New research shows that people can become depressed as a result of illness and inflammation. This might be one of the reasons that fish oil (omega-3's) help treat depression.

Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble B vitamin that has been used to treat diabetic complications. When I tried it, I had problems with my weight and my blood-sugar regulation that have not been reported in any of the studies I've seen.

ACT Young Conservatory musical - great show!

Outstanding book on controlling high blood sugar, or preventing it if you don't already have it.

Some people express their pain by abusing those closest to them.

Blood sugar levels are directly tied to heart attack risk

There is a better way to lose weight.

What is normal blood sugar, and how does it vary during a 24-hour cycle?

How do you manage your blood sugar for optimum health and to reduce weight?

Two interesting hands on the way to winning the teams in San Francisco.

They are everywhere!

How to be greedy and win a bridge hand. Bidding and play tactics in the Reisinger.

Just keep your blood sugar at 83.

Interesting hands from world-class players

A well bid hand, and how we won a national bridge championships.

New installation south of the Ferry Building

Happy Thanksgiving! For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all that love has found us, thanks be to God...

There is so much noise in the diet/health space that it is hard to know what is real. When I talk with people about it, they are burned out.

So, we went to Chinese cemetery in Colma, a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco. We approached the grave of the old master, laid incense and said a prayer. At the tombstone of a man I had never met or even knew. Though it felt awkward and unfamiliar, what did I have to lose?

Punk rock life in the San Francisco of the 70's was quite an adventure, as this reminiscence attests