Michael S. Fenster, MD

“Avoiding both extremes, the Tathagata has realized the Middle Path: It gives vision, it gives knowledge, and it leads to calm, to insight, to enlightenment, and to Nirvana.” — The …

“Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.” — Albert Einstein There is increasing evidence for a vibrant and bidirectional exchange of information …

“All disease begins in the gut.” ― Hippocrates What we choose to eat directly impacts both the character and quality of our internal minions, our individual gut microbiome. A healthy …

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” ― Mae West Modern Western medicine devotes many resources to treating the consequences of poor decisions. As a society, we are …

“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location, and the company as it is about the taste.” ― Heston Blumenthal, Three Michelin Starred Chef  Scientists …

“Let things taste the way they are.” ― Alice Waters, chef, author, and owner of Chez Panisse We’ve all seen the images: overweight kids addicted to video games 24/7, chubby …

“You know. When I was a kid food was food. Before our scientific magicians poisoned the water, polluted the soil. Decimated plant and animal life. Why, in my day you …

“There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.” ― Khalil Gibran As cardiologists, one of the fundamental and immutable laws we …

“I am perfect today but will improve tomorrow.” ― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Immunosenescence refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system associated with aging. This decline …

“I am not young enough to know everything.” ― Oscar Wilde Several years ago, the World Health Organization introduced the concept of intrinsic capacity (IC). IC is defined as the …