It seems like every other week I hear news reports purporting the benefits of caffeine whether it be brain health or prevention of cancer. Unfortunately, there are several drawbacks to caffeine consumption...
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The scale doesn’t lie…or does it?
The battle of the bulge is exactly that… a battle. Anyone who has put on weight and made attempts to lose it understands that it isn’t easy to lose even ten pounds...
read moreSickness is BIG money
A former exercise physiologist colleague of our clinic just emailed a pretty interesting YouTube video link demonstrating new technology that allows medications to be delivered through tiny micro needle patches placed on...
read moreShort days are for the birds!
For a blissful couple months over the summer, the sun shined into the office when we would have our morning coffee just after 6am. This is no longer the case on two...
read moreFear Factor
Fear and the physical response to fear (aka the ‘flight or fight’ response) is a primordial response to danger that has been embedded within our DNA over generations. I don’t know the...
read moreAre you healthy?
What does it really mean to be “healthy”? The truth is, no definitive set of parameters exists that comprehensively defines what exactly “healthy” means. In some cases, it’s obvious when someone isn’t...
read moreThrow that weight scale away…Seriously!
Has there been a time in your life when you were totally focused on losing weight and after a period of time that focus waned? Most of us can relate. Many of...
read moreWe’re All Addicted!
Recently, my wife and I joined our church for a ‘fast’ that restricts all fluids to water and all foods to fruits, nuts, beans, and vegetables for 21 days. No meat, dairy,...
read moreA Tale of Two Hormones Part II
Two weeks ago, in the E newsletter entitled: Tale of Two Hormones: Part I, I reviewed the hormone Insulin and how it’s inappropriate and excessive production creates havoc on our bodies. This...
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