Medical Reports

The Sugar You Eat Ages Your Face: How To Reverse The “Sugar Sag” In Your Skin

    Last week I blogged about healthy party foods that you can find at almost every holiday gathering — hop over here if you want to be armed with a list of my top 5 party foods that I reach for before heading into your holiday parties and New Years Eve celebrations. The Healthiest Party Foods To Eat + Navigating Your Specific Food Cravings And just to be clear — chocolate is one of my go-to foods on that party list.  And yes I know there is sugar in chocolate.  If you want to read more about the astounding …

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The Healing Power Of Connecting With Others & How To Get More Of That Connection

    If you are gathering with folks you love over the upcoming holidays, you are actually boosting your health!  And if you are alone or not able to connect with others in the upcoming days, there are lots of ways to still boost your health through the power of connection — practical tips on that in a minute. But first, let’s review exactly what the health benefits are of connecting with others — something to keep in mind if you feel yourself growing irritated or annoyed or triggered by your loved ones over the holidays.  Even if they are …

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The Fourth Leading Cause Of Death: Your Medicine Cabinet?

    I just returned from a medical conference where I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Ankur Patel, MD present on the risk of taking multiple medications. I was shocked to hear : that adverse drug interactions is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States, and someone dies from a drug interaction every 5 minutes in the United States alone. that if you are on 5 or more Rx medications, your risk of an adverse drug reaction is 58% that if you are on 7 or more Rx medications, your risk of an adverse drug reaction …

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Winter Sleep: 12 Ways To Hibernate Now For A Deep Reset Before Spring

    One of my main goals in writing free healing articles for you every single week year after year after year is to help link your body to the natural seasonal rhythms of the world around you — taking the seasonal variations into account in your healing journey allows you to more easily get an instant health boost — and long term being in a season rhythm is much less stressful on our body. Similar to eating seasonally available fresh foods in rotation throughout the year for your gut health, your sleep needs also fluctuate throughout the year.  In …

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Everything You Need To Know About Sleeping Grounded This Winter

    I get asked every single day about the best ways to sleep grounded, and what to do and what not to do when sleeping grounded, so today I’m sharing all my thoughts in a free blog post so in the future I can direct inquires to this article! Here is everything you ever needed to know about sleeping grounded.     Benefits From Sleeping Grounded:   What do we know from the medical literature on the health benefits of sleeping grounded? Getting into the relaxed but alert alpha brain wave pattern, which is seen in deep meditative states …

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How To Protect Your Mental Health From Work Related Stress

        Because we are headed into cooler months, most of us will be spending more time indoors.  When we are inside for most of the day, it affects our levels of stress and our mental health.  In fact, job stress may cause as many as one out of every seven new cases of depression, anxiety and other common mental disorders, suggests a study  published in Lancet Psychiatry. Researchers looked at over 6,800 participants, ranking job strain at age 45 with risk of mental illness at age 50. The results were astounding. Having a job that is highly …

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How To Heal Your Skin From Summer’s Sun Damage & Protect It From Winter’s Cold

  Well it’s officially cold outside where I live, and there is no way I’m wearing a sundress or a bathing suit for the rest of the year.  Which means it’s time to repair my skin from this past summer’s sun damage as well as protect it for the upcoming winter. To that end, today I’m going to share with you my 12 holistic skincare tips for the fall transition.  Here we go: 12 Effective Tips To Repair And Protect Your Skin:   1. Get Your Body Grounded:   This first tip will be no surprise to folks who already …

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