Tart Cherry Juice: Natural Lunesta
October 5, 2011
By Jennifer Reilly RD LD
There’s not a soul out there who can argue against the need for sleep. Not only is it beautifully rejuvenating both physically and mentally, but it also boosts your metabolism, quiets any tendency toward the “F-its,” and helps you choose healthier foods during the day. Without adequate rest (seven or more hours a night), your body is stressed and responds by making more cortisol. This gives you a quick burst of energy, which is perfect… Read More >
14 Ways to Combat Corporatitis
July 11, 2011
By Frank Lipman, MD
In my integrative and functional medicine practice, hardly a day goes by when I don’t see several patients suffering with a touch of corporatitis maximus (CM). While you won’t find CM defined on Wikipedia or easily searched on Google, you will find it lurking in the minds and bodies of stressed-out, over-extended, over-committed employees of corporations, everywhere. So what exactly is CM? Well, to be honest, it’s a catchall phrase I use to describe the… Read More >
Keep Your Immune System Healthy This Winter
February 8, 2011
By Guest Blogger
With winter comes the solstice, holidays, friends and families; there also comes cold, stress, sugar and often illness. To make sure we enjoy all the beautiful and magical offerings of the winter season, it’s important to keep up with our health in some really easy and right-at-our-fingertips ways. So how do we stay vital and bug-free during winter? It can start with making a promise to yourself that self-care will be high on your list… Read More >
Sleep and Rhythm: How To Live In Accordance With Your Natural Cycles
June 15, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
In addition to a healthy diet and regular exercise, getting enough restful sleep is the most important thing you can do for your health. Proper sleep is one of the keys to looking and feeling your best, yet it’s estimated that up to 70 percent of Americans are chronically sleep deprived. Chronic sleep problems interfere with your body’s natural rhythms and rob it of the time it needs to restore itself. The incidence of many… Read More >
Five Sleep Mistakes & Solutions
February 23, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
Although we may not like to admit it, many of the sleep problems we experience are the result of bad habits and behaviors. We stay up late or sleep in late. We eat foods that disagree with us or enjoy a drink late at night, oblivious to their disruptive impact on our sleep rhythms. Over time, we teach our body not to sleep and for relief we often turn to sleeping pills, which mask rather… Read More >
Feeling Spent?
January 12, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
First, a confession. I love music and have been obsessed with rhythm from an early age. I grew up in South Africa, where music and its ritual use are a very important part of the way of life in traditional African cultures. In my home, music was always playing from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep. What I did not know then, was that my love for music and… Read More >
Unwinding Through Yoga and Meditation
September 18, 2009
By Sharon Gannon
Photo Credit: Guzman CSL: If someone only has 10 minutes each morning for a yoga routine, what poses would you suggest and can ten to fifteen minutes a day really make a difference? SHARON: YES, most definitely. Practicing asana for ten to fifteen minutes a day can make a huge difference! Five minutes a day can make a huge difference…doing anything on purpose for even one minute a day can make a huge difference. Here… Read More >
