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Mar 5, 2021 · NutritionWhy I am a Pegan – or Paleo-Vegan – and Why You Should Be Too!
As a doctor, it is my job to figure out the best way to keep my patients healthy. We now know that food is medicine, perhaps the most powerful drug on the planet with the power to cause or cure most disease. If food is more than just calories, if food is information that controls every aspect of our biology and health, then I better know what to advise people to prevent, treat and even reverse chronic disease.
Mar 3, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Low Carb Your Granola
A typical breakfast is full of sugar and processed carbs - oatmeal with brown sugar, cereal with milk, pancakes with maple syrup, toast with jam… the list goes on. It’s the toughest meal to switch up when we are helping patients move to a lower carbohydrate diet.
Mar 1, 2021 · Sleep8 Key Times to Prepare Your Mind and Body to Sleep Like a Baby
Sleep – and doing it well – has become a huge issue, even for those who never had much trouble with it, pre-pandemic. On the bright side, the new, slowed-down routine has given the sleep-deprived time to focus on straightening out their sleep issues. By the time we get to the other side of the pandemic, those new, good sleep habits will be firmly entrenched.
Feb 26, 2021 · Health & WellnessUnderstanding the COVID Vaccines
Three functional-medicine doctors answer key questions about the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Feb 24, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Salad for Breakfast
Health Coach Tip - this week learn how to get some more veggies into your day in an unusual way.
Feb 22, 2021 · Health & Wellness18 Ways Kindness Can Save Your Life and Change It For the Better
While kindness may have seemed in short supply during the upheaval of the past few years, now is the perfect time to reconnect with the idea of sharing kindness that only you can give. Not only will it make others feel better, it will also support your own physical and mental well-being. In other words, everybody wins!
Feb 19, 2021 · Health & WellnessHow to Treat Long-Haul COVID
COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.
Feb 17, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Soak It for Better Health
In this week's Health Coach Tip learn about why it's healthy to soak and sprout grains, beans, nuts and seeds.
Feb 15, 2021 · Gut Health5 Ways the Gut Strengthens Immunity and Wellbeing
Even with vaccines starting to roll out, everyone still needs to keep focused on what they can do for their own immunity. With more easily spread mutations unloosed and clusters and spikes still to be battled through, it will be months before the world can truly breathe a sigh of relief, if we’re lucky. Until then, your best immunity defense – whether you’ve had the shots or not – is to keep your gut in tip-top shape: to feed it, care for it and tend it like your life depends on it because it does.
Feb 12, 2021 · Nutrition7 Immune-Boosting Foods
Looking to build your immune system? Start by eating immunity-boosting foods like turmeric, sauerkraut, and medicinal mushrooms.
Feb 10, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Mindful Eating
It's easy to forget to chew your food thoroughly when you are rushing around, eating at your desk, or socializing - but when it comes to proper digestion, it's important to slow down and take your time.
Feb 8, 2021 · Sleep9 Tips for Better Sleep — Starting Tonight!
Poor or inadequate sleep takes a big bite out of how well you learn, how clearly you think, how well you age, how effectively you fend off illness, your mood, your weight and yes, even your sex drive. So, if you think sleeping like crap every now and then is no big deal, think again.
Feb 5, 2021 · Health & WellnessWhat Makes a Good Life?
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone.
Feb 3, 2021 · NutritionHealth Coach Tip - Give Paleo a Try
The Paleo diet continues to be a hot topic… and since it’s not going away, maybe it’s time to give it a try? The foundation of the diet is eating as close to how our hunter gatherer ancestors did, prioritizing whole, nutrient-dense foods like plants, meat, and seafood.
Feb 1, 2021 · NutritionHow to Kick Sugar Off Your Plate and Out of Your Life
When you cut out sugar – whether by going cold turkey or by tapering off – all sorts of wonderful health changes begin to kick in almost immediately. You’ll start feeling the difference within a matter of days. So, if you want to feel better, look better and age better in 2021, now’s the time to break up with the sweet stuff.
Jan 29, 2021 · Gut Health6 Ways an Out-of-Balance Gut Affects Your Well-Being
The community of bacteria living in your body have a bigger impact than you may realize — from your mood to your heart health.
Jan 27, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Troubleshoot Your Health
Troubleshooting is something we usually do at work or for your computer or car… but the concept is something we should apply to our personal health on a regular basis.
Jan 25, 2021 · Health & Wellness5 Benefits of Making Music Your Medicine
Music has the power to heal, to encourage feelings of well-being and to soothe a stressed-out mind – making it the perfect elixir for our current moment. It’s also one of the healthiest ways I know to self-medicate and I encourage everyone to dose up frequently.
Jan 22, 2021 · NutritionIs Butter Good for Us — or Not?
Everything is better with butter — but is butter healthy or not? We talked to some integrative-health experts to find out.
Jan 20, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Create Daily Habits
We are constantly talking about the importance of creating new healthy habits. In fact, one of Dr. Lipman’s favorite sayings is “It’s the ordinary things we do on a daily basis that have an extraordinary healing effect.” It is true!
Jan 18, 2021 · Nutrition7 Timely Tips to Slay the Sugar Monster – and Look Younger Fast!
No doubt about it, the last few months have been tough. With so many of life’s pleasurable activities restricted, or gone altogether, small wonder so many folks have had some dietary slip-ups, with too much sugar topping the list.
Jan 15, 2021 · Health & WellnessThe Sober-Curious Movement
Even if you don’t want to give up drinking entirely, reexamining your relationship to alcohol can have big benefits for your health.
Jan 13, 2021 · Health Coach TipsHealth Coach Tip - Monthly Resolutions for 2021
Monthly resolutions for the new year are the perfect solution to boost your wellness throughout the year.
Jan 11, 2021 · NutritionFour Immunity-Boosting Medicinal Mushrooms to Eat Now!
Whether you’re just beginning your nutritional ramp-up, or returning to a healthier routine after a hit-or-miss past few months, loading up on leafy greens at every meal is a great, impactful first step. What else? How about one of my favorite dietary ‘easy adds’ – those under-rated edible fungi, mighty mushrooms.