Posts Tagged ‘ health ’

Who is the healthiest person you can think of? Take a minute to feel the frequency and the presence of that person. For me, that person is Sat Jivan Singh, the director of Kundalini Yoga East in New York City. He is, I would guess, in his sixties, though only his gray beard gives...
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Bread is everywhere, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Muffins and donuts and candy are everywhere but that doesn’t mean they’re good for you. Trans fats, partially hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, refined sugar, or sugar-substitute chemicals are in nearly everything, but that doesn’t mean they’re good for you. When I was...
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I talk about food a lot on this blog. The importance of a healthy diet, the benefits of discipline, and the ramifications of straying. Today I came across a blog of a nutritional counselor who spoke of a book called Integrative Nutrition by Joshua Rosenthal. Rosenthal offers a very interesting point that deepens and...
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If you’ve got MS, your neurologist plays an extremely important role in your life. For many of you, these visits are your only direct, in-person contact with a medical expert on MS. In other words, this person is in a position of massive authority – a position to significantly influence your attitude about your...
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This morning was Open Music Class at my four-year-old daughter’s school. I walked into the class five minutes late, holding my daughter’s hand on my left and my cell on my right, thinking I’d text or tweet if it should get boring. To my surprise, I walked in to find all the parents and...
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Leafy greens. The phrase haunts me. I know that if I want to be healthy, my diet should consist of as much as 70% organic leafy greens. This is commonly agreed upon advice according to well-educated nutritionists, anti-aging doctors, naturopaths, and the like. But I don’t like leafy greens. So I don’t eat them...
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I remember when I was a child, and naive. I thought if foods were in our supermarkets and served in our restaurants, it must mean they were okay to eat. I remember understanding that an apple might be a better choice than a bag of chips, but I didn’t understand that the bag of...
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Imagine this: You want to go visit your friend Melissa but you’ve never been to her house and she lives an hour away, in a town you’ve never been to. Chances are, when you get in your car the first thing you’ll do is program her address into your GPS, so that it can...
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