Why I Drink This During Workouts
For me working out is Type B fun: fun after you’re done! My Outward Bound instructor taught me about Type B fun somewhere in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, ascending towards our 14,000-foot peak. Sunny clear skies created suncups – open bowl-shaped depressions in...
How to Know if Dairy is Bad for You
I remember coming home after school in middle school and heading to the freezer for a couple of scoops of Breyers Butter Pecan ice cream, my Dad’s favorite flavor. Of course, chocolate anything would have been my flavor choice, but it did the trick for my sweet...
3 Ways to Make Water Healthier & Taste Better
I find it funny that I’m a Pisces (one of the zodiac water signs,) and the only body of water I’m drawn to is the one in my cup. My daughter jokes about how I’m never in the water, just carrying it around with me wherever I go. It’s true, but I don’t prefer drinking...
How to Know if You’re Gluten Intolerant
The day gluten-free Oreos launched, my daughters drove twenty minutes to pick up a pack for themselves and another for a best friend. They were already on their way back before I knew they had left the house! I started eating gluten-free in 2004, and since then have...
How to Tell If a Supplement is High-Quality
After eight years of training in med school and pediatric residency, I didn’t know the first thing about nutrition to help my patients heal. Aside from the typical childhood iron deficiency and the rare copper metabolism disorder (Menkes Kinky Hair Disease), my...
3 Reasons Why Most People Fail with Intermittent Fasting
I vividly remember one of the first times I tried intermittent fasting. I was lying face-down on our family room carpet hungry, thinking: when is this going to end?!? A quick phone call to my friend – the one who got me started on this fasting ‘fun’ – remedied the...
3 Tips for Easy Healthy Dinners
Somewhere between our engagement and wedding day, my mom said to my now-husband, “She’s a great cook when she cooks.” Thanks, Mom! LOL. It’s true. I don’t love cooking. I don’t even like cooking. I cook to eat for our genetics and teach our three daughters how to make...
3 Ways to Add VitamERS to Your Diet
I've been studying nutrition for almost two decades. Vitamins, check. Minerals, check. Omega-3 fats, check. Antioxidants and phytonutrients, check check. But vitamers? What the heck is a vitamer? Never heard of it until recently. Vitamer sounds like a made-up word,...
Coffee: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
I love coffee! I’m not sure I would have gotten through med school and residency without my loyal cup of joe. At one point, my husband asked if I have a coffee membership (like a gym membership) to our local coffee roaster! At different points on my wellness journey,...
How to Achieve Vibrant Health the Easy Way
Even as a medical doctor and wellness expert, I was on the struggle bus – tired, bloated, and struggling to sleep through the night. I tried many ways of eating. I consumed cupboards full of supplements. I even worked with multiple wellness practitioners from...