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I am writing this the week before the long weekend because the

At the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last Tuesday, I chaired a program on Food Addiction. The panel included doctors, clinicians, and scientists from all over the country and Canada. It was an incredible event and everyone learned so much; the physical elements of food addiction such as dopamine release, (ah, pleasure…) the correlation of fats/salt and sugar to food addiction, and certainly the psychology behind food addiction were so interesting. Then there are policy implications by acknowledging food addiction as ‘real’ –a program in itself.  

A kitchen store on the Healdsburg plaza, serving the community

Numerous studies have shown that optimistic people are healthier

will feature two Bulgarian musicians on a nationwide reunion

Sondra Bernstein, owner of two restaurants in

Educating parents key to healthier food choices for young athletes