A significant number of women (and men, too) begin to suffer from mood-swings as they approach mid-life. Contributing factors are hormone changes, poor sleep, and stress. Sound familiar?? Exercise is at the top of the list to combat this. In addition, inclusion of small amounts of grain may support serotonin […]
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Vitamin D Helps Winter Eczema
Research on children in Mongolia reveals that the supplementation of 1,000 IU of Vitamin D daily significantly reduced their incidence of eczema in children. This is likely just one of many benefits as Vit. D has been shown to reduce depression, support bone health, support immune function and more. Check […]
Potential Risks of Soy
In general, I advise my patients to avoid consumption of soy. There is controversial information regarding soy and breast cancer–please read this article and check with your doctor.
Fruits and Veggies!!
Our diets should be filled with lots of colorful vegetables and fruits–shoot for 9 servings per day, of mostly veggies! They are good for our bodies AND our mental health, too! Read more here.
Walking–“Superfood of Fitness”
Having a difficult time getting your exercise in? Seems like walking may be just the ticket!! Park or take the bus to about 1.5 miles from your office and walk the rest of the way! That way, you can start and end your work-day with this “superfood”! Read more here.
BRCA Negative? You May Want to Re-test
If you have genetic risk factors for breast cancer and have tested negative for the BRCA genetic marker, you may want to re-test. Read this article and check with your gynecologist or primary care provider.
Keep Your Brain Healthy in Old Age–EXERCISE!
More good news about exercise: it seems to support the white matter in our brains! That may help keep our brain connections working better and improve our overall brain health, including our memory. I wonder how many medicines we wouldn’t need if we could get enough exercise??
SSRI’s Change the Brain
While I know that anti-depressants can be life-saving for some people and I do prescribe them, this information is a little disturbing. It is a good reminder that we try to make as many life-changes as possible, support healthy nutrition, exercise, and trial homeopathy and/or botanicals. And use pharmaceuticals when […]
Exercise May Even Help Shrink Tumors!
There just is no denying it–we are meant to exercise! This study reveals that exercise even helps chemo shrink cancerous tumors.
Dangers of Deodorants and Anti-Perspirants
This article does a nice job reviewing the potential risks of deodorants and antiperspirants. Bottom line: Avoid all antiperspirants. Best deodorant: rubbing slice of lime in armpits–yes, you may need to re-apply. To your health!!
