Allergy season tends to look the same every year. You stock up on antihistamines, brace for the sneezing, and wait for the pollen to take over. Rarely does one examine the habits that are quietly loading the gun before pollen season even begins. Your immune system doesn’t wake up on the first day of spring …
Every spring, millions of people reach for antihistamines, nasal sprays, and eye drops, believing allergy symptoms to be an unavoidable fact of life. But what if the real cause isn’t pollen or pet dander? What if your immune system’s overreaction to the environment is being driven, at least in part, by what’s happening inside your …
Cruciferous vegetables — the family that includes broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, arugula, bok choy, and Brussels sprouts — have attracted decades of research for many compelling reason, but perhaps the greatest one: they consistently demonstrate cancer-protective effects. These vegetables contain unique sulfur-based compounds that activate our body’s own detoxification and defense systems. While broccoli might …
Here’s the Quiet Part Said Out Loud: Motivation Isn’t Enough to Create Healthy Habits. Ever felt that surge of motivation to finally get it together? You plan the workouts, load up on kale, and for a hot second, it feels like this time will be different. But then life hits. Work stress, exhaustion, or just …
Goal Setting for Success: Harnessing the Power of Atomic Habits I finally sat down and read JCs Atomic Habits, which people have been raving about for years. It was validating to see many of the concepts in the book are concepts I’ve successfully used in private practice and in my own life for decades, so …
To explore developmental neurotoxicity of environmental bisphenol A (BPA) exposure for infants and children, rats were exposed to differing levels of BPA during early life were tested to determine if BPA inhibited brain development. Researchers observed that both the lowest and highest exposed groups needed more frequent ‘lessons’ and longer times to learn than the …
As part of my overarching mission to improve the health of the western world through increased produce consumption, I’ve spoken to hundreds of people about difficulties, motivations, challenges, and successes when it comes to sustaining a high produce diet. Out of these conversations came the awareness that being able to track long term consumption isn’t …
1) Roasted Vegetables – A large sheet pan of roasted vegetables make it really easy to get vegetables in daily. When I am pressed for time I raid the salad bar for pre-cut veggies or purchase pre-cut bags of carrots, cabbage, and butternut squash to use for the week. 20-30 minutes in a 400 degree oven …
Beer and grilling go hand in hand during summer, especially on Memorial Day weekend, which is fast approaching. It turns out marinating your meats in beer can have a protective effect on Heterocyclic Amines (HCAs), harmful compounds that are created when proteins and fats come in contact with high amounts of heat. These compounds …
My Facebook wall lit up last week with this piece from the Seattle Times, discussing the finding of phthalates in boxed macaroni and cheese. Phthalates are an industrial chemical used to soften plastics. Many of us grew up unwittingly consuming phthalates as we chewed on plastic teething rings and hot drank bath water in which …
