In my office we counsel patients on proper eating habits for many reasons. Some patients want weight loss, others more energy, some are experiencing headaches or other ailments.

Summertime means picnics, barbecues, and celebrating the warm weather with friends and family! However, if you suffer from heartburn, barbecued meat and high-fat snack foods may trigger this uncomfortable condition.

Last month the FDA announced that taking proton pump inhibitors like Nexium or the latest to hit the market—Zegerid—to reduce stomach acid may increase your risk of hip, wrist, and even spine fractures.

The government sure is milking that moustache gag. They’ve promoted dairy so much that the phrase ‘Got Milk’ is now a national catch phrase. But why are they promoting milk so hard? And is it really the building block of health? The answers will shock you.

If you find yourself hungry after you’ve just finished a sumptuous meal or a satisfying snack, you’re probably experiencing the effects of food ingredients that can actually cause you not to recognize that you’re full.

Stomach ulcers are small holes or sores in the gastrointestinal tract which affect millions of Americans every year. The most common major symptom of an ulcer is a burning or gnawing feeling in the stomach area that lasts from half an hour up to three hours.

Why should you be concerned about digestive disease? Because colon cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women.

Imagine eating 12 pounds of food a day -- and still staying thin and healthy. That may sound crazy, but it’s exactly what our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate for millennia!