Those of you who know me saw this coming from a mile away. Hmmm, wonder what the number one food is going to be?? It turns out that the cocoa in the chocolate that you love to love can also protect your skin from UV damage from the sun....

Let me just be the bearer of good news here. Wine is good for you (Lawyer-Induced Disclaimer: if you don’t overconsume it). We knew this already, but some of the same wine molecules that turn out to be great for your heart, are also beneficial to your skin.  ...

The number 3 best foods to get an internal SPF for your skin include all things that have carotenes in them. And like everything else in the world, if a little is good, a lot it not.  That’s because if you eat too many carrots and your skin will turn orange/yellow,...

Ellagic acid. You’ve almost certainly never heard of this component of at least 46 different fruits and nuts.    But it’s a huge cancer fighter found in highest concentrations in strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, pomegranate, walnuts, and pecans. So yes, it is a cancer fighter also crazy good for your...

The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids are very well known, especially for reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.    There are 2 basic kinds of omega-3s – docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentenoic acid (EPA) – which, beyond the benefits it brings for your ticker, are also...

It’s summertime. And with the combination of more sunshine + more time out in it, sun becomes the best source of vitamin D and also the most readily available source of skin cancer generation.   The bottom line is that you need the sun but not too much. The...

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished They say that “No good deed goes unpunished.” In this case, it’s definitely the case. You get the schmancy wearable device complete with flashy lights, beeps, reminders, apps, it tells you your calories, steps, heart rate and billions of other things you didn’t even...

It’s 50 shades of gray for the matter of your gray matter. As you age, little by little you start dropping threads. Then you have to retrace your steps, physically and mentally to force yourself to remember the things you forgot. This is as inevitable as it is normal....

I was going to write a big long post about overdoing exercise, it’s potential bad effects on your heart, and just the impossibility of keeping up with that unless you’re already Joe Athlete. So in stead, I just thought I’d answer the basic questions. If you’re not running marathons,...

“Do what you love, love what you do?” Even as I write this, it sounds like a cartload of kum bay ya ya sisterhood of the traveling meaningless aphorisms. It just needs Sarah McLaughlin warbling in the background to tie-dyed retro hippies dancing in some field. That said, and...

Excess weight creates inflammation inside your body.  Rheumatoid arthritis is an immune disorder that leads to inflammatory swelling and pain in the joints. You know how they market Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as “two great tastes that taste great together”? This is exactly the opposite of that.  Each of...

Okay, bear with me. Let’s just say you’re a normal person leading a normal life with the normal litany of gripes: my KID wanted this dog, but now I have to walk them every day?; if I have to mow this grass one more time I’m just going to...