By now you have probably heard about the health benefits of bone broth and perhaps you have a recipe that you like to make. Here are some new, some quick and some easy bone broth recipes and ingredients to add to your recipe to spice things up a bit! Have you considered bone broth for […]
Consumer Reports released it’s recommendations for a healthy heart which includes very specific guidelines regarding your diet. The age old advice of low salt and low fat are no longer. Instead follow these practical uncomplicated guidelines to reduce your risk of heart disease by 30% (similar to taking cholesterol lowering drugs). A true heart-healthy diet can […]
2017 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in ProduceEWG (Environmental Working Group) released its 2017 Dirty Dozen guide. They report that 70% of non organic produce test positive for at least 1 pesticide. The USDA found a total of 178 different pesticides and pesticide breakdown products on the thousands of produce samples it analyzed. The pesticides persisted […]
A 50 year old female presented with high cholesterol, no energy, weight gain and depression. She had been to see her medical doctor who warned her to lose weight and change her diet or she would have to begin using medication to lower cholesterol. She was motivated to get her cholesterol down without using medication. […]
Lifestyle choices can and do dramatically affect health. Beyond the yearly physical, men of all ages are beginning to look at their health from a preventive standpoint rather than a “fix-what’s-broken” mentality. 5 Steps to maintaining, improving and optimizing your health 1) A yearly physical is a good place to begin to assess health. Blood […]