As we age, we have this notion that we’re expected to exercise less and slow down. Most of us DO need to slow our hectic lives down, but not our exercise programs. Cardiovascular exercise is fundamental to keeping your brain active and growing. And your brain is like any other muscle: if you don’t use…
Dear Dr. Ray: What’s the difference between your Green Drink recipe and Juice Plus+® Complete? If I’m regularly drinking one, do I really need the other? Answer: This is a great question. The Green Drink is a smoothie that make most mornings for breakfast for my whole family (here’s my basic Green Drink recipe for…
I was recently talking to a close friend of mine who follows a plant-based, whole food diet, and she informed me that after talking to a doctor, she was convinced that she and her children needed to start taking fish oil supplementation. Wanting to provide her with some resources beyond my standard speil about why…
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Because so many of the questions that we receive have to do with published research, we offer links to transcripts and articles in many of our answers. Additionally, when Dr. Ray receives a great many questions on a particular topic, she will often answer in a broadcast call or recording. These recordings and PDFs are available…
In this issue: 1) Brain Beauty, Part 1: How Exercise Enhances the Brain 2) 40 at 41: A Guest Blog About Weight Loss, Part 2 3) Q and A: Tower Garden® Frequently-Asked-Questions 3) Recipe: Thai Curried Noodles with Broccoli Dear Reader: I’m excited to share my most recent (and free!) webinars with you, and invite you to share…
Note from Mitra: During Kelly’s second month, she passed through her phase of craving sugar, but her fat and salt addictions remain. Here she discusses coming to terms with what it means to embrace a new lifestyle. And you can read Part I of this series here. My biggest struggle in my second month was…
Everyone knows that exercise is important, but I don’t believe it’s the most important thing that one can do for weight loss. While regular activity and movement are necessary, and I especially believe that we all need to breathe fresh air daily, I also think that too much emphasis is placed on vigorous exercise for people…
Notes from Mitra: On December 28th, 2011, The New York Times Magazine ran an article, “The Fat Trap”, which discusses why lost pounds generally get found again. It highlights one couple in particular; a pair who, in their sixties, each lost well-over 100 pounds, and have kept it off through meticulous weighing of food, planning of meals,…
This October National Geographic ran a fascinating article on the teenage brain. In a nutshell, the article elucidates why adolescents and young adults can in one moment appear sensible and bright, and, in another moment, impulsive and engaging in risky behavior. This duality has to do with the way that their brains are developing. Furthermore,…
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