How Physical Activity Enhances Mental Health Moving Your Body Babies have an innate desire to move around. From the time young ones can babble, they learn that movement and play go hand in hand. After discovering how to roll over, crawl and walk, many school-aged children look...
The Truth about the American Diet September is National Fruits and Veggies Month, and although the benefits of plant consumption are indisputable, emerging diet fads and changing guidelines have left more than 75% of consumers confused about nutrition. As a result, many Americans have turned to...
Next time you discover a new body ache or mental anguish, remember the ancient practice of yoga. Dating back before the Mona Lisa and even the Colosseum, yoga’s origins precede the pyramids of Giza which were built circa 2550 BC! So, why has the practice...
“You can’t be what you can’t see.”- Marian Wright Edelman Women in Medicine Month celebrates the significant progress made by women in the field of medicine and supports the continuing journey of women physicians. Although current statistics show that over 40% of medical school matriculants are...
How a daily B-complex vitamin can improve your health Why do we eat? The answer may seem obvious- to obtain energy, satiate hunger and, ultimately, promote our survival. However, our modern-day eating habits suggest the reason we eat has less to do with nutritional need and more to do with a...
Dr. Phillip Milgram, Scripps Memorial Hospital, heralds NAD+ as potentially one of the greatest advances in medical science since the invention of penicillin. Some scientists are calling it the “golden nucleotide” and Scientific American entitled it the “linchpin of energy metabolism.” Dr. Richard Mestayer, leading...
Living with clinical depression can make the holiday season – especially New Year’s celebrations, incredibly difficult. While all of your friends and family members are making resolutions for the new year and are getting excited about the experiences to come, you may feel overwhelmed by...