When I started my career as an exercise physiologist, I enjoyed working in preventive medicine helping cardiac patients renew and improve their lives after heart attacks and open heart surgeries. Many patients claimed, “They never felt better in their lives”. This was the start of my journey to look at the whole person and not […]
With the rates of diagnosed depression continuing to rise in the United States, especially in our youth, FOOD – once again – can help! Simply put. “You are what you eat”. Our foods determine the makeup of our brains, and our brains determine our thoughts and actions, so of course our foods should influence out […]
There are eight B Vitamins including thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6), biotin (B7), folate (B9), and cobalamin (B12). B Vitamins are involved in many physiological processes including metabolism and energy production. Metabolism is a term that is used to describe all chemical reactions involved in maintaining the living state […]
