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Should you follow the Paleo diet?

One of the most common questions I get asked as a nutritionist is what I think of a certain popular diet.

Generally speaking, as long as a diet provides proper nutrition and enough calories for your body’s needs, and is centered on real (NOT processed) foods if it’s something that works for you, great.

Now, the latest buzz in the diet world is…

Jul 17, 2017 0 comments

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Safe, natural menopause relief

Safe, natural menopause relief

Although hot flashes are the subject of many jokes, for women who are going through menopause, they’re not funny.  Luckily there are many safe ways to help your body through menopause without increasing your cancer risk with synthetic HRT drugs!

Jul 12, 2017 2 comments

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My response to the latest Vitamin D “scare”

My response to the latest Vitamin D “scare”

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in June and featured in a recent Good Morning America segment has claimed that Americans are taking too much vitamin D, defined as over 4,000 IU per day.  The study warns that too much vitamin D can lead to health issues like elevated blood calcium levels, calcifications, and kidney stones.

Jul 06, 2017 0 comments

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Why pain relievers are the worst thing for a fever

Why pain relievers are the worst thing for a fever

If you ran a fever, if you’re like most people, you would probably take some acetaminophen or ibuprofen.  But in most cases, lowering a fever with pain relievers is positively the WORST thing you can do!

Here’s why.

Jun 29, 2017 0 comments

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What you don’t know about your immune system

What you don’t know about your immune system

Your immune system protects you against colds, flu, and infections, but that’s just a drop in the bucket!  Here are all the other things your immune system does for you that you might not know about, and how to make sure yours is working like it should.

Jun 28, 2017 0 comments

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Are you guilty of these common exercise blunders?

Are you guilty of these common exercise blunders?

If you are getting on the exercise bandwagon, congratulations--you couldn’t do anything better for good health and weight loss!

But BEWARE.

Jun 22, 2017 0 comments

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