Dr Ben Weitz

Thanksgiving dinner wasn’t always so indulgent or calorie filled.  It used to be eaten over a three day celebration.  It wasn’t until the mid-late 1800s that the meal became a national past time, when it was declared a national holiday…

Vitamin D gets my vote for the nutrient of the decade with it being linked in research to an amazing amount of positive effects in the body, including reducing cardiovascular disease, cancer, autoimmune diseases, infections, promoting DNA repair, as well…

A new randomized clinical trial published in Neurology found that when patients with Alzheimers’s Disease were given resveratrol twice per day, they had improvement of at least one significant biomarker, indicating less disease progression than in the placebo group.(1) A…

A patient recently approached me at the gym and said that his daughter had been suffering with a headache for over a week. The pain was excruciating. Her medical doctor had been prescribing various pain medications, which were not helping.…

High-Protein Chicken Salad Ingredients 1 pound (454 grams) cooked chicken breast or rotisserie chicken, shredded (about 4 cups shredded) 1/2 cup diced red onion (about 1/2 medium red onion or 60 grams) 1/2 cup diced apple (about 1/2 small apple…

A number of recent scientific studies have concluded that having more diversity in the bacteria in your gut (microbiota) is important for your overall health.  And we tend to lose bacterial diversity in our colons and a number of factors…

We tend to think of coffee as harmful to our health, but yet another study shows the benefits of moderate coffee consumption. A recent study published in Heart, part of the British Medical Journal group of journals, found that those who…

The following recipe is from the American Institute of Cancer Research web site and it is both healthy and yummy: Of all the cruciferous vegetables, broccoli may be the most famous for its cancer-preventive compounds. Its cruciferous relatives cauliflower and…

          Bisphosphonates are a classification of drugs to treat or prevent osteoporosis and include Fosamax, Actonel, Reclast, and Boniva.  They have been shown to reduce fractures in the short term, but they may not be effective for long…

Is there value in using a Green powder? Can’t I just make a green smoothie by putting some green vegetables like spinach into a Vitamix with some frozen fruit? Sure, you can make a great smoothie with just real food and…