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Routinely at this time of year, countless numbers of us expectantly embark on some New Year’s resolution…only to find our good intentions undermined later by our inability to follow through.

Every New Year, like clockwork, thousands sign up for memberships at the gym. They begin with full intent to visit the gym regularly and watch the weight come off and the muscles bulk up. But by April or May, their numbers have dwindled abysmally!

Chances are we must …

We are being bombarded with information about the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the really frightening news that it is now in the US. And we wonder, “Who will be next?”

We hear people like Margaret Chan, the Chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) tell us that the Ebola epidemic is “out of control.”[1] But what does that mean? According to Dr. Tim Lahey, MD, an infectious disease specialist, there are currently about 900 known cases …

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Our skin is most often used as the barometer for aging since it exhibits the tell-tale signs of one’s advancing years: wrinkles, dull tone, sagging and, of course, the dreaded crow’s feet. As we age, our supply of adult stem cells starts to dwindle and, as a consequence, the skin’s mighty powers of renewal—out with old skin cells and in with the new—begin to …

Americans are consuming nearly 150 pounds of sugar each year. They’re also eating 400 more calories a day than in 1970 and consuming 100 fewer eggs a year than in 1950. 

All these stats tell one important story: the western diet is wreaking havoc on a large part of the U.S.  population. This is why the FDA and the Obama Administration have decided to make the first change to nutrition labels in nearly 20 years.

“So there you stand alone …