CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Tag: plant based

  • Podcast: Comebacks

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   This has been a year of comebacks and new traditions.  The holidays  can be very stressful partially due to maintaining traditions.  Some of the traditions are not even healthy or even take away from more healthy behaviors.  Taken together with the stress of fulfilling the tasks makes for a…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Podcast: What is the Perfect Diet for You

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   The new word is extreme with regard to diet choice.  Moderation is out! The reality is, it was never in.  The abundance of food choices has grown making moderation only an imaginable concept.  I think it is good to always be open to change that supports your goals.  Perhaps …

  • Do you think about protein?

    Dietitian Addie here popping in to share the topic for this month’s dietary education zoom session I held with our members this week. This month we began a series on PROTEIN… a macronutrient quite high on the popularity scale. A component of our food that is necessary for many functions within the body. Protein aids…

  • Podcast: Banking Healthspan

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Can you bank longevity? What about fitness?  Improving fitness at any age will help to increase your health span which may translate into more time living an active and independent life.  This is not just for seniors because heart muscle starts to deteriorate in the early forties along with…

  • Podcast: Eliminating Zombie Cells

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  We age and our cells age.  About every three months our red blood cells turn over for example.  What happens to the old cells? How do we eliminate them?  Our immune system plays a vital role in eliminating old cells or senescent cells.  Unfortunately, our immune system also slows…

  • Podcast: Why Gary Player is an Outlier

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   This is the weekend of the Masters Golf Tournament.  To begin there was an honorary start with Tee shots by Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Watson.  Gary is the oldest at 88.  He was the most spry and energetic.  As a student of the game of golf, I…

  • Blogpost: Grateful to Be Able to Walk

    I don’t have time to walk is like saying I don’t have time to breath. It is one of the biggest moments we celebrate with our children.  If they can walk, it is going to be ok. Their brain body connection has grown to the point where they can stand, balance, and take their first…

  • Blogpost: Running Challenge Update

    April8 blogpost We are now into a week and weekend with our members daily 5k challenge. Some people run more and some are striving to get to 3.1 miles. Others are striving to keep their streak alive. The challenge is also to walk outside. We Floridians have an advantage, but around an hour outside is…