With nutritional deficiencies, we can experience mood changes and depression. Dont be treated for depression without having your nutritional status evaluated…
Heal Your Entire Self
Depression is a common complaint among many of my patients. Depression has many forms and many symptoms, and it is often difficult to recognize in oneself…
Get Your Antioxidants at the Farmers’ Market
At this time of year it is easy to eat a diet rich in antioxidants. We can choose from a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables from our local Farmers Markets. The Farmers Markets provide many choices in produce that are packed with vitamins and minerals…
Choosing a Sunscreen
The sun protection factor, known as SPF, only blocks UVB rays and not UVA rays, which are the most damaging rays. Everyone should wear SPF 30. It should be applied 30 minutes before sun exposure, and it should be reapplied approximately every 2 hours…
Too Many Cloudy, Grey Days…
for us to get the required amount of invaluable sunlight.
Sunlight is essential to the human body. The light helps to regulate the bodys internal clock, and it also makes fat-soluble Vitamin D. We need to be cautious of exposure to sunlight, though, because it can be damaging to our bodies…
Tailoring Your Food Plan
Once you have tracked your food intake on www.myfitnesspal.com, you can begin to notice your nutrition patterns. It is important to look at your food diary as a weekly review to be able to figure averages of intakes of particular nutrients over the timespan. This is especially important if you are monitoring your food intake to lose weight…
Food Diary: You are what you eat!
Do you know what you eat and how much you eat every day? I have found it beneficial and so have many of my clients to record my daily food intake in a food diary. It is very enlightening to see exactly what was consumed in a day…
Assessment of Your Environmental Exposure
Since we live in a dynamic environment and there is chemical exposure on a regular basis, it is up to us to make lifestyle choices that will help our bodies stay healthy and as chemical-free as possible. Healthy food choices can help support every cell of the body to work at optimal levels…
The Initiatives of Other Countries
Since 1976, the EPA has issued regulations on 5 chemicals that were determined to present unreasonable risk. These 5 chemicals are out of 80,000 known chemicals! Our regulations are far behind other countries…
Fish Oil for a Healthy Baby
It is our responsibility to provide a healthy environment for our children, and this begins before birth. A pregnant woman is the first environment of her child…
