The Cost of Health
This article was originally featured as an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-743154 Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food—Hippocrates The Food Revolution Summit is a yearly event dealing with the direct relationship between food and the diseases, both physical and mental. A frightening statistic mentioned this year is that [...]
Is it all or nothing?
This article was originally published in The Jerusalem Post on 4 May 2023: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-742002 “The doctor of the future will give no medication but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease”—Thomas A. Edison There is always resistance to change. We are, unfortunately, creatures [...]
Have no fear! Science is on our side
This article was originally published in The Jerusalem Post on 23 April 2023: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-739967 “People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” - Wendell Berry I have pointed out in previous writings how difficult it is to [...]
Passover: Making a Plan (Part 2)
This article was originally published as an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post (29 March 2023): https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-735721 In part 1 of this article we mentioned different reasonable and attainable weight loss goals for Pesach. We also covered how to maintain our health during the Pesach preparations. As for the kinds of food we eat, everyone can make [...]
Passover: Making a Plan (Part 1)
This article was originally published as an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post (27 March 2023): https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-735491 I was shocked to read that people in Israel can gain as much as 6-7 kilograms (13-15 pounds) over the Passover holiday. What bothered me more, however, was seeing statistics about the amount of cardiac calls that Magen David Adom [...]
Enjoying Pesach with Your Health Goals in Mind
It’s that time of the year again! Despite any changes and challenges you may be going through, getting through Pesach with your health and weight intact is still possible - and should always be important to us! Keeping your health, and particularly your immune system, working well are paramount to helping you fight off infectious [...]