wellness
Thanksgiving Stuff Yourself with Vegetable Recipes
Thanksgiving Stuff Yourself with Vegetable Recipes – Part one People stuff themselves at Thanksgiving. So go ahead and stuff yourself, but this year stuff yourself with good organic vegetables served in a variety of different ways and tastes. Roast them, steam them, grill them, however you like. It is hard to eat too many vegetables.…
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…
Read More“What’s My Age?” Dealing with Adult Acne. Stress, Products, Diet, Hormones, Environmental Factors
Puberty: a time of our lives defined by bad style choices, sudden hair growth, and dreaded breakouts. Although these issues were unfortunate, they were somewhat expected and (hopefully) fleeting. Fast forward to being a grown adult, and still experiencing one of these problems. For millions of Americans, adult acne is an extremely frustrating part of…
Read More“Spirituality” by Dr. Valerie Donaldson
“Spirituality” by Dr. Valerie Donaldson Sitting in a conference on bio-identical hormones, an older retired Ob-Gyn MD leaned over and said to me, “You know what is missing from medicine today? It’s spirituality.” I almost fell off my chair as I had been contemplating just that in the last few months more than I had…
Read MoreRunning with the Wind, Part 1 by Dr. Donaldson
My brother Doug is the one that got me into running. At the time, I didn’t know what a life altering experience it was going to be. He asked me to go with him running one day on vacation, after I had my first child. I told him I wouldn’t be able to go too…
Read MoreSugar: The Bitter Effects by Anne-Marie Alderson
Sugar, sugar….honey, honey…. We’re all familiar with the catchy tune by the Archies. But what exactly is sugar, and what is sugar doing to us? Sugar is found in many forms- cane sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, and maple syrup, to name a few. When we hear “sugar”, most of us think of candy,…
Read MoreKetogenic Protocol: Fat for Fuel, Part 1 by Dr. Donaldson
Calories In. Calories Out. It Is All In The Math! A ketogenic diet is high fat, adequate protein, low complex carbohydrate that promotes the use of stored body fat for fuel instead of relying on glucose from carbohydrates we consume. History of Ketogenic Diet The ketogenic diet was first recorded in 500 BC as a…
Read MoreFather’s Day Reflection by Dr. Donaldson
As I was driving to yoga this morning feeling great having accomplished one of the ProLon 5 Day Fasting Mimicking Diet, I was delighted to see fathers out running with their daughters, riding bikes with their sons, and going to yoga with their children. I decided to dedicate my 5 day fast to fathers. What…
Read MoreNutrition, Part 2 “Zinc, Alzheimers & Diet” by Dr. Donaldson
Recently, I was at an age management conference and one of my more brilliant colleagues from medical school was talking about Alzheimers and zinc deficiency as being a possible probable cause. Can you imagine, curing Alzheimers with zinc? The theory he proposed made a lot of sense. He said one of the enzymes that needs…
Read MoreNutrients; Part 1, “Zinc” by Dr. Donaldson
I’ve been in the alternative medicine world for over 15 years and I am always astounded by what nutrients can do for what ails us. For example, you need Zinc for your immune system to work properly. Zinc has a role in: cell division and cell growth wound healing breakdown of carbohydrates to glucose for…
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