This COVID risk factor is under your control
If the last year has taught us one thing, it’s that having underlying co-morbidities with COVID dramatically increases your risk of serious complications, hospitalization and even death. The “three biggies” here are high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes. But the common denominator underlying all of these is insulin resistance. Insulin resistance drives up your blood glucose level, triggering diabetes as well as stirring up the inflammation in your blood vessels that contributes to high...
- Tags: Blood Sugar, COVID-19, Exercise, General Health
This “fearless foursome” protects against COVID
Over the last year, it has become abundantly clear that there is a nasty new respiratory virus in our midst, joining the ranks of pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, croup, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and H1N1, among others. And while the COVID-19 virus (aka SARS-CoV-2) is “new” to us, viruses in general have been around since the dawn of time. Believe it or not, currently there are about 200 different viruses hanging around that could potentially...
- Tags: COVID-19, Healthy Living, Immune Health, Influenza, Viruses
Always hungry? How to quiet your inner dinner bell
While most of us believe that hunger is our body’s way of telling us it needs food, there are other reasons why your inner dinner bell may be clanging. Here are 10 to consider:1- You’re thirsty Many people think that they’re hungry when they’re actually thirsty. Next time you feel hungry between meals, drink a glass of water instead and see if your hunger subsides.2- You’re eating too much saltSalt can trigger both thirst...
Got gas? This could be why
I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said that virtually 100 percent of my clients report at least occasional gas and bloating…and probably at least half suffer from painful beach-ball belly on a regular basis. What makes this difficult is that there is a multitude of possible reasons why flatulence is your friend and bloating is your buddy…so getting to the bottom of it can be tricky. Conditions that can cause chronic gas and bloating...
Why your weight loss resolution failed AGAIN
If you are among the 45 percent of Americans (which includes a whopping 86 percent of millennials) that made a New Year’s resolution 43 days ago, chances are excellent at that time that you were envisioning a slimmer version of yourself in the mirror by now. Aaaaand…I would have to guess that hasn’t happened. Based on current research, most resolutions are ditched by January 12th (that date has even earned the title of “Quitter’s...
The biggest (and most preventable) cause of disease
I had a conversation with an acquaintance who proudly told me that she was happy to be in good health in her late 50's. This is how she described "good health": Her cholesterol was under control with Lipitor Her blood pressure stayed right around 120/80 with atenolol Nexium kept her acid reflux at bay Metformin brought her A1C down to under 6% THAT'S good health? This woman is anything BUT healthy. What she has...