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My Fave Kale Salad: Lessons from Ani Phyo, Raw Mystic
You know I’m the Queen of Kale. It’s a superfood. It has more iron per gram than red meat. But I know how icky kale is to most people. My husband…
Read MoreAllergy: How to Reclaim Your Mojo Naturally
With everything you need to deal with each day, do you really need allergies slowing you down? Whether it’s hay fever, pet dander or some other U.F.O. (Unidentified Frustrating Offender),…
Read MoreIt's Not You, It's Your Adrenals
I have a confession: It wasn’t long ago that I was addicted to all the things that I preach against – sugar, adrenaline, caffeine, dairy and alcohol. At Harvard Medical…
Read MoreThyroid: Minimize Goitrogens for Optimal Metabolism + Weight
Here is a great list of foods that slow down your thyroid. They are also known as goitrogens. Isn’t that a weird word? It’s best to avoid these foods in…
Read MorePokeberry: A Natural Dye that Acts as a Lymph Cleanser
Pokeberry, which grows around my home as a weed, is a natural lymph cleanser. Synthetic dyes are associated with allergy, asthma, bladder cancer and cause genotoxicity. Some synthetic dyes mimic…
Read MoreD15 of August Break: My Favorite Natural Dyes
Oak galls (or Oak apples, as they’re sometimes called) fascinate me. They are a result of the puncture of the bark of an Oak tree by the female Gallwasp, Cynips Gallae-tinctoriae,…
Read MoreHave You Seen My Sex Drive?
10,000 women in my private practice so far. Guess what every one of them wants to know? Single, divorced, pregnant, married, retired, gay – seriously, everyone. They can hardly wait…
Read MoreD9 August Break: Blue Bottle, Anyone?
Blue Bottle artisanal coffee, roasted in the ‘hood here in Oakland’s Jack London Square. Now, if we could just settle the acrylamide issue….
Read MoreD7 August Break: Breaking Free from Restriction
We’re one week into the August Break. Trying not to write, but as usual I’m processing, processing, processing. Here’s what I’m working with, in the hopes that it’ll provide some…
Read MoreDay 6 of August Break: Happiness Held Is the Seed – Happiness Shared Is the Flower
My August Break took me to Santa Monica this weekend. David Gottfried, aka Darling Husband, wanted to go to Ivy for date night and I wanted to go to Seed…
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