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Dec 27, 2021 · Health & WellnessOur Top 11 Most Helpful Tips of 2021
If you don’t know where to start, we have gathered our 11 top helpful (and health-full) tips of 2021 to optimize well-being into the next year! You can find these tips and so much more on our Instagram account - @franklipmanmd - please follow along!
Dec 22, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – A Guide to Resolutions
When it comes to the end of the year and the start of another, taking some time to reflect on the lessons learned and think about tweaks going forward can be a life enriching experience. But making sustainable resolutions can be hard! This year, save yourself wasted time and use these tips to create a fitting resolution – not without the help of Dr. Lipman.
Dec 20, 2021 · Health & WellnessOur Top 11 Most Helpful Blogs of 2021
Now is a wonderful time to reflect and make plans for the New Year. And if 2021 did nothing else good, it did point out the importance of prioritizing our health for the greater good. With new variants revealing themselves, finding ways to incorporate new (or old) healthful habits into the day-to-day is essential.
Dec 17, 2021 · Health & WellnessHow Do Parabens in Personal-Care Products Affect My Health?
Many of the most popular personal-care items contain toxins that can mess with your health. Here are ingredients to avoid — and tips for finding worthy alternatives.
Dec 15, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - The Benefits of HIIT
Recently heard of HIIT, but unsure what it is? HIIT stands for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) which pertains to alternating between fixed intervals of high-intensity and low-intensity or resting exercises. The list of benefits HIIT delivers is long, including: improving aspects of muscular health, reducing blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, improving mental health, and activating longevity pathways.
Dec 13, 2021 · Health & Wellness7 Simple Ways to Shed Pandemic Weight Gain — and Prevent Extra Holiday Pounds!
The holidays will soon be over but by all indications the pandemic won’t be. What that means is that you can’t wait for the all-clear from the CDC to begin getting your life in order. And one of the most obvious, and yes, visible, reminders that COVID has done a number on our well-being is more than a few extra pounds, the end-result of a more stressed-out sedentary lifestyle, heavy on the high-carb comfort foods. If you’ve been back-sliding over the last 18+ months, now’s the time to take (or re-take) control of your diet and your weight and start turning the vicious circle of the pandemic (more pounds, more blues, less physical activity) into the “virtuous circle” of enhanced health and wellness.
Dec 10, 2021 · MovementHow Exercise Improves Your Immune Health
Regular movement is one of the best ways to tamp down inflammation — and up your immunity.
Dec 8, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Walking Mindfulness Activity
Whether you decide to set aside time to go for a walk, or you are going to be walking to run errands – you can bring mindfulness into it. Mindfulness improves stress levels, brain health, heart health, pain, sleep, GI issues and more. Here is a walking mindfulness activity that you can do if you have a 5 minute or a 45 minute walk ahead.
Dec 6, 2021 · Gut HealthMake More Butyrate to Protect Gut and Brain Health Today!
Your gut microbiome houses certain types of bacteria which, when properly fed, produce powerful, health-supportive compounds like short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). One of the most well-studied SCFAs is butyrate – and it’s one you won’t want to leave home without. If you want your body to run well from head to toe, here’s the 411 on this essential compound that everyone can use a little more of – and how to get yours.
Dec 3, 2021 · MovementHow Exercise Can Give You a Sense of Purpose — and Vice-Versa
A recent study explores the reciprocal relationship between exercise and purpose.
Dec 1, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Responsible Indulgence
It’s December already and holiday parties abound. It’s a festive time for gathering with family and friends to celebrate the season (usually with lots of food and beverage). Here are some simple tips to help you enjoy, without surrendering your health!
Nov 29, 2021 · RelaxationVagus Nerve Stimulation: 10 Ways to Quickly Calm Body and Soul
If nothing else, this difficult time has shown us just how important it is to protect and preserve both physical and mental health. One silver lining to emerge from the last 18 months: we’re now more aware of what sends our stress levels into the stratosphere. The tricky part? How to bring them back down to earth fast. The good news is that inside every one of us in an actual nerve whose job it is to do exactly that -- the vagus nerve (VN) – and you have the power to tap into its calming power, with ‘vagus nerve stimulation’ (VNS).
Nov 26, 2021 · MovementFit for Life: You’re Never Too Old to Get Moving
One of our greatest misconceptions is that we reach peak fitness when we're young, and then it’s all downhill. Here are fitness tips for life — no matter your age.
Nov 24, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Common Nutrient Inadequacies
Inadequate intake of nutrients may result from many factors including an improper diet, medication, chronic disease, gut health and other barriers to absorption. In the United States, some of the most common nutrient inadequacies, as documented by NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data include: Vitamins A, C, and D, magnesium, and potassium.
Nov 22, 2021 · Gut Health5 Things to Know About Cultivating Your Gut Diversity to Upgrade Your Health
When feeling well is the goal, it pays to focus on your gut microbiome, the trillions-strong community of bacteria whose job it is to keep you healthy. By now, you may be aware of your microbiome and the need to protect it. But, you may not know that microbial diversity – having lots of different, health-supportive strains of bacteria inside you – is another key element of a healthy gut, and a healthy body. What does microbial diversity do for you? How to protect it and how to enhance yours every day? Here are a few ways to do it.
Nov 19, 2021 · NutritionNo-Cook Book: Apple Chicory Salad
Looking for a new go-to salad recipe? The crispiness and freshness of apple is magnified with this marvelous combination of ingredients.
Nov 17, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Eat Your Brain Healthy
Nourishing our brains through lifestyle factors, such as food, is of utmost importance. Don’t know where to start? Here are some foods that you might be quite excited to learn encourage brain health.
Nov 15, 2021 · Healthy Aging7 Ways Tracking Your Heart Rate Variability Can Save Your Health
One often overlooked but extremely helpful health marker I encourage everyone to track is their heart rate variability or (HRV). Learning more about your HRV can give you a better picture of your cardiovascular fitness and your over-all resilience, as well as helping to steer you toward more health-supportive daily behaviors and lifestyle tweaks. Think of HRV as a sort of on-demand monitoring and feedback system for doing stuff that keeps you well.
Nov 12, 2021 · NutritionLipman Family Thanksgiving Recipes
With another Thanksgiving on the horizon – you don't want to pass up these healthy recipes. They are Lipman family classics.
Nov 10, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip – Benefits of Resveratrol
Resveratrol is a phytonutrient that delivers a wide array of benefits possibly including: improved blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, and markers of aging. Healthy sources of resveratrol include pistachios, cranberries, cacao, and supplements.
Nov 8, 2021 · Nutrition7 Ways to Let Go of Artificial Sweeteners — and Why You Must!
Millions of people who are hooked on the sweet stuff often turn to non-sugar, ‘non-nutritive’ artificial sweeteners to enable them to have their cake and eat it too, so to speak. Not a wise move. In fact, most, if not all, of the chemical sweeteners out there are as just as rotten for your body as sugar, only in different ways. Swapping one bad habit (sugar) for another (fake stuff) can make cravings worse, mess with your microbiome and even damage your brain. Now, that’s a lousy trade-off! In short, nobody should be using artificial sweeteners and I encourage you to redline them (and sugar, too) without delay.
Nov 5, 2021 · NutritionCommonly Asked Questions on Genetics and Nutrigenetics
If we know what genetic variants a person has, and how their genes express themselves in various ways to influence a person's health, then that person can make lifestyle and food choices to take those genetic variants into account, and optimize health.
Nov 3, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Easy Winter Squash
Are you overwhelmed with the thought of cutting into the hefty and tough-skinned winter squash? Are they piling up from your CSA, or are you avoiding them at the market because they are just too much work? Here's an easy non-recipe recipe!
Nov 1, 2021 · MovementA Simple 3-Month Muscle-Building Plan
Truth be told, just about everyone’s fitness slipped a bit as we all tried to muddle through. Granted, though we aren’t totally out of the woods just yet, now that the ground feels less shaky, it’s time to find our footing and start moving forward once again. In other words, it’s time to pull ourselves – and our fitness acts – back together. Here’s your slow and steady muscle-building roadmap