This week on Healthy You! We have a very special guest, Dr. Lilian Cheung. She is co-author, along with  renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, of the new book, “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life.”  Savor is written for those who want more peace and happiness in their everyday life as …

Illness develops in stages. Often, years of physical, biochemical and emotional upsets deplete the body of nutrients, cause the accumulation of toxic metals, and in other ways disturb the body. These are added to imbalances, deficiencies and toxicity which almost everyone is born with today. Healing is a reversal of this process.

This week our guest is Dr. Lawrence Wilson. …

This week on Healthy You! our guest is Amanda Strombom. Amanda is a co-founder of  Vegetarians of Washington, an independent non-profit group, with partner Stewart Rose and two other supporters. Over the past nine years, Vegetarians of Washington has grown to be the largest vegetarian society in the United States. Stewart and Amanda have also collaborated on three books, including …

This week’s guest is Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman, “The First Lady of Nutrition.” She is a visionary, healthy guru, weight loss/detox expert, author, spokesperson, and natural foods icon, Dr. Ann Louise has always been a trendset­ter. Highly respected as a health pio­neer and award-winning author of  her New York Times bestseller The Fat Flush Plan.

Dr. Ann Louise forged …

Stop Your Cravings is the title of the book and Jennifer Workman is the author and my guest this week. With more than 50% of Americans overweight, our $50-billion weight-loss industry clearly isn’t working. A dietician and founder of  Balanced Approach, a nutritional consulting company, Workman advocates Ayurveda, (and so do I!), an ancient Indian health system that offers a …

Over the centuries, chocolate has come full circle. Most of the modern world currently views chocolate as a tasty but quite unhealthy indulgence meant for only occasional consumption. But health-conscious consumers are now learning that dark chocolate, devoid of some of the unhealthful ingredients usually paired with it in confectionary products, possesses some impressive health properties.

Scientists are rediscovering …

Why are so many people fat, fried and fatigued in this country? We all have different body types, (or according to Ayurveda “doshas”), so the answer is usually different for different people. However, any of the dosha types can be overweight, depressed and tired if they burn their adrenals out. We live in a climate of high stress, multi-tasking and super achieving. In order …