A friend of mines’ mother just celebrated her 102 birthday and one of her favorite hobbies was to hand out green tea to everyone she would meet. She was definitely onto something. Green tea has been touted for its’ many health benefits and you would be surprised at the amount of [...]
Isn’t it amazing that how after the age of 40 everything in your body starts to shift? Before you could skip a meal and drop 5 pounds, now you skip a meal and gain 5 pounds. The old saying of calories in calories out doesn’t add up either. Yes, what [...]
Are you living in a state that ranks as one of the most stressed states? An article reviewing some studies looking at stress by state broke stress down into four specific categories: 1. work-related stress 2. money-related stress 3. family-related stress 4. stress over health and safety READ ON to [...]
What an unprecedented time. The spin off and ramifications of dealing with COVID is taking it’s toll on people that go beyond a cough, brain fog and fatigue. Anxiety is at an all time high as well as depression (at least that is what I’m seeing in my practice). The [...]
I would love your help! Two years ago I was asked to submit a topic for a TedX talk and was selected then COVID hit. We filmed it last March and it has finally been released by TED talks. I am so excited to share this with you and I [...]
Post-Covid health issues are starting to make the news and one in particular is raising the eyebrows of men. A recent study conducted at Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine in Chicago was looking at the location of the coronavirus in monkeys. They knew it would be found in the [...]
I know, I know. You are as tired of hearing about COVID almost as much as I am tired about writing about it. But when there is new developments I feel like you need to be informed. There is a new variant of Omicron that has now been found in [...]
In the past month, I have discussed many things for gut health including fiber and prebiotics. This topic wouldn’t be complete without a conversation about probiotics. We all have bacteria in our GI tract that have very specific jobs breaking down food, helping our mood, keeping our weight under control, [...]
Last week we took a look at fiber, so this week keeping with gut health I want to take a closer look at prebiotics. It is easy to confuse prebiotics and probiotics but there is a huge difference. Prebiotics are naturally created from plant fibers and feed bacteria promoting their [...]
You always hear ‘eat more fiber’ but not all fiber is created equally so how do you know which one you need? The average American diet is very deficient in fiber eating only about half the recommended dose of 25 to 30 grams. This leads to a multitude of issues [...]
