My new patient M.K. came to me feeling like her skin was dull and gray, and dry. She told me no other doctor could help her. So when she came to me, she was a little frustrated. As I spoke more with her she mentioned in passing that her bladder had begun “acting up.” That’s how she put it.… Read More
Category: Skincare
Remarkable skin rejuvenation
I saw the disbelief on my staff’s faces. Every expression around the conference table seemed to ask, “Is this for real?” “I’m not kidding,” I told them. “This is real skincare, the way it should be.” I had handed out copies of a new study where the women all had age-related skin… Read More
The Top 7 Foods for Younger Skin
Recently I talked to you about sugar and processed carbohydrates. They can add years to your appearance. Today I want to talk about the flip side. Just as some food makes you look older, other food heals the damage. It’s something I’ve been telling my patients since the day I started… Read More
Miracle Oil From The Sea
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
Beauty Butter from a Brazilian Fruit
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
One Daily Teaspoon Reverses Skin Aging
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
Take 10 Minutes To Look Years Younger
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
Skin Cell “Senescence” – Why You DO NOT Want It And How to Stop It
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
Building Your Glow and Confidence
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