The Pesach dishes are packed away and Chometz is now back. What is your pediatrician thinking about? The measles. Yes, the measles. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, surely you’ve read or seen the news that there is a measles outbreak in the United States, Europe and Israel. Unfortunately, the Orthodox Jewish world is

We’ve all had the wrong mindset—“After Pesach I will go on a diet.” And when Pesach is over we do exactly that and lose some weight until we get back to our pre-Pesach weight and maybe a little more.  Then it’s back to bad habits, weight gain and all of the associated health issues.  So

Even though we had one extra month this winter, Pesach is on the doorstep yet again.  It seems to have become a very stressful experience to prepare for what is supposed to be a holiday of great simcha.  How stressed do people get?  Starting two weeks before Purim several of my clients began asking about

As we approach Purim, the focus of the days immediately preceding the holiday becomes the long history of the relationship between Amalek and the Jewish people. Beginning with the few pesukim comprising Parshas Zachor, we remember Amalek’s original attack on the Jewish people shortly after the Jews left Egypt. Then, we read the less famous

In part one of this article, we discussed how research is showing the healing effects of a healthy diet.  A healthy diet based on today’s research involved eating more plant based foods, greatly reducing any processed foods and keeping our animal proteins to a minimum.    As a result many doctors, in spite of their

Have you ever heard one of those stories?  I’m sure you have.  The doctors gave up—they sent her home to rest as comfortably as possible until her demise.  “There is nothing more we can do” they said.  Confined to a wheelchair and suffering from constant and severe chest pain, she already had a bypass operation

They’re pretty and they surely enhance the look of your baby’s room. Yet I respectfully request that you refrain from indulging in crib bumpers, also known as “bumper pads” used in infants’ cribs. True confession: All seven Lightman children luxuriated in cribs festooned with bumpers. The youngest Lightman was born in 2003, two years before

We all know by now the profound impact food consumption has on our health.  But when we think about food and health, we usually are thinking about our heart and circulatory system.  We all know that high consumption of healthy options and the reduction of poor quality processed foods can prevent heart disease and even

Parents are familiar with this scenario. Your child wakes up in the morning complaining his throat is itchy and dry. It’s a sore throat. Actually, Mommy and Abba are convinced it is strep throat. They phone the pediatrician’s office, asking for an appointment. An immediate appointment. They want instant information. And medication to assassinate those

While many clients come to me in order to lose weight, there are usually health issues involved that are more important to address than just losing the extra weight. There are the typical problems of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and muscular-skeletal problems including lower back pain. Some have auto-immune issues such as inflammatory