New research shows that people can become depressed as a result of illness and inflammation. This might be one of the reasons that fish oil (omega-3's) help treat depression.

Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble B vitamin that has been used to treat diabetic complications. When I tried it, I had problems with my weight and my blood-sugar regulation that have not been reported in any of the studies I've seen.

What do you drink (water and fruit juices not included) in the morning? How much caffeine do you take during the day, ever wondered? Take a look at the table, some facts and values are not only for tea or coffee but also cola and some soft drinks.

Are you healthy? I'm not!

What is normal blood sugar, and how does it vary during a 24-hour cycle?

They are everywhere!

There is so much noise in the diet/health space that it is hard to know what is real. When I talk with people about it, they are burned out.

Ongoing research for why calorie restricted diets work suggests a new way for healthy eating, without the deprivation of calorie restriction or every-other-day fasting.

Saying "I'm addicted to sugar" isn't a joke -- a lot of people really are.

Good Calories, Bad Calories is a new book by science writer Gary Taubes. It is an impressive review of the science and the politics behind our ideas about good nutrition and healthy diets...

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own is a new book by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee, a mother-son partnership with a history of writing good science books and articles. I found this book from an article they wrote for Scientific American's Mind magazine...

The Longevity Diet is a book about calorie restriction and how to go about trying it. The authors are Brian Delaney, President of the Calorie Restriction Society, and Lisa Walford, the daughter or Dr Roy Walford who was one of the early proponents of calorie restriction for people...

Calorie restriction refers to feeding an organism less than it would like to eat, typically from 20% to 50% less. In many organisms, such as nematode worms, mice, and rats, calorie restricted diets can significantly increase lifespans...

Better skin and slower aging by controlling your blood sugar

Lee Bueno-Aguer is not a nutritionist. Strike...

Get out of the rut.

I wrote an article about omega-3 yesterday, and I wanted to give some background for my recommendations. Omega-3's and omega-6's are called essential fatty acids (EFA's), because the body can't make them...

Want to feel better?

Biofeedback can be an extremely effective technique. There is a story about an Indian yogi who learned to raise the temperature of a spot on the back of his hand to 103 degrees by just meditating and thinking about it...

We've traditionally tied emotion to the heart: words and phrases such as heartbroken, heartfelt, a heart full of love. Then modern science came along, and we were taught that all emotions really come from the brain, and that the body is just what the brain uses to survive in the physical world, that the brain is in charge...