Radiant Health Blog
What You Eat May Lower Your Risk of Stroke
While there are lots of variations on “a healthy diet,” all share some things in common, including an emphasis on vegetables and other plant-based foods. But what if you went full vegetarian - still including animal-derived foods such as eggs and honey but foregoing...
Vitamin D & Radiant Health Go Hand in Hand
Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately, thanks to the link that’s been observed between COVID-19 deaths and vitamin D deficiency. If the research pans out, it could add to the long and growing list of health benefits that come from this essential nutrient. ...
Some Natural Options for Easing Anxiety
“There is a major shift” going on in people’s emotional lives these days, according to Dr. Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. A recent survey he conducted of 5000 Americans showed that 95 percent of the emotions that people are...
Do Any Herbal Medicines Help with Lyme Disease?
While traditional antibiotic approaches work well for many people with Lyme disease, up to 20% have symptoms that persist after treatment. But although chronic Lyme - also known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PLTDS) - can seem mysterious (even unreal) in the...
FAQ in a Time of Coronavirus
As concern has grown about COVID-19, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about how you can protect yourself and possible treatments if you do get sick. Below, Dr. Joe answers some of the most common ones. Have a question not covered here? Ask Dr. Joe in the comments! How...
From the Archives: Not the Red Wine but the Antioxidants in It
Wine sales have been soaring as shelter-in-place orders have gone into effect. Sales in stores are up nearly 30%, and online sales have skyrocketed. One vineyard told Forbes that they have already sold more wine this year than all of last year. Learning this,...
What Happens When You Replace Red Meat with Other Proteins? You Just Might Live Longer!
There are lots of reasons a person might choose to eat less red meat than the average American, from saving money to saving the environment; from concern for animals to cultural preferences and practices. Science suggests another reason: Swapping out the red meat for...
From the Archives: Better Living with Balanced Hormones
Have you noticed as you’ve grown older that your energy has dipped and waistline has expanded? That you’re up at all hours of the night, struggling to get some Zs? You may want to consider bioidentical hormone therapy – BHRT for short. As you age, you lose hormones....
Who Wants to Be Sick? Some Natural Immune-Boosting Options
We fear what we don’t understand. Yet for all we still don’t know yet about the coronavirus outbreak - declared by the World Health Organization to be an international public health emergency - we sure are hearing a lot about it. Easily half of the top health...