Oct 1, 2014 | Blog, Child Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss
Healthy eating is about more than losing weight or maintaining a certain body weight or slimming down your waist size. In fact, healthy eating can lower the risk for conditions including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even many cancers, not...
Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Pregnancy, Prenatal Healthcare
Gestational diabetes affects approximately 3% to 8% of all pregnant women in the United States, and can lead to delivery complications and health problems for both the mother and newborn child. Luckily, however, the symptoms and health impact of gestational diabetes...
Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance
Weight has a way of creeping up on us over time but there are several techniques that we can use to adopt a healthier lifestyle and establish a routine for sustainable, long-term weight management. Often, we counsel our weight loss patients to start by using a few of...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Preventive Care
Until they start malfunctioning, most people don’t think twice about these two fantastic fist-sized organs that are responsible for so many important functions.  We certainly don’t think about kidney health on a daily basis, but if you have certain medical...
Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance
Reasons Your Body Needs Water It helps regulate a normal body temperature It carries nutrients to your organs and tissues It transports oxygen to your body cells It protects and lubricates your joints and organs It protects your spinal cord It helps regulate your...
Aug 20, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Weight Maintenance
Do you remember the low-fat and fat-free craze of the 90s? Did you stock your cabinets and fridges with low fat cookies and chips, and fat-free mayonnaise, cream cheese, and salad dressings? And did you spend many an evening at a froyo shop with a large bowl of...