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8 Risk Factors for Chronic Inflammation and What To Do About It

Unless you’re a healthy youngster you have inflammation of the chronic variety. It comes with age, poor diet and weight gain. And results in various degenerative diseases. Here are eight risk factors for chronic inflammation and what you can do about it.

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Top 10 Health Posts of 2011

Garma On Health’s Top 10 for 2011: 1. Stop Aging, 2. Eat Fiber to Live Longer, 3. Be Here Now, 4. Run Pain Free, 5. Be Self Reliant, 6. The Evidence on Exercise and Diet, 7. Build a Better Brain, 8. Five Diet and Exercise Myths, 9. Steve Jobs’ Legacy, 10. Belly Fat and Cancer, 11. (Dr. Weil Bonus) Four Alternatives to Antidepressant Drugs.

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Dr. Weil’s Four Alternatives to Antidepressant Drugs

For mild to moderate depression, pharmaceutical antidepressants are no more effective than placebos, says Dr. Weil. But the science also says that there are four steps you can take that are effective. Reducing or eliminating depression is all about anti-inflammatory foods, supplements, exercise and a shift in cognition.

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Eating for a Long Life: WebMD’s 13 Tips

This cogent presentation of 13 slides (one a commercial that bears review for what not to consume), brings together in one place a summary of various posts that echo what I’ve written about on this blog — How eating the right food can be the best prescription for living a long and strong life.

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Dr. Weil and Kevin Rose Talk Health (Video)

Kevin Rose interviews Dr. Weil. The bottom line on Soda, Energy Drinks, Diary, Soy, Vitamins (esp. Vitamin D), Omega-3, Cell Phone Radiation, Eye Health, Antioxidants, Atkins, Trans Fat, Depression, Exercise, Juice Cleanses and Tea… whew!

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Dr. Weil on Larry King: What to Do about the Swine Flu

[9/11/09 Update: Just found this Q&A with Dr. Weil that gets into worthwhile details about how to avoid the flu, supplements for kids, how to evaluate if you should inoculate and more.] ONE OF my favorite health advisors was on Larry King last night.  As usual, Dr. Andrew Weil, was spot on with his comments […]

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