved that show. Donny profiled entrepreneurs and their food, tech, recreation, fashion products, aka “Big Ideas” that they created, invented or designed. Every…