How Back Pain Made Me Taller, Slimmer, and Faster
Background As a primary care physician I have treated a lot of patients with low back pain. The usual protocol was for me to examine the patient to make sure they don't have a dangerous condition (herniated disk with nerve compromise, cancer, etc.), provide a handout with some stretches, and…
January 31, 2017
Exercising When You’re Upset Can Increase Heart Attack Risk
Background "I can't believe the way my boss treated me at work today. I'm definitely going to catch my 6pm high intensity kick boxing class so I can take my anger towards him out on the punching bag!" Have you ever felt similar emotions about a situation and decided to channel your anger and…
November 8, 2016
A Key Method of Cellular “Detox” Wins the 2016 Nobel Prize
Background The words "detox" and "cleanse" are two of the most overused terms in the area of health and wellness today. They typically conjure up images of mud masks, spas and green juices that typically raise the skeptical eyebrows of scientists. However, this year's Nobel Prize in medicine went…
October 24, 2016
Are Your Batteries Low? It’s Time to Recharge with My Free E-book on Fatigue!
Get Your Energy Back! I was recently in the UK on sabbatical, working on my 2nd book when I received an e-mail from a patient that made me completely shift from writing my 2nd book to producing a free e-book. An excerpt is below and I did change a few specifics, to keep it anonymous, including the…
August 31, 2015
An Exercise Our Asian and Indian Ancestors Used to Do That Burns Fat and Slows Down Aging
Origins of Squatting Squats originated in India and Asia, long before the age of furniture. Squatting made life easier as it gave people the freedom to “sit” wherever they choose; have dinner without a table and chairs, play dice in the street, read a book or take a coffee break. Aside from…
August 24, 2015
Where’s Your Body Fat? A Look at Body Shapes and Health Risks Across Different Ethnic Groups-Indians, Asians, Caucasians, etc.
Background The global obesity crisis has traditionally been focused on body weight and body mass index (aka BMI) rather than body shape and composition. Weight and BMI are blunt tools that can identify more obvious health risks, but unfortunately they miss the more subtle manifestations of…
August 18, 2015
Watch My TEDx on Prescription Apps and Join Our Bay Area Meetup Group
My TEDx on Prescription Apps Sorry it took so long for me to post this. My first TEDx was a non-broadcast event (not online) back in 2013, in front of a bunch of execs and movers and shakers in the community, held at the Silicon Valley Capital Club in San Jose. This time around I had a different…
July 15, 2015
A Must Watch Video
Globesity Crisis Below is a must watch YouTube video on the global obesity (aka "Globesity") crisis. Four major obesity hot spots are covered: Mexico, China, Brazil and India. I encourage you to watch the entire video so you understand the dire economic and commercial forces fueling this health…
June 15, 2015
Stress Follow-Up: When Is A High Heart Rate Healthy vs Unhealthy?
High Heart Rate: When is it good and when is it unhealthy? I received a lot of questions regarding my last post (be sure to read and watch the video if you haven't) where I talked about how to use heart rate to monitor stress, and a prior post I did for my medical group on heart rate. Before I…
June 9, 2015
Parents…Save Our Children!
Introduction This post is a call to action to anyone responsible in some way for a child's health (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nanny, teacher, etc.) and comes on the heels of our live children's event this coming Sunday 3/15 from 2-5p. See here for details. The post below is excerpted…
March 10, 2015