Health & Wellness

4 cheap & easy skin treatments you can eat

I recall reading that if you can't eat it you shouldn't put it on your skin. "Ridiculous and unrealistic," I thought to myself, then I was struck by a simple reality. When you eat or drink something, your liver gets a crack at filtering out some of the harmful toxins. When you place something on your skin it is readily absorbed right into your bloodstream How unfortunate then that the thousands... [Read more]

What would it look like if we all skipped meat for just ONE day?

This isn't a post to argue for being a meat eater or a vegetarian, so everybody just calm down. This is about the impact of consuming less meat. It’s about the possible implications of taking a day off. Maybe just a meal off. Is that so bad? No, it’s a win-win. According to stats reported by Green Peace and health writer Kathy Freston, if we stopped eating meat for one whole day the U.S. would: Save... [Read more]

Q. Will HgH help me lose weight?

A featured question in our Ask. Dr. Huber section was "Will HgH help me lose weight?" Dr. Huber's reply is as follows: HgH (human growth hormone) is a hot topic but this issue must be approached with great caution. For those who actually have a low HgH then this type of treatment can have a big impact on the quality of their life. But it is not a parlor trick that anyone can just pug into and magically... [Read more]

Cheap and easy hair detox

Wintertime isn't a happy time for my hair. As a dish-water blonde the roots of my hair get dull and darker and the texture of my hair feels coarser in the shower. I try to dry my hair less and use leave-in conditioners, but it doesn't seem to do a tremendous amount to help the situation. Then I stumbled on a natural hair rinse, using apple cider vinegar (ACV). Sure enough, after one treatment in the... [Read more]

The 4 Rules of Health Food vs. Junk Food

How does any given food earn the label of "health food" while another is called "junk food"? Surely President Obama can assign a task force to lead us in the right direction. Some foods get placed on a pedestal as being above all others in the eyes of health minded individuals yet I constantly see some foods that seemed to have snuck onto that list by bribing the doorman and sneaking in the back door.... [Read more]

Want to feel better? Drop acid.

No no no, not the acid your college roommate accidentally took on that road trip to OSU that one time. I’m speaking of your acid/base balance or pH. This is a simple concept and does not require a slide rule, calculator or quantum physics so just relax.  Your pH is a simple measure of acid and its opposing counterpart, base, on a simple scale of 1 to 14. A pH of 1 is very acidic and a pH of 14... [Read more]