As days get shorter in the Northeast, our health and well-being is affected in a variety of ways. Here are some tips for staying happy and healthy in fall and winter. Change your workout schedule, don’t abandon it. With the holidays coming up we have plenty of excuses to bail on our spring and summer workouts, especially if they involved … Read More
Children’s Cold and Flu Prevention
Cold and Flu season is here. It’s the time of the year when the kids are back to school, cold weather is upon us and we begin to see less sun. All of these factors set up the perfect environment for colds and flu’s to flourish. Yet, there is something we can do to try and minimize exposure to … Read More
Fiber for your Health
The Role of Fiber Early in the 20th century, the refinement of wheat flour became popular and for the first time in history, people in the western hemisphere, especially the United States, were eating white flour products and far fewer whole grains, beans, vegetables and fruits or other sources of dietary fiber. After only a few decades, serious medical conditions, … Read More
Managing Sugar Cravings
Many people who are trying to lose weight often foil their dietary plans because of cravings. One of the most common cravings is that for sweet treats. In order for the body to function, we need a constant supply of glucose in the bloodstream, so craving sweets makes sense. However, now food is anything but scarce in America and obesity … Read More
Breakfast Guide for Kids
The single most important meal of the day. This meal is breaking the fast of overnight sleep – the longest stretch your kids go without eating anything. This meal can really impact your child in so many ways. Every Well Child Visit that I do I get a detailed diet history and review it looking for protein, fat, fiber, calcium … Read More
Healthy School Lunches
Lunch is an area that you can make a huge difference in your child’s health. Lunch provides them with the nutrition to get them through the rest of their school day. Think about the nutritional requirements for your child’s learning, energy, social and emotional needs. These requirements should be met with …lots of protein rich foods, fruits/vegetables and whole grains. … Read More
Rethinking Osteoporosis- Beyond Calcium, Vitamin D and Prescriptions
Osteoporosis is treated conventionally with a group of medications called bisphosphonates, like Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva. Unfortunately, these medications are not without serious risk. A letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine on January 1, 2009 by Diane Wysowski of the FDA’s division of drug risk assessment indicates a significant risk of lethal esophageal cancer. According to a … Read More
Is Metabolic Syndrome Making You Fat?
Once known as an obscure condition termed Syndrome X, metabolic syndrome has now hit the main stream media outlets as cause for concern. In recent years, we have learned that drinking as little as one soda per day, no matter if it was regular or diet, can increase the risk of heart disease through metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, most people are … Read More
Autoimmunity: Exploring the Causes and New Treatment Approaches
Autoimmune disease may be unfamiliar to many who have no personal experience with this class of diseases. More commonly known are conditions like lupus, type I diabetes, celiac disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or rheumatoid arthritis. Actually, about 15 diseases are the direct effect of the autoimmune process and research is now linking more than 80 conditions to autoimmunity.