by Peter Glickman | Apr 18, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition, Raw Food
For the first time ever, strawberries lead the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen™ list for the fruit or vegetable with the highest number of pesticide residues, displacing apples, which headed the list for the last five years running. The...
by Peter Glickman | Apr 4, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition
Adaptogens were discovered by a Russian scientist in 1947, fully defined by two Russian doctors in 1958 and finally accepted by the US FDA in 1988. An adaptogen does three things. 1) It produces no negative side effects. 2) It effects more than one system of the...
by Peter Glickman | Apr 4, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition
East Indian medicine has valued turmeric for thousands of years for its health benefits and we in the West are just beginning to catch on to it.Here’s a brief list of what it can do: 1. Fight inflammationChronic inflammation plays a key role in almost...
by Peter Glickman | Mar 14, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition
I’ve written before on how your body is rusting–your cells are being oxidized just like iron in the rain by free radicals from toxic exposure, smoking, trans fats, even exercise and the daily metabolism of your food for energy. These free radicals are...
by Peter Glickman | Mar 6, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition
In order to understand what a free radical is, we need to review some simple chemistry. Don’t worry. I’ll make it easy to understand. Molecules are composed of atoms. There are different types of molecules, such as water or wood. Atoms are composed of negative...
by Peter Glickman | Jan 17, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Most people know that probiotics, the good bacteria in your gut, help digestion. However, most people and doctors would be surprised to know that probiotics have also been shown to help the following conditions: Anxiety and Depression Manhattan area psychiatrist,...