We have reached a point where there is global scientific consensus that climate change is real. While some will debate the degree of human contribution as a cause, there is no doubt that climate change is already having a major impact on our health. Linda Marsa, author of the …
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7 Prescriptions Every Child (And Frankly Every Adult) Needs Now
While you are doing your best to live a “MindBodyGreen” life, you’ll notice that more and more children are suffering from asthma, allergies, ADHD, autism, and autoimmune diseases like diabetes. The conventional health care solution has been to prescribe more medications, a one-ill-one pill approach …
DIY: Make Your Own Natural Hand Sanitizer
One of my all-time favorite messages for families is: Go to your kitchen cabinet before your medicine cabinet. That’s one I work with at the Whole Child Center and a core theme of my book, Treatment Alternatives for Children. (sidenote: all these remedies work for us big kids, too.) Some of the …
10 Things I Wish Every American Knew About Health
Despite throwing tons of money at the problem, Americans really are sicker than ever. Chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, anxiety and depression are wreaking havoc with our minds, bodies and bank accounts. Our “one ill—one pill” solutions are expensive, and frequently …
The “Cleanest” Healthy Summer Fruits
KIWI is not just an incredible magazine; it’s also one of six fruits featured in the Environmental Working Group’s “Clean 15” list of the least toxic produce. Summer is the perfect time to talk about the special nutritional qualities of these mouth-watering fruits. All are low in calories, fat-free, …
10 Words Everyone Should Live By
I’ve noticed a trend in wellness circles. Whether in my work with patients or in my yoga classes, I keep coming across the same words. On a given day, one might be the theme of a dharma talk or a TED Talk video someone mentioned to me. (Or, as was the case one strange morning, the same word was …
Health is a Creative Process
One of my staff members recently observed me going from room to room, seeing patients in my pediatric practice, without paper and without a laptop. This is my usual routine. I must have seen three or four kids in a row that afternoon when she asked me how I seemed to know who everyone was and how I …
Social Media and Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities
When it comes to adopting new practices, physicians as a group are typically “late majority” adopters. According to sociologist Everett Rogers, “These individuals approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation.” On one level, I …
We are the Earth, and the Earth is Us
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place. The old people came literally to love the soil, and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. Their teepees were built upon the …
The Rx Life Solution
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." – attributed to Albert Einstein The Problem Americans are sicker than ever before, and despite throwing tons of money at the problem, we continue to be sicker than citizens of most other affluent countries. …