meet our experts
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Ask the Sex Coach
Lori Buckley, PsyD
Lori Buckley, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in couples, relationship, and sex therapy. Subscribe to her podcast, On the Minds of Men, and email your questions to sexcoach@rodale.com.
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Ask the Exercise Guru
Mark Verstegen, performance coach
Mark Verstegen is the founder and chairman of Athletes' Performance elite training centers and the author of several fitness books. Visit his website at CorePerformance.com and submit your questions to exercise@rodale.com.
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Ask the Wellness Doc
Steven Lamm, MD
Steven Lamm, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York University Medical Center and author of The Hardness Factor. Email your questions to wellnessdoc@rodale.com.
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Ask the Weight Loss Coach
David L. Katz, MD
David L. Katz, MD, is an associate professor of public health at Yale University. Submit questions to weightloss@rodale.com.
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Ask the Fitness Coach
Jordan D. Metzl, MD
Jordan D. Metzl, MD, is a sports medicine specialist at New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery. He's also a 26-time marathoner and a five-time Ironman triathlete; click here to listen to him explain the health benefits of long-distance running. Visit his website at DrJordanMetzl.Com and submit your questions to fitnesscoach@rodale.com.
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Ask the Snack Expert
Cynthia Sass, RD
Sass, a registered dietitian, is board certified in sports dietetics. She created and coauthored Flat Belly Diet! Email your questions to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Financial Advisor
Gary Schatsky
Schatsky is a fee-only personal financial advisor and the founder of Independent Financial Counselors and ObjectiveAdvice.com. Submit your questions to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Career Coach
Gil Schwartz
Schwartz is an executive vice president for a Fortune 500 company in New York City. Email your questions to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Designer
Eric Villency
Villency is the president of Maurice Villency, a top Manhattan design studio, and a regular contributor on NBC's Today. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Head Coach
Mario Alonso, PhD
Alonso is a psychologist, executive coach, and expert in leadership development. His new book is Family Business Survival.
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Ask the Culture Coach
Anthony DeCurtis
Anthony DeCurtis, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone who teaches writing at the University of Pennsylvania, is Best Life's culture wildcat, scouring the country for the people, places, and things that should be on your radar. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Master of Style
John Allan
John Allan, founder of John Allan’s grooming and lifestyle clubs, is the Best Life stylist.
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Ask the Travel Detective
Peter Greenberg
Greenberg is the travel editor for NBC's Today, host of the Peter Greenberg Worldwide radio show, and author of The Travel Detective. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Alternative Medicine Expert
Mark Moyad, MD
Dr. Moyad is the Phil F. Jenkins director of preventive and alternative medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center and editor-in-chief of the journal Seminars in Preventive and Alternative Medicine. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Hair Restoration Expert
Robert M. Bernstein, MD
Dr. Bernstein is a clinical professor of dermatology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and the founder of the Bernstein Medical Center for Hair Restoration, in New York. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Great Communicator
Drew Ramsey, MD
Dr. Ramsey is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. Send him your questions at communicator@rodale.com.
- My best friend’s affair ended his marriage, and our families were very close. How can I stay friends with him when I’m so furious?
- My kids are overscheduled. How can I get them to cut back and focus more deeply on one interest?
- My mother seems lonely, but she’s unwilling to date since her divorce 10 years ago. How can I help her move on?
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Ask the Family Guy
Scott Haltzman, MD
Dr. Haltzman is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and author of The Secrets of Happily Married Men. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Dentist
Steven M. Butensky, DDS
Dr. Butensky is a clinical associate professor in prosthodontics and the director of aesthetic dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Dermatologist
Bruce Katz, MD
Dr. Katz is a clinical professor of dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, director of the cosmetic surgery and laser clinic at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and director of the Juva Skin & Laser Center, in New York. Submit questions to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Surgeon
Haideh Hirmand, MD
Dr. Hirmand is a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a plastic surgeon at the New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. Submit a question to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Kinesiologist
William J. Kraemer, PhD
Kraemer, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, is a professor of kinesiology in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Submit questions to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Cardiologist
Steven E. Nissen, MD
Dr. Nissen is the chairman of the Cleveland Clinic’s department of cardiovascular medicine and the senior consulting editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Submit a question to bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Urologist
Ridwan Shabsigh, MD
Dr. Shabsigh is the director of the division of urology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, a professor of clinical urology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and the author of Sensational Sex In 7 Easy Steps. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Nutritionist
James O. Hill, PhD
Dr. Hill is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado, a nutrition center funded by the National Institutes of Health. He is editor-in-chief of Obesity Management and cofounder of America On the Move, a national weight-gain prevention initiative. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Endocrinologist
Martin J. Abrahamson, MD
Abrahamson is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the medical director of the Joslin Diabetes Center, where he specializes in new treatments of diabetes, blood glucose monitoring, and heart disease. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.
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Ask the Obesity Prevention Expert
John Foreyt, PhD
Dr. Foreyt is a professor in the departments of medicine and psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, and a member of the National Institutes of Health Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity. Email him a question at bestadvice@rodale.com.


