Grain Brain – David Perlmutter MD

David’s book Grain Brain, was just released last month. When a neurologist speaks up about how grain and carbs affect the brain – think dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression and much, much more, you can bet this info is getting more...

Pure, White and Deadly – John Yudkin

This book and I have an interesting history.  I first heard about it while I was in Otago Medical School.  One of the lecturers presented it in a lecture and I vividly remember his graphics of circles with all sorts of rays coming off them, representing all the...

Regreening the earth with the beasts

This is a very interesting TED talk about how to regreen our planet and reverse the desertification that’s running rampant. It’s interesting to me because of the part herd animals play in looking after our topsoil and our environment. It also brings to...

First steps in overcoming fear of putting yourself out there

I love this video Marie Forleo did with her beau, Josh Paish. The first time I really remember coming face to face with stage fright, in a big way, was doing a presentation in front of my 200 medical school classmates.  There I was at the bottom of the rising semi...