Heart disease is the greatest threat to a woman's health. And while heart disease levels have begun to steadily decline in men, they continue to rise in women. Heart disease is also deadlier in women. A new analysis found women were 60% more likely to die within a year of their first heart… Read More
Almost 40 million in the U.S. take an antidepressant. The most common are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which boost your serotonin levels. SSRIs kill your sex drive — with low libido and the inability to reach orgasm among the most common side effects.1,2 You see, your… Read More
I’m going to tell you the same thing I tell my patients at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging... The answer to more youthful skin isn’t simply about reducing wrinkles. What’s really giving away your age are the brown patches and uneven skin tone that starts to appear on your face,… Read More
This powerful antioxidant reduces your susceptibility to viruses and prevents them from multiplying once they’ve entered your body.1 I’m talking about quercetin, the plant pigment found in onions, apples, berries, cocoa, and red wine. Studies found that quercetin is a powerful immune… Read More
To protect your skin and complexion, what you use on the surface of your skin is just as important as the food you eat and the supplements you take. Topical probiotics act like a physical barrier and block harmful microbes from damaging your skin. By studying modern indigenous people who… Read More
People underestimate the power of vitamin C. After all, this humble nutrient can boost your immunity... help you avoid heart disease and stroke... protect your eyes from macular degeneration... reduce inflammation... and protect against certain kinds of cancer. Vitamin C can even help you… Read More
One of the first things I discuss with new skincare patients at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine are the benefits of eating a high-fat diet. I can see from the condition of their skin whether they do or not. Unfortunately, like most people in the US, many of my patients have been… Read More
My patient, A.B., knows the agony of dieting all too well. Her weight had yo-yoed repeatedly between 130 pounds and 180 pounds for more than a decade. Like most people trying to lose weight, A.B. blamed a lack of willpower and her genes for her diet failures – and so did her doctors. But… Read More
There is a common complaint I hear from many of my patients going through menopause — all the hormonal highs and lows they’re experiencing make them much more aware of their pores. Unfortunately, they’re not wrong. After menopause, your pores do appear larger thanks to a loss of… Read More
