[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="267"] In Chinese culture the bamboo plant is a symbol of longevity, and has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years.[/caption] For more than 2,000 years, Chinese medicine has used one single ingredient for younger-looking hair, skin, and… Read More
From time to time, women in my office complain about headaches. Usually they want to know the best thing to take for the pain. If you’re a regular reader, you already know I don’t like over-the-counter pain relieving drugs. But even before that, I want to discover WHY you’re… Read More
Hundreds of years ago, the Japanese believed shark livers had miraculous powers. Fishermen from the Izu Peninsula in Japan hunted for deep-sea sharks swimming 3,000 feet below the ocean surface. They were after the oil in the sharks’ livers. They called it “Samedawa” meaning cure-all.1 The… Read More
I stopped short in a large clearing. A crowd of native tribesmen were hard at work. They were gathering big, brown, fuzzy fruits the size of small melons. My guide scooped up one of the fruits. With a big knife he cracked it open like a coconut and offered me some of the creamy pulp… Read More
I just have to look outside my door here in South Florida to find one the most potent and versatile anti-aging plants on earth. For many years I’ve been advising my patients here at the Wellness Center to keep an aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis miller) plant in their house or garden. It comes in… Read More
Today I want to talk to you about a very common problem I see in my patients here at the Wellness Center. It’s stress. Did you know that people with the most job stress have the shortest telomeres?1 Here’s why that’s so important. Telomeres are little caps on the ends of your DNA strands.… Read More
Your Anti-Stress Hormone Dear Beauty Reader, Today I feel strongly compelled to bring something up with you. Now before you say “I already know about that,” give me a chance to point out what most of my colleagues are getting wrong about this substance. I’m talking about DHEA.… Read More
Have you ever heard the term senescence? It’s a synonym for aging. Why is this important to you? Because it means your skin no longer produces enough new, healthy cells and begins to sag, wrinkle and look older. But there’s a plant nutrient not very well known in the West that offsets this… Read More
My job is to help you look and feel great for as long as possible. It’s also very gratifying when I get letters from those who take the time to write to me. This week my patient Gloria M. sent me a letter that makes me even more determined to keep doing what I do. Here’s what she wrote: I… Read More