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Update on My New Book

My new book, "How Healthy Is Your Doctor? What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Health Could Be Hazardous to Yours" will be published in May 2013!   In it I explain why your own best health isn't up to doctors, the healthcare system, or your genes; it's mostly up to you!...

Kathryn Collins, M.D.

Tag Archives: Movement

TOP FIVE WAYS TO STAY OUT OF NURSING HOMES FOREVER:

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EAT MORE PRODUCE: Fruits and vegetables are as close to a Fountain of Youth as anything else out there. Their antioxidant-rich phytonutrients contain the premier anti-aging compounds known to prevent damage to all our cells and body organs that occurs as a byproduct of many common processes, including normal metabolism, obesity, emotional stress, illness, surgery, smoking, alcohol and drugs, and exercise. If you are not counteracting all that “oxidative stress” (fancy name for bad molecules, formed by the processes just …

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Movement

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Human beings are designed to move. Everything works better when we do: body, mind, and spirit. I used to be a Sedentary Person, studying all day (medical school is a long haul!), not moving much, and as a consequence, I always struggled with my weight, tried every new diet that came out, got frustrated and gained my weight back and more, and felt like I was in a vicious circle: I knew I “should” exercise, but since I wasn’t exercising, …

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