Monthly Insights
The Food of Israel (April 2023)
I have waited a lifetime to travel to Israel. I was fortunate to have travelled there in the fall. The anticipation of everything I have heard, from the food, the history, culture and the various cities. Growing up Jewish how could I not be curious? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the food in […]
Truth Regarding Low Carbohydrate Diets – How it Will Affect My Lipid Panel
An estimated 50-70 million Americans go on diets each year. Many of these same people will go on a diet the next year. And again the year after that. For many, this represents a cyclical pattern of yo-yo dieting that does our physical and emotional […]
Disney Characters are having a makeover via Barneys New York (October 2012)
Yes you heard it correctly through the title that The Walt Disney Company has teamed up with Barneys New York in preparation for mid-November and fashion week. When I first received this email towards the end of summer I was beside myself to think […]
To Be or Not to Be Vegetarian?
Much controversy has developed since the Dean Ornish Study that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (1998;280:2001-2007). People are confused with what they should eat if they have coronary artery disease. “Should I eat a high carbohydrate diet?” “A vegetarian diet?” […]
Diet & Thyroid Health (September 2012)
I often times have clients ask me if there are food that can support their thyroid? This can be tricky as it is most important to have their endocrinologist or internist regulate their thyroid if the individual has hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. The Thyroid Gland […]