Ah, food! We can’t live without it, but sometimes it seems like we can’t live with it, either. It can make us fat, it can encourage cancer, it can promote heart disease. We can become obsessed with it, and yet we have to eat, for our bodies need a wide variety of nutrients every day [...]

Thin shouldn’t be confused with healthy. I treat many very thin models—women who weigh between 95 and 110 pounds. They’re thin, but at the same time some of them are significantly «overfat!» Of course you don’t ever know it by looking at them. Still, body weight is accounted for by a combination of lean body [...]

Research studies conducted under ideal conditions are one thing, but I always want to know how well something works in the real world, where conditions are not always perfect. Fortunately, my patients have enjoyed excellent results with this amazing yet simple substance. I’ve used Chitosan for years. One of my early Chitosan patients was Joan, [...]

There is no doubt that the risk of coronary heart disease rises as the cholesterol increases. Conversely, the risk drops as cholesterol falls. Although the American Heart Association recommends that the total cholesterol be 200 or less, I feel that this is too high. It may be average, but being average in this country is [...]

Claire, a 48-year-old, 200-pound nurse whom I’ve known for many years, recently showed me her computerized «diet database.» «Look at this, Dr. Fox,» she said proudly, pointing to the computer screen. «Here’s a list of the diets I’ve been on, arranged alphabetically.» It looked like there were 30 or 40 diets on the screen, from [...]