CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Nutritional Wellness Blog

Podcast: The Magic Number

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   It works.  It really does.  Plant based nutrition and exercise reverses lifestyle diseases and people can achieve a normal BMI.  However, it only works if you do it and do it consistently.  Congratulations  David R for achieving some major health goals.  The struggle is real but once you commit […]
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Cold Kickin’ Back-to-School Smoothie!

Kick that back to school cold to the curb with good nutrition, rest and a tasty immune boosting smoothie. Whipped this up the moment I heart a sniffle from Caleb… packed with immune fighting foods, this smoothie makes for a great snack or something to sip on for hydration and healthful calories when you or […]
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Podcast: Why Is Your Blood Pressure Elevated?

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  48% of adults carry the diagnosis of hypertension.  They are diagnosed and placed on medication usually based on protocols.  Very rarely are people assessed for why they have hypertension.  Certainly, nutrition is a large contributor to elevations in blood pressure both from excessive sodium intake and vascular damage from […]
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Podcast: Mindful Eating

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   A New England Journal of Medicine Study looked at how much energy people thought they consumed, and how much energy they actually burned.  They compared two groups of overweight individuals based on reported energy consumption.  Group one had difficulty loosing weight despite a reported 1200 kcal or less consumption […]
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Podcast: Visualize Your Goals

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  What are your health goals?  Do you have a bucket list?  My grandmother used to say that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.  I think there is a lot of confusion between wishing we were healthy and having a plan to do something about it.  We wish there […]
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Podcast:

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  When things are going well, there is a flow state.  We are in “The Zone”.  Funny how it does not happen too often.  But when it does, we seem to accomplish our goals with minimal efforts.  The other times we are trouble shooting.  Try anything to make things better.  […]
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Podcast: Calories versus Weight

Welcome!  Thank you for listening.   What is a whole food? What is a clean food?  Those terms are thrown around with authority and ultimately blend into just food.  If you ask most people on a diet, they will throw out that they are eating 1200 calories a day.  That seems to be the magic number […]
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Podcast: Risk versus Reward

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  What will you do with the results of a test? How will you react? I was very happy to see normal bones and joints on a recent CT scan of my leg, but it did not show the source of my ankle pain.  Good news! Nothing bad.  I can […]
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