Many of us have caught ourselves spending hours scrolling through our phones. There is no shortage of apps to download for our phones, from games to entertainment and even health. Why not put some of that scrolling to use? Here are free and helpful apps to download depending on your goals: Weight Management Losing Read More
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Get your flu shot today!
“The worst in nearly a decade.” “The worst in over a decade” is how the 2017-2018 flu season was described by The New York Times. The CDC classified the 2017-2018 flu season as “high severity,” accounting for drastic levels of hospitalizations due to multiple factors. The flu impacted all age groups as severely as one Read More
Take care of yourself this fall and winter.
The leaves are turning, the days are becoming shorter, and the weather is getting crisper. There are many things to love and enjoy with the changing seasons, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, but getting sick is not one of them. Many factors play a heavy role in the increased susceptibility and spread of viruses during Read More
Eat this, Not that
Eat This not That So easy for all of us to get started with our New Years’ goals and begin to lose steam about a month in, but there’s no time for that! I wanted to create an easy to follow “Eat this not that” guide that you can use to develop some new meal/snack Read More
Easy, quick, and inexpensive meals
Easy, quick, and inexpensive. I often find myself trying to recall and suggest to patients different go-to-recipes I use in my kitchen. So to make things easier, I made a list of 5 of my favorite recipes. By no means are these “award-winning” recipes you will find on “Iron Chef” or “Chopped,” but they are Read More
Supplement of The Week — GI Advanced Probiotic
Supplement of The Week GI Advanced Probiotic River Bend GI Advanced Probiotic is a must for anyone trying to maintain the integrity of their gut flora. Composed of a special freeze-dried strain of 10 billion non-GMO Saccharomyces boulardii isolated from Litchi fruits. Who Benefits? An easily irritable gut: Most likely due to years of Read More
Grocery shopping on a budget
Most often than not, we are on a budget. Eating healthier is commonly thought of being expensive. Refined carbohydrates like breads, pastas, and rices are generally cheaper than nutrient-dense vegetables, meats, nuts, and fruit. Same goes for organic, grass-fed, or pasture-raised products, the price tag may be daunting. So in that instant, a $7 meal Read More
Eating out made simple
In a rush? Stressed? Exhausted? We often turn to fast food for a quick bite. Hardly would I advise seeking out these fast food establishments, but here is an easy printable lists that you can take on the go. Eating out made easy and healthy, don’t let these meals impede with your goals. Its a Read More
Supplement of The Week — Ferrochel Iron
Supplement of the Week Ferrochel Iron River Bend Ferrochel Iron is a true iron chelate from Albion Advanced Nutrition. Since the iron is in the chelated form it acts highly bioavailable and is more readily absorbed. Reducing common side effects of iron supplementation such as gastric distress or constipation, and decreased absorption of other nutrients. Read More
How to discuss diet and exercise among the kids
More than 90% of girls – 15 to 17 years – want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight ranking the highest. Discussing diet becomes a very delicate conversation as evident by the rates of increasing body image problems in the United States, among both boys and girls. Yet, Read More
Cutting out added sugar
The average American consumes an astounding 23 1/2 tsp of added sugar or 94 grams of sugar a day. How much is that? Well, the American Heart Association recommends us to consume no more than 25 grams of added sugar daily. Which, is already far too generous in my perspective. The average American should be Read More
Supplement of The Week — Complete Daily Probiotic
Make your gut happy. Supplement of the Week Complete Daily Probiotic River Bend Complete Daily probiotic contains 20 billion live organisms per serving. Comprised of 5 acid tolerant, stable, and viable bacterial strains: Bifidobacterium lactis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bifidobacterium longum. Featuring inulin: a prebiotic fiber shown to modulate gut microbiota. Fixing Read More