Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables

  Served warm or chilled, this recipe makes a sensational side dish. To make a bigger meal of this salad, just add fresh grilled sea bass, salmon, or chicken. You’ll Need: 1/2 cup diced zucchini 1/2 cup diced yellow squash 2 cups Israeli couscous (not Moroccan) 2 tablespoons fresh...

All Purpose Barbeque Rub

This approach to spicing up your grilling flies under the radar. You don’t really think about a spice rub, but it’s one of the most flavorful. The cumin and cayenne pepper in this rub, adds a nice Southwestern flavor to whatever you are gilling. You’ll Need: 2 tablespoons kosher...

Salmon and Sunshine Saves The Heart

That may be a stretch … but not by much. In this study, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, analyzed medical records and blood samples from 454 men, aged 40 to 75, who had a nonfatal heart attack or fatal heart...

Is the Low-Salt Diet worth its salt?

Is nothing sacred? Can we count on no single facet of health advice? Listen to this stunning finding: Surprising new research suggests that a diet low in salt may be worse for your heart than eating lots of salt. In a study of 8,700 Americans, the 25 percent of...

Failure Reveals Our Culture of Health

Failure can tell you as much about yourself as the object of the lapse. Two large Type 2 diabetes trials were just presented at this year’s annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association. Each began with a theory that was obviously correct, but somehow failed to give the expected...

Olive oil-rich Med diet may protect against diabetes

Eating a traditional Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of developing diabetes by a whopping 83 per cent, says a new study. In our work on providing the Mediterranean diet for Americans, we have found the same thing … that hallmarks of diabetes, such as high blood sugar, are...

I’ll Just Have A Glass of Your Mouse Wine, Please

Let’s begin with the conclusion. How do you live forever? Eat small and have a glass of red wine with your meal. Sound familiar? This is exactly what we teach in the Mediterranean path program. Longevity is enhanced by many things, but most notably, most consistently by simple calorie...

This is not a study. It’s just an advertisement, dressed up as a report that you should take seriously. This is a perfect example of our culture of (ill)health in action. The source of our confusion is often conflicting information, coming from “authorities” whose agenda has more to do...

Salt is Safe?

Dr. Clower’s Audio Commentary Incredible. Data from this research study, shows that salt may not be as bad as we thought … for high blood pressure and its ultimate effect as a contributor to heart attacks. The study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine says that people...

Pizza on the Grill

Pizza is a forgotten health food. And it was no more than a basic everyday staple of veggies warmed over a piece of bread. In that spirit, we’ll take the pizza outside and cook it in the most primitive way possible — over an open fire. Grilled pizza is...

Wine and the Liver

Is wine good for you or bad for you? The answer is that it is neighter good for you nor bad for you. If you overdrink, it’s bad for you. If you drink in control, it’s good for you. Wine is famously good for your heart, but can kill...

What is in Your Milk?

Do NOT read this report and expect to ferret out what the they’re talking about. Figure this out: Lower input non-organic and organically produced milk has been found to contain significantly higher levels of beneficial fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants compared to higher chemical use sources, a new UK...