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A 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.

6 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.

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.

12 Strategies for Self-Care While Social Distancing

Here are some tips for staying sane during the COVID-19 outbreak.

9 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.

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.

Health Coach Tip - Get to Bed

We all know that sleep is essential to our immune health which is especially important as we try to combat the coronavirus. While some of us are using the “stay at home” order to get our 8+ hours of sleep, others of us are starting some bad habits with no normal schedule.

Some 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.

DIY Hand Sanitizer - What You Need to Know

This outbreak of coronavirus has caused hand sanitizer to be sold out in stores and online throughout the country. Instructions for DIY Hand Sanitizer have been popping up all over the internet, but they aren't always effective.

Mobilize Without Fear: Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus

There’s something missing from the information the CDC is offering right now that is more critical to our personal health than all the statistics. Stories!

7 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.

The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles

Dr. Terry Wahls new book, The Revised and Expanded The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, details how to transform your life using diet and lifestyle.

Drug-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.

5 Herbs for Anxiety

It can be difficult to catch a breath these days. Between our always-on work and media culture, an accelerated pace of life, and timeless challenges like raising kids and providing eldercare, life in the 21st century can be anxiety provoking. To say the least.

30 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.

Not 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...

Hydration Matters- Tips For Perfectly Hydrated Skin

How 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...

Top 5 Types of Drinking Water Filtration

Making choices is stressful, but sometimes a selection, like picking out a loaf in the bread aisle, can only steer you so wrong. While other times, for instance choosing a water filter for your home, the decision is critical.

11 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!

Can a Weighted Blanket Help My Insomnia?

If anxiety is at the root of your insomnia, says our expert, a weighted blanket may help.

Health Coach Tip - Eat Chocolate

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner - what better way to enjoy the day than knowing you are getting some good nutrients from a Valentine’s favorite - chocolate! But it’s not just any chocolate… you need to be a little picky.

Infrared 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.

How to Support Your Vaginal Microbiome

Here are eight ways to balance your vagina’s pH level — and keep infection at bay.