Wellness Tips

As a young athlete I was fortunate to not sustain any major injury. However, there was the occasional jammed finger or thumb (basketball, volleyball) or shin splints (lacrosse) which were …

One of the key pieces of information that I learned through my IIN training was to shop carefully and limit the purchase of processed foods. In most cases in order …

The shorter, colder days provide us with mental and physical challenges. There is less sun (at least in the mid-Atlantic region) with more grey; less time to comfortably be outdoors; …

In 400 BC, Hippocrates, the father of medicine said “let food be thine medicine and let medicine be thine food.” It has been over 2500 years and we still haven’t …

Before modern medical science, unexplained diseases such as plagues and epidemics seemed to appear without warning or cause. Because of these frightening illnesses “ (P)eople turned instead to the supernatural. …

Where does the “apple a day, keeps the doctor away” come from. There were two different sources for this noted in my research. The first was that it was a …

How many “zzzz” are you getting each night? I have just finished reading two books –Why We Sleep (Matthew Walker) and The Circadian Code (Satchin Panda, PhD) and am anxious …

Not so long ago, I would have put myself in the “live to eat” category – I love food – all cultures, all sorts of crazy combinations.  Then I took …

The importance of our health has finally become a major topic of interest for most people.  Whether it is related to food, exercise, alternative options, you can find a number …

Well, sort of… The gut brain is really the enteric nervous system (ENS) which in has tremendous influence over our head.  “It’s known as a “second brain” because it (has) …