CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Tag: health

  • Podcast: Magic Menu

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   Magic menu, magic health, magic weight loss: I have all the answers! Even David Copperfield will tell you that it is just an illusion.  Perhaps that is what keeps us coming back.  The belief that we can be surprised before our very eyes.  The truth is that a magician…

  • A Christmas ad that has this plant based dietitian feeling all the feels…do you know your “WHY?”

    Health… it’s so much more than the “numbers” that we shoot for. As a clinical and lifestyle dietitian, I look at the “numbers” my patients get back as factors determining improvement to better health – blood work, blood pressure, glucose checks, weight loss, etc. But I didn’t become a dietitian so that people could have…

  • Where do you get your motivation from?

    Tuesday Tips from your plant strong Dietitian, Addie D Majnaric! You have to be motivated to accomplish a goal, especially the goal of a healthy and sustainable lifestyle change. You have to have something that sparks your fire on days when you are feeling less than your best or discouraged about your progress. While it…

  • Half Way Through the Year… Time to Check In!

    A Thursday Thought from Dietitian Addie We check our email, we check how many likes or followers we have on social media, but how often do we truly check in on our health? Typically, we pay attention to our health when something goes wrong or at the first of the year when the hot topic…

  • Are you focused on achieving health or a number?

    A Thursday Thought from Dietitian Addie Focusing on either maintaining or improving your current health is FABULOUS! Virtual HIGH-FIVE to you for noting the importance of taking care of your body by both what you eat and how you move! But are you truly looking at health changes or are you just a slave to…

  • Make Health & Body Image a Priority – You Don’t Have to Choose.

    A Thursday Thought from Dietitian Addie An opinion piece came out this weekend in the NY Times that was titled, “Smash the Wellness Industry.” It has stirred a lot of praise, high fives, and “yeah, me too’s” being shouted from those who have ever been manipulated by a fad diet. And let’s be honest, most…

  • Blogpost: Let’s Talk about Breakfast

    Nothing is without confusion. Should we eat breakfast? Should we wait until we are hungry? What about kids? Should they eat breakfast? I am a morning person. I didn’t use to be a breakfast person. Ok, I didn’t use to be a healthy breakfast person. Morning is peaceful. A fresh new day. The stillness as…

  • Blogpost: Cookbook Medicne versus Medicine

    The ER physician phoned me and said; “The hospital is going to get dinged because I did not follow protocol. At the time, I was with the patient in the CT scanner completing his study to evaluate him for the cause of his face and hand numbness. She was referring to “the stroke alert” protocol.…

  • Blogpost: Who or What Are You Going to Blame this Week?

    Blaming is like worrying. It is really easy to do and rarely fixes the problem. However, both are good at causing a distraction. My husband is not supportive. My wife is not supportive. My coworkers are not supportive. My kids are not supportive. My workplace is not supportive. I have too much work. I am…

  • Blogpost: You May Think You are Alone but You Are Not

    The U.S. News and World Report Magazine just published the best diets of 2018. Forty-five million Americans are dieting. I would be comfortable in saying that many of those are experiencing health problems in addition to being overweight. Another common ground is that everyone believes vegetables are healthy. Plant based nutrition is for life and…