Is Your Green Smoothie Ruining Your Health? Yes, I am guilty.  I’ve made many green smoothies in my life.  But I recently ran a lab test, one that I perform annually, which made me examine my green smoothie habit.  The typical recipe usually contains foods such as kale, spinach, swiss…

Top Nutrients To Protect Your Skin From Damage With the Summer season, beach days and outdoor BBQ’s upon us, it is time to talk about how to protect your skin from the sun. Ultraviolet (UV) rays are the #1 cause of skin cancer but lathering up with 100 SPF sunscreens…

Homocysteine and Your Brain and Heart Homocysteine is an amino acid (protein) that is made in our body. To some degree, it is a by-product of cellular function that can be harmful if it’s too high and not recycled or eliminated out of the body. While most practitioners and doctors…

5 Natural and Easy Ways to Increase Testosterone For the month of June we are going to focus primarily on men’s health, and what better way to start it off than talk about ways to increase testosterone! As a brief overview, testosterone is a sex hormone, commonly referred to as…

Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep Patients are always asking me for tips to help them get to sleep faster and feel more rested.  I thought putting this in a blog would help a lot of people be able to have a better night’s sleep. First and most important is…

12 Facts You Probably Never Knew About Vitamin D and Sunlight Exposure Vitamin D has been shown to help prevent and improve osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and even effects of diabetes and obesity. Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world of nutrition. That’s…

Tips to Dummy Proof Your Life One of the most common challenges that patients face when doing any program is how to incorporate changes with a busy schedule. For this post, I will give you an inside peek into a nutritionist’s life and show you how I set myself up…

Risk of Consuming Artificial Sweeteners According to the dictionary, Metabolic Syndrome is “a cluster of biochemical and physiological abnormalities associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.” Johns’ Hopkins University defines Metabolic Syndrome as “The cluster of metabolic factors (that) include abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, impaired…

Charles Mann On Great Day Washington – Regenerative Cellular Therapy Charles Mann On Great Day Washington – Regenerative Cellular Therapy After years of playing in the NFL, Charles Mann was looking for a natural way to reduce or eliminate pain and not have joints replaced. That’s when he found Regenerative…