Healthy Living Adventures

It’s forecasted that almost half of Americans will have diabetes by 2050. Did you know that 29 million Americans or approximately 10% of the population are currently living with diabetes? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by the year 2050 as many as 1 in 3 adults will be living with diabetes.

Diabetes can be deadly or it can be reversed – which will you choose? Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing diseases, not just in our country but globally. Its silent nature is particularly alarming, as symptoms can develop gradually. Before you know it, you may be facing vision problems, kidney issues, heart complications, or even

Are you tired of being tired? Fatigue is one of the most common complaints that send people to the doctor’s office.  There are so many common reasons people can have fatigue: poor diet, over stressed, depression, insomnia, anemia or simply lack of sleep, just to name a few.   There are many nutritional deficiencies that

Are your health complaints keeping you from taking action? This is the time of year when new life, growth and ideas spring into our existence. It’s the spring equinox! As the temperature gets warmer, people begin to think about becoming more physically active.  It is the perfect time to incorporate more health habits into your

Balancing your hormones can create harmony with your sleep. Sleep has been one of the most common complaints from my patients in the last several years. If you have sleep issues, beyond handing the daylight saving time adjustment, you are not alone. There are millions of Americans in your same boat. Most sleep disturbance happen

When things are out of control, how do you create harmony in your life? Sleep is a big part of a harmonious life for me. So, if you are like me, then Daylight Savings Time will have an impact on the harmony of your sleep.  Specifically, for me, my energy and sleep. When the time

What a cold can teach you about self-care. The number one reason why people don’t take care of themselves is because they have to sacrifice themselves or their time for others.  Here is the crazy paradox… when you don’t take care of yourself, you don’t have the ability to care for others. When we take time to care

Everything you really wanted to know about self-care you learned in kindergarten. Self-care is a mandatory for each of us. We would truly benefit from having self-care classes, starting in kindergarten and repeated every year for the rest of our lives! When you think about it, self-care is simply a set of lifestyle habits that

How to be the most loving Valentine – EVER! The best way to be the most loving valentine ever is to love yourself first and then love every other person from your overflow. Self-care is the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health.   Self-care is the theme of the month and

Mandatory requirement for a healthy life! February is a month usually devoted to love and heart health.  I have decided to dedicate this month for self-care. As a society, I don’t think we talk enough about self-care and when we do talk about it, self-care is billed as a luxury, not a necessity. This is