Eat to Win: Can Food Enhance Performance?

Eat to Win: Can Food Enhance Performance? - August, 2008

Track and field Olympian Marion Jones was America's darling during the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, bringing home three gold medals and two bronzes...

Transform Yourself, Transform Your Life

Transform Yourself, Transform Your Life - July, 2008

I was the human equivalent of a caterpillar holed up in a cocoon, my life a monotonous loop of studying, eating and sleeping. Then my surgeon dislodged ...

Bathe With a Stranger

Bathe With a Stranger - June, 2008

A dozen candles illuminated the bathroom with a soft glow -- just enough light to see the bubbles and my glass of wine. I was calm...

3 Antidotes to Overeating

3 Antidotes to Overeating - June, 2008

We're all guilty of overindulging sometimes - an extra helping of potatoes here, a wedge of key lime pie there. But loading up on calories forces your body into...

Age with Attitude

Age with Attitude - May, 2008

At 83-years-young, Madeleine Gough is in superb health. She lives by herself, carries a full schedule, and mentally, she's at the top of her...

Earth-Friendly Wines

Earth-Friendly Wines - April, 2008

In a ceremony on Sonoma Mountain in spring, the Benziger family buries a cow horn packed with a homeopathic paste of silica (a pale pink...

I tried it: Energy Healing

I tried it: Energy Healing - February, 2008

The note taking and incessant typing were taking a debilitating toll on my right hand. At first, i could tolerate the pain, but when the base of my thumb started aching while I was lounging on the couch I knew I needed help. ...

Hello Stanols, Hello Sterols!

Hello Stanols, Hello Sterols! - February, 2008

When your cholesterol levels run high, many favorite foods are forbidden. Butter, whole milk, full-fat cheese, milk chocolate: all out. But now, some of these same foods -- and others, like granola bars and yogurt -- are being fortified...

The ABC's of Slim

The ABC's of Slim - January, 2008

Ready to ditch some pounds? A is for alcohol. You booze, you lose: A daily serving of hooch may be better for keeping off weight than abstaining. Alcohol may increase leptin, a hormone that curbs your appetite for sweets....

Helping Hands

Helping Hands - January, 2008

When Toni Mandala's 84-year-old father was suffering with Alzheimer's disease -- and its accompanying confusion, incontinence, and depression -- she moved him into the house across the street to care for him herself....