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Peter Sarsgaard is better-known for playing creepy dudes in movies than proffering health advice, but he recently went “from chunky to reasonable” thanks to running, and a diet that involved going gluten-free, according to a new video on Be Well Weekend with Dr. Frank Lipman. Oh, and he says it also helped him feel a lot more healthy. More
Earlier this week, a photo of two-year-old fast food—that hasn’t rotted or aged at all—went viral. Reactions were varied, but most were in two camps: 1) This is a really good reason not to eat burgers and fries, or 2) This photo is totally fake and I’m still going to eat my burgers and fries, dammit. The science of why burgers don’t rot, mold, or get eaten by bugs has been explored elsewhere, but we wanted to know from a doctor what we should really take away from the photo in terms of our health. So we talked to Dr. Frank Lipman, Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician and founder of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center, to find out what he makes of the meme. More
Gluten-free diets have rapidly gained popularity in health conscious circles, so much so that many believe that gluten “sensitivity” or “intolerance” is just the latest diet fad—a weight loss method masquerading as health concern. And a now an essay published in the Annals of Internal Medicine lends credence to skeptics concerns: Coauthors Dr. Antonio Di Sabatino and Dr. Gino Roberto Corazza argue that as long as no one is really sure what gluten sensitivity is, spending money on gluten-free products is probably just a waste of money. But a number of patients who’ve found relief in going gluten-free would argue otherwise, and so would Frank Lipman, MD, whose first line of defense against many chronic health problems is to get his patients off gluten. More
For decades, the National Dairy Council has invested millions of dollars in marketing each year–and effectively taught every mom in America to be a walking reminder of why you have to drink your milk. But in recent years, many nutritionists have begun to question whether dairy is really part of a healthy, balanced diet, and many of them say “no.” Their reasoning ranges from comparing milk to pus (sorry, I know that’s gross) to an uptick in food sensitivities and concerns over milk processing. But for many of us, the great milk debate has led to more confusion than clarity. So we want to know: Is dairy the next evil food group? More
Arianna Huffington isn’t known for her mental health advice, but last week at an Urban Zen event, “The Politics of Sustainable Wellness,” put on by Donna Karan, the media mogul sounded off about what makes her happy and ultimately, keeps her in good mental and physical health. So what makes one of Forbes’ Most Influential Women in Media feel good? Sleep, mostly. And a few things she likes to call her “joy triggers,” too. More
Some years, I feel like I should be seeing a doctor every two months; constant colds, indigestion, and all kinds of “irregularities” call for certified medical opinions far more than insurance policies encourage. But other years, I wonder why I’m shelling out for doctors to just tell me what I already know: I’m healthy, and I should take my vitamins. I’m relatively young, I’m not having a baby (or loads of irresponsible sex), nothing itches, burns, aches, pinches, or looks weird. So why should I pay to put on a paper gown, get on a scale, and watch a doctor look at my charts to inform me that I’m relatively young, I’m not having a baby, and nothing itches, burns, aches, pinches, or looks weird. According to Dr. Christiane Northrup, a visionary doctor and author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, my intuition isn’t totally off track: At an event at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation last week, Northrup explained that annuals are just “memes” — something we learn that we’re supposed to do from a young age, hear about from newspapers, magazines, and other people, and just assume we have to do. But are they necessary? Not at all. Instead, Dr. Northrup says we should be taking control of our own health care and acting as “CEO of our own bodies.” More
If you’re uninsured, doctors are your worst enemy: They may help your pesky cold disappear, but they’ll also wipe out your bank account, and may even hunt you down for more after that. But the M.D.s behind functional medicine aren’t after your money; nor do they want to send you to a specialist who is. They want to make you so healthy that you’ll hardly ever need health insurance again. These are doctors you want to be your friends.
So what is functional medicine? That was the topic of conversation for nearly five hours at a recent event hosted by New York’s Urbanzen Foundation, where a panel of experts led by Dr. Frank Lipman convinced a full house that we need to change a lot more about health care than just insurance. The field’s top advocates, practitioners, and researchers all offered their own explanations of what it is and why we should all care about it; even for them, it wasn’t easy to give a one-sentence explanation. Their definitions ranged from super-simple (“medicine that makes sense”) to radical (“disruptive technology that will overthrow the tyranny of the diagnosis”), but the gist is that functional medicine is a way of treating patients that reorients the focus away from symptoms of disease, towards its causes. More
I have my tongue firmly placed in cheek when reading Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP newsletters, but I have to admit: I do read them. Sometimes. Most go straight to my outbox, but her latest newscast about overcoming sugar addiction caught my eye. After all, who wouldn’t want to know a tall, svelte actress’s secret to staying away from the brownie pan? Pray tell, Gwyneth, how do we overcome the bane of our diets? More
