For all the conversation about diet and nutrition, including greater awareness about the value of consuming whole foods, we nonetheless face a public health crisis that is as urgent as the former polio epidemic and as vicious as the outbreak of the 1918 influenza pandemic. I refer to the 29...
When more than 14 million Americans suffer from a chronic skin condition—a malady too few of us can spell or name—we have a public health crisis. The redness that marks this illness should color many companies with embarrassment because products continue to contain chemicals that harm the skin, aggravate...
When it comes to judging the severity of food allergies, here is some straightforward advice: Look at your skin, and forget about your taste buds. For, no matter how delicious or repulsive certain foods may seem to be, regardless of the signals your tongue registers to your brain about eating...
Curious to know why—despite the rows of prescription medications, pills, powders and over-the-counter cosmetics and creams—your medicine cabinet is most likely not the single greatest concentration of chemicals in your home? If so, allow me to lead you on a guided tour of your residence, where we will enter...
Identifying the Chemicals and Toxins Responsible for Chronic Skin Conditions As someone who suffers from chronic itch, a condition that impacts tens of millions of Americans, I know all too well how harsh chemicals and toxins can worsen this problem. For people already battling eczema, psoriasis, diabetic or arthritic itch,...
