Here’s another recent article regarding the benefits of exercise. This study reveals that exercise can also improve the quality of our sleep. Sleep is so important, not only for maintaining daytime energy, but for allowing the body to heal and mend itself overnight. Click here to read more.
General Health
Homemade soup
Now is a GREAT time to create your own homemade soups with leftover broths from your Thanksgiving dinner. Make a large batch and freeze in glass containers (suitable for freezing, of course!) for future meals. I like to put mine in individually-sized containers for yummy and nutritious homemade lunches at […]
Healthy Beef
Here is another web post regarding the benefits of EXCLUSIVELY grass-fed beef. Keep in mind that marketers know that we are starting to look for 100% grass-fed beef and are including “grass-fed” on their labels–remember, any cow standing in a field is eating grass!! Just make sure that it wasn’t […]
OHSU and Brain Health
OHSU is hosting a number of seminars on brain health–click here to learn more!
Health benefits of naturally fed and raised meats
This site provides an excellent summary of the differences between naturally raised meats versus commercially raised meats. There IS a difference. When one starts to compare results of “The China Study” (which promotes vegetarianism over essentially a fast food diet–this should be obvious) versus information reported in “Primal Body, Primal […]
Memory and the Aging Brain
Although a recent study suggests that increased sleep does not improve memory in the elderly population, there are a number of other potential approaches to improving memory. Treatments are customized based upon each individual but include goals of reducing inflammation (which has great overall health benefits) and improving neuronal health. […]
Eat your vegetables!!
More research on the benefits of eating vegetables. My general recommendation is to eat 9 servings of veggies daily! You can do it 😉
Safe baby products
The good news: Weleda baby products contain safe ingredients. Homemade versions of shampoos, creams, salves and powders are also great options–one of my favorite books for “recipes” is “Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair” by Dina Falconi. The bad news: Johnson & Johnson has been using chemicals, including 1,4-dioxane, in their […]
Preparing for a Healthy Thanksgiving meal!
Most of us look forward to a special Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. From roasted turkey, harvest vegetables, and maybe even some pecan pie–all while enjoying time with loved ones which, at my house, tends to be a combination of peacefulness as well as chaos 🙂 . While I […]
Additional information on Vitamin D
This article is a nice brief overview on Vitamin D.
