For the human brain, all roads lead to aphrodisia. We can be sexually stimulated through any of our five senses — thanks to a bit of imagination, memory, and a really big brain. Although mankind continues to ransack the planet for anything that might raise his expectations, the most authentic aphr...

FRESH BAKED BREAD is only a dim memory and you know all the flavors of rice cakes by heart, you're probably one of the millions of Americans who don't eat wheat or gluten. Whatever the reason for this abstinence-whether it's a wheat allergy, wheat intolerance, or gluten sensitivity-it's important to...

White sugar has long been considered a nutritional nemesis-and not just by hard-line health fanatics. From doctors to dentists, the mainstream medical community has long issued warnings about excessive sugar intake, noting the part sugar plays in obesity and tooth decay. But the story doesn't end wi...

"Sea vegetables are a delicacy fit for the most honored guest," wrote Sze Tsu while studying with Confucius in the 6th century B.C. He knew truth when he tasted it. No food can promise health and beauty all by itself, but it is said that Aphrodite, rising out of the foaming sea, owed her supple skin...

Or how about the tempting tomatoes on the vine, or baskets of succulent blueberries your supermarket produce counter offers this time of the year? The best part is that as you indulge in this late summer harvest, you're not only getting great flavors, but nutritional ammunition in the battle against...

We all get one to three of them every year and they last about a week. They make us miserable and distract us from our routines. When we feel those familiar symptoms: a scratchy throat, runny nose, and troubling aches and pains, we dread what's ahead-all too common, it's the common cold. The common ...

By now even the most die-hard carnivores know that unless they eat five or more servings of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables a day, they're not warding off reactive oxygen compounds, which in turn, leave the body vulnerable to aging, cancer, and heart disease. But even vegetarians may be overl...

N early everyone suffers from depression at some time or other. It can be brought on by life events such as illness or bereavement, or the hormonal changes of pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. Depression can be a component of almost any illness from the simple cold to more serious disorders like...

How safe is the water you drink? It was a question I'd never given much thought to...until high levels of perchlorate, a rocket-fuel ingredient which can interfere with thyroid function, was found in our city's primary water supply. It's not the first time Las Vegas has faced water woes. In the spri...

Life was very different when Edna Washington was born to black Baptist parents in 1897. The third of eight children, Edna was born with a statistical life expectancy of 49, during an era when half the total population was under 22 years of age. Health care was yet to be organized, vaccines were in t...