The Proper Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
This article originally appeared as an opinion article in The Jerusalem Post on 31 Oct. 2024: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-826879 During the last month, as Jewish people worldwide celebrated the high holidays. It is a time of eating traditional, delicious food. Lots of food. Even the fast day of Yom Kippur includes a lot of eating before and after [...]
Are There Really Shortcuts?
This article was originally published in the op-ed section of The Jerusalem Post on 18 September 2024: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-820573 Part of the nature of man is to find the easy way out. We innately seek pleasure and want to do things in the easiest way possible. As psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle points out, we all want to [...]
The Shopping Trip
I usually do the grocery shopping, and I typically go on my way home from work. Needless to say, we make an effort to buy healthier choices. But I’ve noticed lately, that the most innocent items on our shopping list are becoming a real challenge. This past Wednesday I went to the grocery store and [...]
Good Things…Even This Year
This article was originally published in the op-ed section of The Jerusalem Post on 26 September 2024: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-821761 For the State of Israel, and for the Jewish people, this is a year which will always be remembered - mostly for what went wrong. All of this has had an untold negative effect on our mental and [...]
What’s holding us back?
This article was originally published in the op-ed section of The Jerusalem Post on 4 September 2024: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/nutrition/article-817619 Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a gathering of some of the board members from the Kosher Whole Food Plant Based group. The meeting took place over breakfast (yes, a healthy, plant-based, delicious breakfast) in [...]
Make Changes One-at-a-Time
When you get down to it, all the people that I see in my various programs are trying to change some behavior or habit in order to achieve a goal in health and wellness. In order to lose weight, lower blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar, or become more fit and functional, the chances are [...]