How to Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Naturally
Dr. Jody Stanislaw, ND @DrJodyND When you go to the doctor and discover you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, the first typical recommendation that they give you unfortunately is a prescription drug. However, there are many natural ways to improve your cardiovascular health that also benefit your entire body, without side effects! Cholesterol […]
Link Between Inflammation and Depression
A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry studied the link between inflammation and depression. “One thing that we’re particularly interested in is how stress affects the immune system, which in turn affects diseases and mental health outcomes,” said one of the co-authors of the paper. The authors found that in addition to being linked […]
Tom Brady’s Healthy Diet
Tom Brady, longtime NFL quarterback for the New England Patriots, has stayed at the top of his game due to his incredibly-strict eating habits that have been illuminated recently. In an interview with Boston.com, Brady’s personal chef talked about the 38-year-old’s diet that helps keep one of the best quarterbacks ever to continue to play […]
How to Lose Holiday Weight and Make 2016 Your Healthiest Year Yet
Shelly Stinson With an abundance of homemade goodies available during the holiday season, it isn’t at all uncommon to gain a little (or a lot) of weight thanks to the extra fat and calories most of these contain. This may leave you entering the new year with the goal of creating positive habits so you […]
The Link Between Teens’ Sleep and Eating Habits
In a study conducted by the American Heart Association, there is a connection between teens’ sleeping habits and how they eat. Researchers out of Penn State studied the sleeping habits of 342 teenagers and the correlation between their eating habits. On average, the teens slept seven hours a night. When the amount of sleep varied […]
12 Pantry Staples For a Healthy Diet
Dr. Sarah Cimperman, ND @DrCimperman A healthy diet is essential for a healthy body. One of the easiest ways to eat well is to cook at home, where you control the quality of ingredients. The foods you keep in your kitchen are the ones you’re going to cook and eat, so stocking a pantry full […]
Can Intermittent Fasting Improve Your Health?
Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CSCS @DrBubbs A technique to kickstart weight loss Throughout history, going long periods without eating or fasting is a therapeutic technique that has been used for millennia to promote wellness and purge the body of toxins and disease. From an evolutionary perspective, our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have been without food for […]
Eat to Feel Happy and Combat Depression
We all know that eating “healthy” has many long-term benefits. It can help us to reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancers, among the countless other benefits. Now research is showing an association with certain diets and reduced rates of depression. A cohort study took baseline diet assessments and followed participants for 10 […]
Start Your Healing Diet – Now!
Dr. Teri Jaklin, BA,ND, IFMCP @WaterdownClinic After years of not being taken seriously, even considered out right quackery, nutritional intervention as a cornerstone for recovery and maintenance for people with MS is now center stage, the star of the show. Ironically nutritional recommendations for multiple sclerosis go as far back as the 40s and since […]
6 Food-Based Toxins That Increase Your Risk of Diabetes
Dr. Sarah Cimperman, ND Toxins are chemicals in the environment that are harmful to our health. Most of the time, we can’t see or smell or taste them, but they’re very real and we’re exposed to them every day. So far, research studies have identified six different toxins we ingest through food and water that […]