You Are What You Eat – Practicing better self-care in your diet to treat pain, prevent premature aging, disease, and some cancers
In this interview, we are highlighting the impact of functional medicine and functional nutrition in women’s health. Whether you are navigating perimenopause, menopause, or the beginning stages of menstruation, functional medicine looks at the whole picture of your life to provide sustainable solutions to otherwise challenging health conditions. Dr. Jessica Drummond is an expert on…
An Interview Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Dean All too often the field of physical therapy is an afterthought in healthcare, but PTs have a real opportunity to be the most powerful health profession in the world. Physical therapists just need the right tools to transform the health of our patients and our communities. Dr. Ginger…
Diets claiming to ward off aging are highly popular, yet the nutrition scene is waist high in confusing, sometimes conflicting information. The good news is I have sorted through it for you and the front runner with the most scientific evidence to support anti-aging is the Anti-Inflammatory diet. Not a “Hollywood” diet, the anti-inflammatory diet…
Organic fruits of laborA shot from the harvest of Ginger’s family’s 2010 organic garden This week’s guest post is from Certified Nurse Midwife & Yale graduate, Beth Genly, CNM, MSN. Nutrition Can Create Better Heredity We’ve always thought our genes were a given, not subject to any control. At the time you conceive a baby,…
Is Your Kid A Food Snob? Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy A few weeks ago I was researching preschools and childcare in the area. During my search, I had a wonderful conversation with the director of a preschool about giving your child a (um) “golden palate.” In other words, how do we raise up…
As promised, here are the last 5 tips in the Happiness Inventory, part 3 (Losing Weight for Good). If you didn’t get to read the first two parts, here they are: Happiness Inventory, part 1Happiness Inventory, part 2 6. Don’t eat until you have had your morning (um) visit to the potty. Ayurvedic medicine teaches…
In my last blog, I discussed how to steer your life in the direction of contentment with the Happiness Inventory. As I promised, today’s part 2 of the Happiness Inventory will discuss the dreaded but hotly pursued topic: women trying to maintain a healthy weight. A few months ago when I was singing as…