From the Health Experts Themsevles

While we are all aware that there is an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes in this country, we don’t always know how best to combat it. Research scientist Dr. Joseph Evans was a guest recently on “The Wellness Hour,” a weekly natural health and nutrition radio show I co-host. He has over 25 years of experience and development in natural products and pharmaceutical interventions for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Dr. Evans has published over 40 scientific papers on this subject and he...Read More »

My mother always complained about not having “good hair,” you know, a luxurious mane of shinny hair tumbling over her shoulders. No, she and I and my three sisters all had baby-fine, limp hair that needed a lot of fussing, augmentation, and product to make it look merely okay, let alone gorgeous! When she began to lose her hair as she aged, my mother was mortified and resorted to wearing wigs and hair pieces. On the other hand, my mother-in-law resorted to “perms” to lend volume to her thinning...Read More »

Recently it occurred to me to explore ways to promote weight loss that don’t require signing up with a commercial “diet” organization, buying the latest “diet” book, or subscribing to one of the multitude of  “quick diets” headlined in many magazines. Dieting is stressful. A recent article in “Prevention” says that constant dieting can actually elevate levels of cortisol by as much as 18%! Ironically, dieting can be so stressful that it can actually cause the body to store fat. Certainly there...Read More »

Before I joined SHP and focused my efforts on herbal weight loss programs, I worked for various commercial weight-loss companies. I have been a weight-loss counselor for LA Weight Loss. As a lifetime member of Weight Watchers, I have worked their promotions for them in years past. That’s where I learned about the three major diet seasons:  January, right after the holidays; mid-spring, as bikini season approaches; and after school starts in the fall, following all of  the  “eating events” of...Read More »

As a veteran dieter and one who provided professional weight loss help for women, I have long come to view the commercial food industry as an evil giant that manipulates and mesmerizes us into endless eating. Give into it, and it’s an ongoing, eternal binge—until the consequences become too debilitating. The ubiquitous advertising that persuades us to eat at every turn, the ingenious razzle-dazzle packaging that entices us to constantly indulge, and the legions of food chemists that inflame our...Read More »