Recovery From an Achilles Injury: Four Habits for a Healthier Life

Rupturing my Achilles tendon a month and a half ago was a real wake-up call. This is not just because the smallest things remind me that time is passing by at lightning speed, like realizing last week that the friend I just helped move into his apartment is now moving...

Functional Medicine Readiness Questionnaire

Functional medicine is the intersection of naturopathy and Western medicine. It does not swear off the use of prescription drugs, but it also does not treat symptoms. In functional medicine, doctors identifies the genetic, environmental, and biochemical causes of...

Hydration, Green Tea, and Your Immune Response

By Dr. Bill Booker, DC and Dr. Denia Tapscott, MD Before we get to the larger discussion of hydration and its effect on your immune system, we want to make this Public Service Announcement: DRINK YOUR WATER! It seems so simple, but yet so few of us do it. When we say,...

Gift Yourself a Healthy Lifestyle This Holiday Season

With a shortened holiday season and too much stress associated with it, instead of writing out a Christmas or Hanukkah gift list this year, I'd like to suggest you create a "healthy lifestyle checklist." Sure, you're probably going to have to buy a few gifts for...

Back to School: Get Into the School-Year Routines

Wow, does it feel like the summer just flew by? Although I can't believe it's already the start of the school year, I am eager for the fall to arrive, when the kids return to their school-year routines, and the rest of us are able to resume a little more normalcy. The...

Are You Resting Yet? There’s Still Time!

That's right. It's almost mid-August, that awkward period where summer is about to come to an end and fall is right around the corner. It's nearly time for school to start back up, summer vacations will be a memory, and the "usual" routine will resume. For me, August...

Plastic Vs. Stainless Steel Water Bottles: Which to Use

Over the past few years, there has been a push to get consumers away from drinking out of plastic water bottles. You may even have heard the debate over plastic vs. stainless steel water bottles. Is it an environmental issue to reduce the waste associated with...

It’s Hot Out! How to Run in a Heat Wave

Ah, the dog days of summer are among us. Temperatures are consistently in the 90s with forecasters calling for extreme heat indices reaching to 100+ degrees. The air conditioning in your home or office feels good, but it's also making you sleepy and lazy and...

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