The Role of Toxins in Obesity
In medical school, future doctors are taught that obesity is simply an imbalance of calories consumed and calories burned. In other words, […]
Tag: Toxins
Air Pollution – A Toxic Exposure That Can Lead to Ill Health
It comes as no surprise that air pollution is a source of toxic exposure that can lead to ill health. In fact, […]
We Are What We Eat
We have all heard the expression: “We are what we eat.” In my physiology and nutrition classes I teach at the university, […]
Avoid These Skincare Products
With all of the different beauty care products on the market and less than optimal regulation of what is put into these […]
Avoid Parabens
Recently, researchers published their work in which they found higher concentrations of parabens (preservatives found in many products, especially beauty products) in […]
Air Pollution: It's not just outside
I grew up in Los Angeles, California. Fortunately, I lived a couple of miles away from some of the nicer beaches in […]
Age Accelerators
Aging is not just the way we look… Your skin is your largest organ in the body. We look at aging differently […]
The Truth & Consequences of Cosmetics and Skincare
What is Skin? It’s Not Just Our Outside! A friend of mine was once asked by a male patient who […]
Wine and Toxins – How Dangerous is it?
Drinking wine is one of mankind’s oldest pastimes. It’s even mentioned early in the Old Testament. But what if it made you […]
Live Life Like Your Life Depends On It
Recently, I posed a question on the last day of class to my nursing students. After teaching all quarter about each organ […]