Did you know this about your gut?
I came across this article on BBC News, and I thought I should share it with you. A new study has changed the way we look at bacteria in the gut. Previously, we thought that since our gut bacteria is good for us, the bacteria are cooperating with one another. However, this new study shows […]
The Importance of Sleep
We live in a cluttered world! Cities are cluttered, towns are cluttered, markets are cluttered… So is our mind. “Too much to do, very little time…” has almost become a universal phenomenon, creating stress in virtually everyone’s life. Even when one is on leave from work, the mind gets no rest. From the moment it […]
Functional Medicine (part 2)
As holistic doctors, we place a strong emphasis on prevention of disease and maintaining optimal wellness of mind, body, and spirit throughout all stages of life.Our goal is to help each patient achieve vibrant wellness by promoting healing on all levels–physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Here at the Center For Health we work with many […]
Fitter in Five Minutes
As we discussed a few weeks ago, workouts don’t have to take an hour at the gym for you to see results. You can break your workouts up in to 5-10 minute sessions and feel the same if not better results. An article in Men’s Journal July/August 2015 gives some great “micro workouts” for 5 […]
The Gluten Wars
Most of us have probably heard about gluten free diets and have seen multiple products displaying this label. An article in June 15, 2015 of TIME takes a look at two new books that take on today’s most controversial food–gluten. The first book is called “Grain of Truth” by Stephen Yafa. His wife was the […]
The Quest for the Perfect Diet
An article I read recently reviewed new information regarding how our society’s mindsets around modern dietary recommendations and how they are changing. I hope you find this article useful. In 1970, a physiologist, Ancel Keys, published a study, “Seven Countries Study.” This study examined diets across Europe, U.S., and Asia. Based on this study he […]
Tabata Training
Do you ever find it hard to git in the time to workout? Committing to an hour in the gym 3-5x/week can be overbearing for some people. However an article in Men’s Journal, July 2014 discusses a new type of working out, Tabata. You may have heard of HIIT, or high intensity interval training. Tabata […]
Rethinking our sugar intake
Below is a summary of an article I found on BBC regarding sugar intake. The link for the full article can be found at the bottom of this newsletter. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), is advising that the recommended daily intake of sugar to be halved in order to reduce obesity risk and improve […]
7 Things that Slow your Metabolism
As you know, I am a strong advocate for healthy living and there is some new infomation about a subject that almost everybody wants to know more about:- Speeding up our metabolism. Well – here is a list of things that slows it down- so make a point during the day to avoid these pitfalls: I […]
Training Your Brain for Foods
We don’t start out in life loving French fries and hating, for example, whole wheat pasta.” These habits happen over time in response to eating – repeatedly – what is out there in the toxic food environment. The good news is that the brain can be trained to prefer healthy food over unhealthy high-calorie foods by […]
