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5 Disease-Fighting Foods to Add to Your Thanksgiving Menu
There are numerous ingredients from my book Eat to Beat Disease that I include on my Thanksgiving menu every year to help my family stay healthy while we celebrate, and I want to share a few of them with you so that you can incorporate them as well. 1. Chestnuts You...

7 Surprising Health Benefits of Guava
Now more than ever it’s important to maintain a strong immune system. One easy way to do this is by adding a boost of vitamin C to your daily routine. Guavas are amazingly rich in vitamins A and C to help fight off harmful germs and bacteria this cold and flu season....

This Delicious Berry Has Significant Health-Promoting Properties
There are so many supposed methods for boosting your immune system floating around the internet these days. Many of them are based on evidence, but countless other approaches have no scientific merit whatsoever. Before you begin in-depth research into how you can...

Food As Medicine
Food as medicine is an idea I talk about a great deal in my book, Eat to Beat Disease. As our medical system struggles with the great burden of diet-related diseases, the worlds of nutrition and medicine are starting to collide. The only way to comprehensively bring...

How to Keep Yourself Safe and Healthy During COVID-19
As the global pandemic progresses, it’s time that we face the facts: COVID-19 is far from over and in some areas, it may not have even reached its peak. As the conversation continues to spin around hospitals, ventilators, and social distancing, we must ensure that we...

An Overview of Immunity (And How to Boost It)
In my book Eat to Beat Disease, I outline five major defense systems within the human body: angiogenesis, regeneration, gut microbiome, DNA protection, and immunity. Each of these mechanisms works in tandem to protect your body from disease. I want to take a closer...

Eating to Flatten the Curve
Leaders in the nutrition field agree that our diet plays an important role in our battle to overcome this COVID-19 crisis. At a time when we are all sheltering at home, uncertain of the future, and venturing out only for the essentials — which includes buying food —...

Follow These Steps to Clean Your Groceries
One of the best ways to prevent COVID-19 remains taking measures to prevent it from entering your body in the first place. This is where a good hand-washing routine, avoiding touching your face after being in public, and social distancing comes into play. There have...