Alan Freishtat

Alan Freishtat is a wellness coach and personal trainer with more than 25 years of professional experience. He is a member of the International Council of the True Health Initiative, the board of Kosher Plant Based, and director of The Wellness Clinic. He can be reached at alan@alanfitness.com


 PEOPLE ENJOY a spring day in Jerusalem. Good social integration has a very positive effect on our physical health and on our mental well-being, the writer asserts.

Personal connections play a major role in our health - opinion

 Study reveals heart has ‘sweet taste’ receptors. Illustration.

Choosing health: Why you should live a healthy lifestyle even if you're unwell - opinion

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

Make America Healthy Again failure: How RFK Jr. ignores science, may make Americans sick - opinion


The impact of food on health: Changes need to be made for people to live healthier lives - opinion

The evening before writing this article, I went to the synagogue for evening prayers and saw someone I hadn’t seen for a long time. I had heard that he had a heart attack, and he confirmed that.

 DEAN ORNISH, president and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, in 2017.

What we can learn from Blue Zones: A simple, affordable path to a healthier life - opinion

Sure, going to the gym is beneficial. But it seems that it is the most basic, inexpensive and simple habit that brings good health.

 SENIORS TAKE part in an exercise session at a beach in Barcelona.

Time to scale back on fish consumption - opinion

From microplastics to mercury, the toxic reality of modern fish consumption means we should rethink this 'health food.' There are better ways to get those vital omega-3s.

 A couple of fish

'Full of energy, happy, upbeat': A lifestyle medicine success story - opinion

This treatment and prevention does have side effects. But unlike the side effects of drugs, these side effects are having great health, a great life, happiness and, with God’s help, a longer life.

Joggers hit the pavement in Jerusalem's Sacher Park

Lifestyle medicine: Finding the right 'dose' to combat chronic disease

Tailored wellness plans show the power of finding the right “dose” for your needs.

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Does this diet work? How to tell if a nutritional change may help - opinion

Individual cases don’t have the validity of long-term studies. It is incredibly important to look at the data, examine the studies and see what “works.”

 DO WE eat a balanced diet?

Does intermittent fasting really work? - opinion

Combining an intermittent fast over nighttime with a high-quality plant-based diet and exercise will go a long way toward "adding hours to your days, days to your years, and years to your lives."

 Food organized in a refrigerator.

The RFK Jr. effect – cause for optimism? - opinion

The fact that health is moving up on the ladder of priorities can only be positive. But this should be said with a little bit of apprehension.

 ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. joins then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event in Duluth, Georgia, last month.

How gut health and lifestyle habits could prevent Parkinson’s disease – opinion

New research shows plant-based diets and exercise may reduce Parkinson’s risk.

 PROF. ALON SAMACH of the Hebrew University’s  Agriculture Faculty examines passion fruit plants at the campus greenhouse, in Rehovot, 2017. The faculty discovered that a species of the fruit can help cure Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

Typical diets fail because they emphasize the 'don'ts,' so try to focus on the positives - opinion

Focusing on the positive aspects of eating, exercise, sleep, and social behaviors will “add hours to your days, days to your years, and years to your lives.”

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