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‘let food be your medicine’
By Dr. Orna Izakson beans and oregano. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) famously said “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” Gardeners know the best way to get your...
View Articlesmell yourself to sleep
Sedatives and sleeping pills are some of the most commonly prescribed drugs, despite having serious side effects and becoming addictive to many people. Now German researchers have found a sweet...
View Articlebeets beat high blood pressure
Looking for ways to beat high blood pressure with few or no drugs? The latest findings show beets can help. The juice of the blood-red root crop is high in nitrates; these convert in the body to nitric...
View ArticleArthritic moose redefine human disease
What can humans learn from moose? A lot about osteoarthrtitis, as it turns out. Moose and humans develop the degenerative joint disease in much the same ways and with most of the same symptoms....
View Articlemay insurance update
We are pleased to announce that Dr. O is now a preferred provider with Regence/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon! Despite the state name in the title, this new affiliation covers anyone in Regence or...
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when foods sit around and ‘go good’
Dr. O’s note: This awesome post was written by my friend Marina P-K, who lives in a Permaculture paradise of her creation in the northern Sierra Nevadas. She works with beings of several kingdoms —...
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how you eat will change your life. period.
This TEDx video has been making the rounds in emails and social media. A lot of these things get tossed your way. And you may have been leery about wasting 17 minutes of your busy time on yet another...
View Articlethe sleep Rx for weight loss
Trying to lose weight? A recent raft of studies are showing that more sleep may be just what you need. Here’s how it works. First, well-rested people make better food choices. But when you’re sleep...
View Articleare multivitamins the way to go?
We all have times when we don’t eat exactly as we should. So supplementing with a multivitamin makes sense, right? Or does it? As doctors and research scientists look into the value of...
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sunshine vitamin brightens dark winter days
As some of you may know I recently got my first smart phone. and on it there’s now a fun little app called D-Minder, intended to help track your vitamin D exposure. The app looks at your skin tone,...
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all about olive, part 1
As some of you may know, I am slowly — glacially, even — working on a book about gardening with medicinal plants. Looking out at the frost-covered garden this morning for inspiration for any hint of...
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garlic lowers lung-cancer risk
Garlic fights cancer, part … what number are we up to now? This summer, I got a note from one of my writer friends. A new study on garlic and lung cancer was out, would I be willing to comment for...
View Articlestatins raise heart-disease risks
How’s this for a catch 22: Statin drugs are prescribed to lower cholesterol levels in the body in an effort to reduce risks from heart disease, but end up raising risks for the very condition they’re...
View Articlesing, sing a song
As baby boomers age, and Alzheimer’s and dementia become more common, there’s a growing body of research focusing on strategies to maintain memories and cognitive function. Doing regular crossword...
View Articlestatin risks and benefits
I swear I don’t mean to pick on statins. There’s just so much about them in the news right now. A colleague of mine pointed me to an excellent website that puts findings on prescription drugs into...
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garlic busts high blood pressure — as well as meds
Why I love garlic, reason number zillion Herbalists generally moan when asked “what’s your favorite herbal medicine?” But I think most of us secretly enjoy the game of choosing the top three, five or...
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Navigating CoverOregon and Obamacare
So many options. Which is the best fit for you? Like so many Americans, I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out my personal medical-insurance options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA or...
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new year’s resolutions: biotransformation in 2014
Wishing you joy, laughter, freedom and light in 2014. ‘Tis the season to make resolutions. A time to reevaluate our choices, to envision a hopeful future in which we move forward into more perfect...
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sugar raises heart-disease risk — a lot
We all know that refined sugar is best as a rare treat rather than a dietary staple. The staggering prevalence of obesity in the US — as high as one third the population in many areas — offers a...
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What happened to B12 Happy Hour?
As many of you may know, for the past several years Celilo Natural Health Center has run a popular B12 Happy Hour on Wednesdays from 4-6pm. We even got a nod from Portland Monthly in their December...
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