Wellness involves so much more than your health. It’s how you feel and function in your overall life. We Americans are overfed yet undernourished and under-slept but over-caffeinated. Many of us are trapped in unfulfilling jobs or toxic relationships. We can’t be nice to others when we ourselves are not in a good place. Being truly happy with ourselves, satisfied with our careers, having loving, … Continue reading Seek Wellness
This is NOT your average Strawberry & Banana Smoothie! It’s like an ideal lover: Thick and Rich. Yet a delectable dessert, Sweet and Creamy. But it’s protein-packed so it won’t leave you unsatisfied as desserts and lovers often do. In a blender combine: 1/2 cup almond milk 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup fresh or frozen organic strawberries 1/4 cup gluten-free oats 1/2 frozen peeled banana (if using … Continue reading RECIPE: A Different Strawberry and Banana Smoothie
If you’d asked me to make a meal of beet salad 3 years ago, I would’ve told you to …. you guessed it: “Beat it”. Now knowing their health benefits (cellular repair, cancer prevention, nutrient packed) I’m trying to work them in my diet where I can. I’m still perfecting a beet smoothie recipe, so until I do, this is my go to beet recipe: … Continue reading RECIPE: Beet and Celery Salad
There’s this great thing called chewing. If you’re like me, you’ve done very little chewing and much more inhaling of food over the years. Usually I’m shoveling in enormous bites, in between patients or while driving. Not good. We all forget food is not for entertainment or even for taste. We eat to stay alive and to nurture and heal our bodies. As we enter … Continue reading RULE: Chew Your Food
I get it. You don’t like brussels sprouts, farro seems foreign, and why would anyone order seaweed salad? To my astonishment, there are tons of foods I am now LOVING that I wouldn’t have even tried on a ‘triple-dog-dare’ a few years ago. That’s because a few years ago I thought I knew what I liked and didn’t like. Don’t we all have periods in … Continue reading RULE: Learn to Like Foods You Don’t Like
Several of you have asked me about sweeteners. As a hard core sugar-addict myself, I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting (ahem, ingesting) sugar. There are lots of sweetening options out there both artificial and natural. BOTTOM LINE: You have a fixed number of fat cells, it’s how big they get that effects your weight. Sugar and refined carbs (like breads, pastas, crackers, chips, cookies, … Continue reading RANT: Sugar and Spice and everything Nice
It’s just RUDE for an ice cream carton to report the calories in a serving size of 1/2 cup! Has anyone in the history of ice cream EVER eaten just 1/2 cup? Sure there are the food-abstainers and platinum-will-powered folk who would never DREAM of ingesting ice cream. But for those of who so enjoy this chilly, creamy, delicious treat, HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER … Continue reading RANT: Serving Sizes = Palm of your hand
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve really been in to smoothies lately. In fact I start every day with one. It’s an easy, simple way to get in your greens and protein and kick start your healthy day! This is my favorite go to smoothie right now…as always tweak it to what you like, what’s in season, or whats on sale! 1 cup milk of choice … Continue reading RECIPE: Berry and Celery Smoothie
Some people “hate” exercise. Maybe they equate exercise to gasping for air while running on the treadmill, squeezed in to spandex. I get that. Exercise doesn’t have to = pain and suffering (unless you’re my husband, who enjoys suffering, shown doing so in a cyclocross race here). Find activities you enjoy. If you hate running, planning to run 3 times a week to get in … Continue reading RULE: Find Exercise You Enjoy
“Everything causes cancer” Have you heard or said this phrase? Yes Cancer is on the rise, despite millions of dollars of research, every year rates increase. Said differently, more people get cancer EVERY YEAR even though we raise money, run races, invent drugs, and wear pink ribbons. Funny how many of the products we buy with pink ribbons on them actually have cancer causing ingredients … Continue reading RANT: GBOMBS Fight Cancer
Car alarms, a snoring mate, racing thoughts all can keep us awake. But usually insomnia is the SYMPTOM, NOT THE PROBLEM. Treat the problem, not the symptom, right!?! Good “sleep hygiene’ (which is what we call it in the medical biz) goes a little something like this: 1) chill-out on the caffeine—if you drink more than one coffee a day, especially late in the day … Continue reading Rant: 7 ways to Get Better Sleep
Have you heard the phrase “I’ll sleep when I’m dead?” I used to think this was clever, I now know how important sleep really is! There is a reason there is a Starbucks on every corner, and it’s because most of us do not get enough sleep. But how much is enough? 4 hours is not enough, neither is 6. A lot of patients tell … Continue reading RULE: Sleep
Dr. Maddy Day 