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Your Simple Guide to MicroDermabrasion
Microdermabrasion: the word can sound downright intimidating. Almost everyone has heard the term in reference to skincare, but not everyone knows what it means. Microdermabrasion is a non-invasive treatment that exfoliates the skin to remove the top layer of thick, uneven and discolored dead skin. This process makes the skin noticeably smoother and brighter, while…
Read MoreHow is Hormone Imbalance Associated with Heart Disease?
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers that play a role in virtually all major bodily systems and functions including your cardiovascular system. A 3 minute cardiovascular assessment will provide valuable information to determine your risk for cardiovascular related disease. Insulin Resistance Cells don’t “open” normally and, in response, the pancreas creates too much insulin. When too…
Read More8 Tips to Improve Your Overall Skin Health
Calling everyone who wants beautiful, youthful skin! Whether you want to proactively fight premature aging and pigmentation, or you want to stop current acne or wrinkles in their tracks, I’ve compiled an ultimate guide of necessities for optimum skin health. Get ready to step up your beauty routine, and see results. 1. Cleanse Daily It’s…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do If You Have Trouble with Urine Leaking?
What Can You Do If You Have Trouble with Urine Leaking? Urine leaking with activity is called Stress Incontinence and is one of the least openly talked about and most embarrassing problem women have. Some women have it and don’t even know what it is called, or even it is an issue that can be…
Read MoreEAT this, NOT that. Yogurt.
TIP: Eat plain yogurt + fresh fruit on top, not flavored yogurt. WHY? Flavored yogurt has sugar added to it… some flavored yogurts actually have more sugar than the equivalent portion of ice cream! (And no, that’s not an insinuation to eat ice cream instead…) Eating plain yogurt keeps sugar content lower, and by adding…
Read MoreEAT this, NOT that. Fruit.
TIP: Eat fresh fruit, not dried fruit. WHY? All fruit contains naturally occurring sugars, but that sugar becomes concentrated in dried fruit when all of the water content is removed. Because dried fruit is so compact, it’s very easy to over-consume it. You may snack on a fresh apricot, but would you snack on 6…
Read MoreDawn’s Story; Part 6, “Birthday Eve”
Birthday Eve. Tomorrow is my birthday and I want to have a piece of cake. However, cake has sugar in it and it’s not gluten free. But, I may just have a small piece anyway….as my teenage daughter would say “The struggle is real”. Anyway, today is day 43 and the last day of my…
Read MoreMeet Mary
Mary is a forty-five-year-old patient of mine who was testosterone deficient. Despite working out and “eating healthy,” she was not losing weight; in fact she was gaining weight around her mid-section. She had her testosterone optimized but still could not lose weight. We knew she had hypothyroidism, but this being managed by another physician who…
Read MoreImplementing A Gluten-Free Diet
My first post on gluten explained what it is, which foods commonly contain gluten, and some of the benefits of implementing a gluten-free diet. To enjoy all the benefits of a gluten-free diet, it is not enough to simply swap out regular cookies, bread, and crackers for their gluten-free counter parts. Even though these modified…
Read More“Training for My First Marathon” Part 3, by Dr. Donaldson
One of my fellow MDs in the ER ran the marathon every year so I told him I wanted to run a marathon because Barry Sears said if you eat the Zone diet before and during you won’t hit the wall at mile 20. I asked him how I could set up a training schedule…
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