Some symptoms of menopause are harder than others to talk about, but that doesn’t make them any less frustrating. In fact, if you avoid letting your practitioner know about things you are experiencing, you might be missing out on great relief. Vaginal [...]
When I talk to women about their health, no topic is off limits. So many different facets come up - the hot flashes associated with hormonal shifts, unwanted pounds, irregular periods, sleep disturbances, changes in libido, hair loss, fuzzy thinking, changes in [...]
Organic? Grass fed? Non GMO? Washed? Non processed? Gluten free? Healthy Fats? Safe packaging? All of these questions and all you want to do is eat foods that are tasty, nutrient rich, and transported to our stores in a healthy way! Staying [...]
There’s no escaping it now. Almost everyone associated with food, from national restaurant chains to local grocery stores, are all addressing gluten, from offering gluten-free menus to carrying ever expanding sections of gluten-free foods. Magazines, from our favorite monthly women’s magazines to [...]
Our ancestors had it pretty easy when it came to sleep – when the sun went down you went to bed (and to sleep) and when the sun arose so did you! Those certainly were simpler times, it seems. I hear so [...]
Updated 05/24/20 I’ve heard a lot of people talking lately about how coffee and other caffeinated products are carrying them through each day during the current crisis. People are more exhausted than ever, in part because of the emotional toll the pandemic [...]
Over the past decade or so, carbohydrates in the American diet have both gained and fallen out of favor, sometimes so quickly that women can be left in a state of confusion. Should their diets be low carb? High carb? Some carbohydrates [...]
I often have patients come to me as winter approaches to talk about changes they are experiencing in energy, sleep habits, hunger patterns and even sadness. Although this may be a common reaction to the shorter days of winter, as a culture, [...]
You feel tired, hungry, and are gaining weight. The afternoon “blahs” are part of your daily life. Maybe you feel thirstier, or wake up at night and need to go to the bathroom. These symptoms are some of the most common we [...]
pH balancing foods Combined with our articles about pH balance and digestion, this chart of acid/alkaline forming foods will help you gain a better understanding of the effect that individual foods have in terms of digestive pH. There are a lot of [...]
