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Apr 13, 2020 · Health & Wellness13 Ways to Optimize Your Health to Fight COVID-19 and Beyond
As quarantining has continued over the past few weeks, I’ve found inspiration in Albert Einstein’s famous quote: “in the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” When it comes to our wellness, these times have given us the opportunity to put our everyday concerns on pause and rededicate ourselves to building healthy routines and habits (or upgrading our existing ones).
Apr 10, 2020 · Health & WellnessWeekly Roundup 4/5 – The Latest Informative Coronavirus News
Weekly roundup of the latest informative coronavirus news hand selected by Dr. Frank Lipman. Check back for more each week.
Apr 8, 2020 · NutritionA Simple Soup Recipe to Boost Immunity Tonight!
For years, I’ve always urged those who care about their health to bypass the boxes, pass on prepared foods, retreat from restaurants and make their kitchens their go-to source for sustainable health. Though it may be challenging to find a silver lining right now amidst the COVID19 news, one encouraging aspect of this crisis is, suddenly, everyone is getting back to cooking at home again.
Apr 6, 2020 · Health & Wellness6 Ways To Connect In The Age Of Social Distancing
Although it already feels far longer than just a few weeks, our new shelter-at-home lifestyle is still a shock to the system. For families not accustomed to 24/7 togetherness, the mental and emotional strains are significant, even as live-in companionship keeps loneliness at bay. But for those who live by themselves, finding connection in this age of social and physical distancing is more challenging than ever.
- Apr 3, 2020 · Health & Wellness
Weekly Roundup 3/29 – The Latest Informative Coronavirus News
Weekly roundup of the latest informative coronavirus news hand selected by Dr. Frank Lipman. Check back for more each week.
Mar 30, 2020 · Health & Wellness9 Ways to Calm the Mind and Body in Difficult Times
In the past few weeks, we have seen life as we know it turned upside down. Our foundations, and much of what we considered to be our basic reality, have been badly shaken. Remaining buoyant in the face of chaos and maintaining equilibrium in the midst of turbulence on this global scale is something few of us have had much experience with.
- Mar 26, 2020 · Health & Wellness
Weekly Roundup 3/22 - The Latest Informative Coronavirus News
Weekly roundup of the latest informative coronavirus news hand selected by Dr. Frank Lipman. Check back for more each week.
Mar 23, 2020 · Health & WellnessSome Thoughts on Dealing with the COVID-19 Crisis
As we face the onslaught of the coronavirus together, following the CDC guidelines, especially social distancing, washing your hands frequently, and wiping down surfaces are absolutely essential. But what is also essential and is not being recommended enough unfortunately, are self care tips that can help people fortify their bodies against opportunistic invaders.
Mar 16, 2020 · Health & Wellness7 Ways to Harness the Power of Blue Light
Though there may be countless factors chipping away at our sleep, one of the most overlooked is how we manage our exposure to light. The wrong type of light at the wrong time can trigger sleep hormones when you need to be alert, and vice versa, putting you woefully out of circadian sync.
Mar 9, 2020 · Health & WellnessDrug-Free Ways to Fight Sinusitis – and Win!
Uggh. Sinusitis? Again? Yes, sinus infections are easy to get. Just about anything that gets in the way of airflow into your sinuses, or in the way of mucus trying to drain out, will easily put you on the sinusitis path.
Mar 4, 2020 · Healthy Aging30 Ways to Boost Immunity Right Now
Health crises of any kind be they local, national or, like the current coronavirus, global in scale, are a wake-up call for all of us. As one of my patients recently said, “There’s nothing like a potential pandemic to make you think about upping your immunity.” Dark humor aside, she makes a good point: boosting immunity needs to become a top priority.
Mar 2, 2020 · Health & WellnessNot Your Grandpa’s Weed: The Ways CBD Supports Your Health
Pot, weed, grass, call it what you will, ‘cannabis’ is having a moment, and with good reason: it’s an amazing plant that is, at last, gaining respect within the medical establishment as a powerful medicine whose health benefits extend far beyond anything hippie...
Feb 24, 2020 · Healthy AgingHow Your Daily Lifestyle Choices Are Affecting Your Genetics
Most of us were raised to believe that the genes we were born with are our destiny, and that the diseases that “run in the family” are most likely coming for us too. I myself have wrestled with this demon, as I have a strong family history of heart disease and I, now...
Feb 17, 2020 · Health & Wellness11 Ways to Improve Your Health – with Sex!
We all want to be as healthy as possible, so the more good-for-us habits we can develop – and stick to – the better. But in between all that conscientious eating and exercise, there’s another under-rated habit you should also be working on. Drum roll please –and that healthy habit is sex!
Feb 10, 2020 · Healthy AgingInfrared Saunas to Boost Winter Mood and Health
February is a great time to pamper yourself. One of the most pleasurable and healthy ways to do it is by hitting the sauna, specifically, the infrared sauna – the still slightly under-the-radar mind and body health elixir that we all should be doing this winter and beyond.
Feb 3, 2020 · Healthy Aging6 Ways to Outsmart High Blood Pressure
Hypertension is a major driver of both stroke and heart attack. But for common cases of borderline high BP, the best medicine is upgrading the way you live: your diet and your exercise habits and the way you deal with stress.
Jan 27, 2020 · Sleep8 Simple Ways to Fall Asleep Fast
Who doesn’t want a good night’s sleep? It recharges you for the next day, it gives your enzymes and hormones the green light to repair and restore cells and muscles. And as researchers now tell us, it’s also essential for clearing out the metabolic garbage that builds up in our brain during the course of the day.
Jan 20, 2020 · Health & Wellness7 Tips for a Clean, Green and Serene Bedroom
Sleep. It’s the essential, health-supportive, feel-good habit that we get to treat our bodies to every night. And while most of us are aware of its importance, not everyone thinks about the health of the space they’re sleeping in -- their bedrooms. Granted, you probably wash the bedding and vacuum on the regular, but your bedroom’s still got a dirty little secret.
Jan 13, 2020 · Health & Wellness8 Ways to Lose Your Winter Blues
For those of us who live in the temperate zone, winter is a real thing. Not only does it have its own characteristic weather profile – gray, chilly, intermittently snowy or slushy or rainy – it’s got its own emotional profile to match. Call it the winter blues or the winter blahs.
Jan 6, 2020 · Healthy Aging4 Fantastic, Fast-Acting Stress Fighters
For many of us, being relentlessly stressed-out has become an almost ‘normal’ state, however unpleasant. Unfortunately, the stress overload of modern life can have a massive impact on our health, weakening immunity, damaging organs and, over time, increasing the risk for many of the diseases we fear most.
Dec 30, 2019 · Health & Wellness20 New Year's Resolutions for 2020
When it comes to the end of one year and the start of another, I always like to take some time to reflect on the lessons learned and think about the tweaks we all can strive to make going forward. This year, going into 2020, I propose focusing on 20 behaviors that encourage wellness in all aspects of life.
Dec 23, 2019 · Health & WellnessWords from the Wise: Choosing Optimism for 2020
Continually voicing your difficulties can push you – and others – down a rabbit hole of negativity, ironically leading to increased disconnection from others, a poorer outlook on life, and even compromised health. Optimism has the opposite effect, according to numerous studies, positively impacting both mind and body.
Dec 16, 2019 · Healthy AgingDo More and Age Less By Helping Your Mitochondria
Because mitochondria power the biochemical reactions in most of your cells, when you don’t care for them, your body just isn’t going to work very well. If you’ve noticed that your energy isn’t what it used to be, or maybe you’re struggling more frequently with brain fog, that’s a clear signal to pay your mitochondria more attention.
Dec 9, 2019 · Health & WellnessGrow Your Gratitude
You know the drill: ruminating on ’how bad things are,’ competing with others or striving for what you don’t have. It’s all too easy to set yourself on a very dissatisfied course. How to get off the not-so-merry-go-round? Learn the art of gratitude! Think of gratitude as a skill that you can, and should, brush up on.