You may not sing like Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler or play the guitar like Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction. But you can have something in common with a lot of rock musicians: a healthy lifestyle.
No one knows that better than Gabrielle Francis, a practitioner of natural medicine, acupuncture and massage who has been working with rock musicians for 30 years. Francis, teaming up with Stacy Baker Masand, has written “The Rockstar Remedy: A Rock & Roll Doctor’s Prescription for Living a Long, Healthy Life.”
As musician Michael Franti puts it, the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle “is not that much different than that of a very intense business traveler; living out of airports, taxis, and hotels; dashing from appointment to appointment; working very late … and eating on the run.”
If uncontrolled, that can all add up to serious health issues. But through smarter eating, exercise and additional nutrients, even someone living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle can be healthy.
