Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contri….

The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your body needs absolu….

Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and ….

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job..

In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are ….

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines..

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physic….

I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although the forms of stress may cha….

I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicy….

There's no limit to what working with the breath can accomplishmy own first-hand experiences with this natural healing method have convinced me that ….

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness..

Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have ….

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentar….

True, nuts are high in fat, but most of them contain monounsaturated fat that is good for the heart. In fact, eaten in moderation, nuts can lower you….

Whenever the immune system deals successfully with an infection, it emerges from the experience stronger and better able to confront similar threats ….

I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it’s an ongoing process that requ….

I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system - one that depends on ruinously expe….

I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria..

My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is….

Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emi….

I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare costs by shiftin….