Something You Should Know about Lifestyle

February 9, 2009

Interview with John La Puma, author of Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Getting Really Healthy

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Mike Carruthers:
Some scientific research has been done on the food we eat and how we cook it and how that impacts our health - the results are really interesting.

John La Puma:
If you marinate meats or chicken or fish and then grill it (at high temperature) you actually reduce the cancer-causing chemicals by 77% just with that marinade.

John LaPuma, M.D.

September 23, 2011

Interview with Dr. Amy Weschler, author of the book The Mind-Beauty Connection

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Mike Carruthers:
What makes people look older than their actual years? Stress is a big culprit.

Dr. Amy Wechsler:
The fastest growing segments in the anti-aging category are twenty-year-olds. When I was in my twenties I wouldn't think of buying an anti-aging product but twenty-year-olds are buying them. I think because everyone's so stressed out and they are starting to see all these wrinkles.
 

May 27, 2011

Interview with Michael Roizen, M.D., co-author of the book YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

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Mike Carruthers:
People who drink too much can develop liver trouble. Why?

Michael Roizen:
Well, alcohol is a toxin to the liver; it's a poison to the liver. However, it's good for your arteries so there's a balance - it's a half to one drink a night for women, one to two for men.
 

May 24, 2011

Interview with Richard Louv, author of the book The Nature Principle

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Mike Carruthers:
You likely spend more of your time indoors and yet…

Richard Louv:
As a species we are hardwired genetically to have an affiliation with nature – we need nature.