Healthy Holiday Tip #1 Pick One Food to Indulge In
Creating Health while having fun during the holidays!
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Sweet Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard Swiss chard is one of favorite green leafy vegetables. It is a mild tasting leaf that is similar to spinach. I was first introduced to Swiss chard about eight years ago at a conference called Food As Medicine. One of my friends, Rebecca Katz, is the executive chef for the program and she
Asian Cabbage Crunch
Whole Foods Fridays – Asian Cabbage Crunch I created Whole Food Friday posts to show you that healthy food can be delicious! Each post will give you a recipe or a recipe idea and the health conditions it will help treat! My goal is to help you making healthy living and eating easy! Enjoy Dr.
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Checklist for our Heart – February Heart Health List
Heart Each month I will be cultivating health by creating a checklist you and your health. Since this month, February, is dedicated to heart health awareness, our checklist will be dedicated to heart health. Our hearts are the engine of physical body and they symbolize our emotional health too. Our metaphor for our hearts give
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Enjoy Thanksgiving and Control your Blood Sugar
diabetes All holidays have something in common – food! Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or New Year’s all have traditions that include food. While this can be one of the best parts of the holidays, for people that are trying to stabilize their blood sugar this can be a stress or a concern. Many of my
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Stress Hormones Raise Blood Sugars
blood-sugar-cycle You hear people talking about how stressed they are. We as human beings are not built to be stressed all of the time. We were built to have very short periods of stress used to get us out of life-threatening situations. Once we have escaped that situation our stress should be over. However with
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Insulin Resistance the Silent Symptom that Leads to Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects millions of Americans and is often preceded by a condition known as insulin resistance. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that plays a crucial role in moving blood sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream into the cells, where it can be utilized for energy. Understanding Insulin Resistance Insulin resistance is
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Insulin and Glucagon: Essential Hormones for Normal Blood Sugar
When it comes to regulating blood glucose levels there is an important interplay between two hormones in your body, insulin and glucagon. These two hormones counterbalance each other and allow for normal blood sugar balancing. When they are not working correctly people can develop insulin resistance and diabetes. Here are the major players. What is
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What Emotions Come From a Diabetes Diagnosis
Eating is vital for life and deeply woven into the traditions and cultures of every society around the globe. We rely on food not just for nourishment but also for comfort, celebration, and consolation. It plays a key role in our social gatherings and business meetings alike. The Diagnosis Can Trigger Fear Receiving a diagnosis
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What are Whole Foods?
Nutrition_Image Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to change the way you eat and still enjoy your food? Do you want to use food as medicine to help you get healthy? Then you want to eat whole foods. What are whole foods? Whole foods simply refer to eating foods in their natural
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