Category Archives: Conversations with Dr. Pedre

Winterize your Immune System with these Superimmunity Foods

Every year as winter rolls around, we fear the cold or flu that will knock us off our feet for a week.  The winter season brings with its cooler temperatures, a wide array of cold and flu viruses that make … Continue reading

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Rebuttal to the Recent Study on Supplements and Mortality in Older Women

So should you take any supplements?  The answer to this question cannot be based on broad generalizations made from singular studies.  I believe this is an ongoing conversation with your doctor, who hopefully sees him or herself as a team … Continue reading

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After 9/11: The Eight Spiritual Laws for Healing the Wounds

In my previous post, I posed these questions:  How do we cope with these catastrophes?  How as a human race do we continue living on without accepting a unified, shared consciousness in the pain of these calamities?   How do we … Continue reading

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Remembering 9/11: My Personal Account

Ten years ago, I was in my residency training at Mt. Sinai Hospital here in New York City.  September 11, 2001 started as a routine as any day could.  I remember what a gorgeous sunny blue-sky day it was — … Continue reading

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Start a Medicinal Herb Garden with These 5 Essential Herbs

See my latest post on Ecomii.com‘s Food and Health blog: Start a Medicinal Herb Garden with These 5 Essential Herbs.  You can grow your own medicinal herbs right in your backyard.  Preparing fresh herbs may offer higher potency than you … Continue reading

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Biofeedback: An Evolving Mind-Body Therapy

My first introduction to biofeedback was in helping patients learn how to lower their blood pressure.  I had heard of this therapy, but didn’t understand its many applications.  As I explain in my most recent Ecomii Food and Health Blog … Continue reading

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Ten Tips to Clean Living in a Toxic World

Check out Ecomii.com’s Food & Health Blog post on how to live clean in our toxic world. The more man-made materials and toxins are put out into the environment, the more we need to be educated consumers and know what … Continue reading

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Day 5 of 21-Day Meditation Challenge

I started the Chopra Center Meditation Challenge five days ago on Monday.  Some days I’ve done the meditation once, but other days, I’ve actually done the meditation twice, or repeated a meditation from the previous day.  Life had gotten really … Continue reading

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The “Aaaahhhh….” Breath. Laugh and be tension-free!

The breath is such an important tool to help keep us grounded and reduce tension.  This is a breath I like to do with my son, which is both useful in reducing tension/stress and funny at the same time.  1) … Continue reading

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Natural Ways to Treat and Prevent the Flu

Natural Remedies that Prevent and Treat the Flu.  Click here to see the blog post on Ecomii.

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