Why would you downplay your alcohol use to the one person you should truly be confiding in when it relates to your health?

This is the year to get yourself on the road to better health; you don't even have to give up burgers, pizza or chocolate.

Are you jeopardizing your health by practicing bad habits that just keep you sick?

People use social media as a coping mechanism and an online therapy session. Is this is a healthy form of communication, or just too much over-sharing?

Are you ready to finally change to be a healthier you?

Is it possible to heal yourself from cancer? Special guest, Tamara St. John, says she did just that.

You might be surprised by the ever-increasing toxins and other chemicals which you and your loved ones come into contact with on a daily basis.

The power of careful observation can let you see when someone is bluffing and when you've finally found your soul mate.

Hypnosis and mind-body techniques are helping millions of people live free of pain.

Toxic people cause a cascading effect of negativity in your both your professional and personal lives.

Nearly one million American women are binge drinkers; and they aren’t just sorority girls.

Dr. David Sackstates, “while men are more susceptible to substance abuse, women are more apt to become addicted to a behavior.” Are you?

Did you know that an estimated 90% of systemic diseases can be discovered in the mouth?

Our two powerhouse nutritionists cover the latest health and wellness headlines in order to help YOU live better.

Mistakes in medical diagnoses can cost you in money, invasive procedures and even death. And it's scary just how often they occur.

The holidays are known to many doctors as the "season for seizures."

Changing ingrained habits can be a painful process. However, it's an essential part of leading a pain -ree life.

There is no reason to be embarrassed by your single status; instead celebrate it.

Many people ignore symptoms and are slow to seek help when the indicators arise.

Dr. Lori Shemek returns to Naturally Savvy with surefire tricks to help you meet your New Year's resolutions this year and every year.

Is your workout getting to be a bore? Dance away the workout blues with "America's Favorite Fitness Expert," Denise Austin.

Not a fan of working out? Learn how to completely tone your body in a simple 30-minute walking workout.

Learn about a few simple, everyday movements for preventing pain, illness and even early death.

The next time you add an avocado to any meal, even though it is high in calories, you can do it with utmost confidence.

I have a radio show that airs every Wednesday at noon Pacific Time on RadioMD.com called "Mindful Medicine". It is simply another format for me to hopefully "knock 'em alive" with empowering information that can help people be their own PCPs "primary care providers" and have their homes be their own HMOs "Health Maintenance Organization" Get it?

I am fortunate to have a fascinating and amazing regular contributor, Dr. Jacob Tietlbaum MD, join me every week to talk about easy, effective, natural ways to help people take back control and manage their health. Jacob and I were talking very passionately about the newest recommendations, handed down from a government agency, which suggested (based on a faulty calculation) that many more people would be candidates for taking statin medications.

We both were fairly incensed about this notion, knowing that statin medications come with serious risks and side effects and research has shown that there are many common lifestyle choices that are far more likely to be associated with a lower risk of heart attack and heart attack death than taking statins medications. Some of these include eating chocolate, participating in regular exercise, getting adequate nutrition and having cats. YES, having cats.

Are you suffering from decision fatigue? Learn how to overcome and have your healthiest holiday yet.

Do you have the time to devote to exercise and life style changes? No! Yes, we said no. No one HAS the time to get in shape, you have to MAKE the time.

Holiday shopping can be more stressful than fun. How can you overcome long lines, long lists, and a time crunch?

Losing weight often seems like a roller coaster process. But what if you could see a real difference in just 28 days, with none of the ups and downs?

Everyone has different ways of achieving goals when it comes to overall health, nutrition and fitness. Is your way working?

While the fluctuation and decline of reproductive hormones is a normal and expected event in mid-life women, the associated symptoms are nonetheless disruptive. Until very recently, millions of women alleviated their hot flashes and night sweats with conjugated equine estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate (synthetic hormone replacement therapy or HRT).

However, mounting evidence from several clinical trials has shown that women using synthetic HRT are at significant increased risk of developing breast cancer, coronary heart disease, pulmonary embolism, and stroke.

With little room for HRT in current practice and little else in the traditional medicine chest to consider, physicians are increasingly turning to natural non-hormonal therapies for women who need relief from menopausal symptoms.

As a naturopathic physician, I have used botanical medicines and other natural alternatives for many years with great success to help women create and maintain hormonal health. I've found the most effective approach combines stress management, diet, exercise and nutritional supplements to support and work with a woman's body, not against it. While each patient's treatment plan is unique, it has been my experience that most symptoms caused by menopause and/or hormone fluctuations and imbalances will respond to natural therapies.

Could this possibly be true? Cardiologist and author, Dr. Tim Fischell says yes... you CAN lose weight while you sleep.

When B12 is low, all sorts of symptoms and problems develop, from anxiety and depression to muscles spasms and memory loss.

Is it ever all about YOU? One of the biggest issues women face is finding time to care for themselves.

Dr. Carl Helvie shares how he was able to tap into both his mind and spirit to overcome cancer.

Thirty-eight years ago, Dr. Carl Helvie was told he had terminal lung cancer. He decided to take things into his own hands.

Our two powerhouse nutritionists cover the latest health and wellness headlines in order to help YOU live better.

There is science in medicine. But there is also art. Learn how you can use both to achieve happiness and healthfulness.

Would 51-year-old James (Tony Soprano) Gandolfini or Tim ("If it's Sunday, it's Meet The Press") Russert be alive today if their docs had followed the new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines just issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association?

This week, we asked that question to many of the docs with whom we work at the Wellness Institute. We just do not know enough about Gandolfini or Russert; however, you know enough about YOU—that's the key. And the likelihood is Gandofini and Russert both would have been taking statins if their docs had followed the new guidelines...and aspirin and exercising, losing weight and changing their diets (and Russert and Galdofini weren't doing food –perhaps the most important choice—right if observations and news reports are correct.) You might too—and we want you to stay alive.

The must-have beauty products you need in your arsenal.

There’s not only one way to do things, and it's essential to realize that you need to be an advocate for your own health.

Learn the five simple keys to eating better... you might be surprised at just how easy they really are.

Are you a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty type of person? Your answer can make all the difference in your life and happiness.

With today's stressors being multiple, constant and prolonged it is quite easy to loose one's cool, which unfortunately, just makes any situation worse.

I call it having a "short fuse syndrome".

So how can you keep your cool and "lengthen your fuse" during times of strife such as your commute in terrible traffic, with angry clients or terrible customer service agents, with aggressive co-workers or with fussy family member? Believe it or not, the answer is in your brain. Yes, your brain!

Our brain is equipped with two sides of a nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is that which control our response to these multiple, constant and prolonged stressors, our fight or flight is carried out here. On the other side, the parasympathetic rules our ability to rest, relax and repair.

Is your health pre-determined by your genes? If cancer or heart disease runs in your family, are you destined to develop these conditions as well?

Thanksgiving dinner often entails rich, fattening foods. What if you could keep the taste, but ramp up the healthiness?

Learning a few easy strategies can have you enjoying your holidays rather than regretting them.

Wouldn't it be great if there was an antidote to the extreme "burn-out" you're constantly challenged by? There is.

Why is it that more places are offering gluten-free foods, but are recommending that people with Celiac Disease shouldn't eat there?

Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

It's been two years since my diagnoses of Celiac Disease. At first, I would overdramatize how much my life was ruined and that food would no longer mean the same. I recently became excited to hear of all the great options that were open to me. Little did I know, what restaurants really meant was their gluten free option is only for those who are going through yet another diet fad, not those who truly need it.

I've always had digestive problems, but thought it was just stress, or IBS. It seemed normal to me (and I as I type this I realize how this sounds) to throw up, have diarrhea, and get horrible abdominal pains, and constantly feel bloated immediately after eating.

I had just transferred to DePaul University in the fall of 2011, and was just getting used to living back on a college campus again. This was when I began noticing more and more issues with my gut. However, I ignored these symptoms and just thought I was stressed from school, as I tend to be during the quick ten-week quarter system DePaul has.

A few nights a week I would be up all night, death gripping the sides of my toilet while everything poured out of my mouth. My roommates would joke with me and say, "You're sick all the time. Maybe you have the gluten thing." Laughing, thinking that was not even possible, I ignored them and continued doing absolutely nothing about addressing the problem.

As time progressed, it started to become a hassle to eat. After every meal I would feel exhausted from throwing up, from the horrible pains I felt and all I wanted to do was lay down. Date nights I had with my boyfriend turned embarrassing, for I would need to quickly excuse myself to spend what seemed an eternity in the ladies room.

When there is an excess of any hormone in relation to the whole intricate system we call the"endocrine system", an overall imbalance develops, and health problems can arise. When there is too much estrogen and not enough progesterone to counteract its effects, the situation is called estrogen dominance.

Estrogen dominance is a multi-factorial situation and is caused by such things as exposure to excess environmental xenoestrogens, use of synthetic estrogens such as the birth control pill and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), anovulation (lack of ovulation during menstrual cycle, which is not uncommon among women older than 35), digestion issues (which tax the estrogen-detoxification process in the liver), unrelenting stress (which strains the adrenals and the thyroid), unresolved emotional issues, poor diet and negative lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol use.

How does estrogen dominance specifically alter women's health?