by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | healthy habits, smoking cessation
Cigarette smoking is the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide. Also, it raises a person’s risk of many common chronic diseases and conditions. For example. Smokers are five times more likely to die from pneumonia Smokers have a 48% increased colon cancer risk...
by admin | Mar 17, 2016 | healthy habits, motivation, proactive health
How many times have you given up an unhealthy habits and landed right back where you started? If you answered “that’s me,” don’t beat yourself up; you’re definitely not alone. Most of us want to adopt and stick to healthy habits, but few of us are able to do so...
by admin | Jan 5, 2016 | healthy habits, nature
Back to Nature One of the six principles of Naturopathic Medicine invokes “The Healing Power of Nature. As I reflect on this principle, I am reminded of one my professors in med school — Dr. Tori Hudson. “My daily mantra with patients is to be outside- somehow...
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | digestion, healthy habits, nutrition, proactive health
When a patient reports constipation, I immediately follow up with questions about their consumption of water and fiber. In my clinical experience, 90 percent of the constipation cases that I’ve encountered were due to nothing more than dehydration and the lack...
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | detox, digestion, healthy habits
For many, a cup of coffee is one the very first rituals of the morning. Slogans, such as “the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup” have reinforced the notion that somehow our morning will not start out right without a cup of coffee, whether...
by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | healthy habits, motivation, nutrition, weight
You’ve been so determined to lose weight that you’ve decided to do the “responsible” thing: start counting calories. But after days, weeks or even months, you step on the scale expecting to see the magical number you’ve dreamt about. Instead, you find that the scale...
