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Nutrition
A Delicious & Filling Summery Snack to Help Seniors Lose (or Gain) Weight
In the summer, few things are as cool and refreshing as a smoothie—but did you know that a smoothie can help seniors who need to lose or gain weight? Many people use smoothies as...Read entire article »
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Senior Wellness & The Balanced Care Method: Lessons Learned from the Okinawan Centenarian Study
The Balanced Care Method™ takes scientific data and specific lifestyle findings and uses them as the basis and inspiration for its training methods and home care philosophy—the majority of its principles are based on...Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: The Important Role of Food in Longevity
What the Okinawan Centenarian Study has proven is the importance of a plant-based diet, high-fiber foods, limited animal protein and anti-oxidant rich foods. A Plant-Based Diet A major factor in the extraordinary health enjoyed...Read entire article »
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Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method
Okinawan Centenarian Study: Translating Lifestyle Choices into The Balanced Care Method Besides what foods are consumed, lifestyle appears to play an important factor in senior wellness as we learn form the Okinawan Study—and we...Read entire article »
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How Antioxidants Affect Your Health
Antioxidants are nutrient substances that protect your cells against the effects of free radicals. Free radicals are molecules produced when your body breaks down food, or by environmental exposure to toxins like tobacco smoke...Read entire article »
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Healthy Eating Guidelines to Help You Avoid the Deadly Metabolic Syndrome
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle often means that we struggle to keep up with our families and friends, our jobs, and more. With so much to do, we often forget to take care of ourselves, forgoing...Read entire article »
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Gilbert Guide Videos: Digestion & Elimination
This video offers practical advice on living with incontinence, taking care of your digestive tract and avoiding food irritation that causes constipation and diarrhea. This video is part of an innovative series that we are...Read entire article »
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Ditch the Diet Forever: 7 Healthy Habits for Seniors
It’s once again that time of year when we start to think about our New Year’s resolutions, and every year, many people resolve to start a diet. This always frustrates me as a dietitian, because...Read entire article »
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A Miracle Food to Protect Your Heart & Blood Vessels
High cholesterol contributes to 56% of heart attacks and is responsible for 4.4 million heart deaths a year. Recently, a study was performed on pigs that involved feeding trials in which the animals’ lipid...Read entire article »
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The Facts About Fat: How Fat Affects Cholesterol & Cardiovascular Disease
There were a lot of fads in the nineties, but one of the biggest was the fat-free diet (or a diet with the least amount of fat possible). By now, we all know that...Read entire article »
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How 'Bout Some Good Press for Cholesterol?
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Surprising new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest that children as young as eight should be started on cholesterol-lowering drugs. Not surprisingly, cholesterol has become one...Read entire article »
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Food Labels: What Does It All Mean?
The federal government sets legal guidelines on the labels food manufacturers put on their products. The guidelines are supposed to regulate the claims made by these manufacturers and are meant to make it easier...Read entire article »
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The Trouble with Heart Disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death in the United States for both men and women. This equates to more than...Read entire article »
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Stomaching Stomach Acid: A Simple Solution
I recently read an article that indicated the use of drugs that block stomach acid may be associated with cognitive impairment in older African-American adults. According to the study, the risk for showing signs...Read entire article »
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The All-In-1 Pocket Guide to Healthy Choices
Harvey Gilbert, MD along with members of Holistic Health of America (HHOA) have compiled The All-In-1 Pocket Guide to Healthy Choices, a pocket guide book that discusses Metabolic Syndrome (MSx) and instructions on maintaining or...Read entire article »
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The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 1 of 2
According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 21 million people in the United States have diabetes. The vast majority of these people, about 90-95%, have type 2 diabetes (aka adult onset diabetes). Many millions...Read entire article »
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The Skinny on Type 2 Diabetes: Part 2 of 2
Hold on to your hats. I’m back on my soapbox... Last month I began our discussion of type 2 diabetes with a focus on insulin resistance. This month, let’s examine some other aspects of...Read entire article »
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Is Obesity Linked to Cancer?
Obesity has been shown to interfere with immunity, and scientific studies on mice show that it also stimulates inflammation in the body. The animals showed marked inflammation and inflammation-fighting blood cells, which were less effective...Read entire article »
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Straight Talk: How Important is Calcium, Anyway?
As we age, the need for calcium is even more important. The skeleton is used as a calcium reserve, and has been designed to be drawn upon in times of reduced intake or excessive...Read entire article »
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Too Much or Too Little: Get the Right Amount of Salt for a Healthy Diet
The average amount of salt in the American diet is twice the necessary DV (daily value). A key to eating healthy is choosing foods lower in sodium and salt, which is a mixture of...Read entire article »
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What’s Bugging You? (The One Supplement You Can’t Do Without)
I have just been cornered at a dinner party. “We heard you’re a naturopathic doctor. What supplements should we take?” There it is: the most-asked question. The answer to the question comes easily to...Read entire article »
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The Nutrient That Can Help You Lose Weight, Lower Cholesterol and Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer
What Is Dietary Fiber? Dietary fiber comes from the portion of plants that is not digested by enzymes in the intestinal tract. Different types of plants have varying amounts and kinds of fiber. Pectin...Read entire article »
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Inflammation: Good, Bad or all Hype?
We all know the golden rule of real estate: location, location, location. In naturopathic medicine, the rule is inflammation, inflammation, inflammation. In its beginning stages, inflammation is the body’s healing response to an injury,...Read entire article »
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Food Safety: 10 Guidelines for the Elderly
It’s that time of year again, when picnics and family gatherings are most popular. We all know the drill: make food at home, and family and friends will take home the leftovers. What you...Read entire article »
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How the 6 Principles of Naturopathy Transformed a Science Geek into a Doctor
I am a geek. I mean that in the best way. In my quest to become a doctor, I studied with a vengeance. I loved it! The more I learned, the more impassioned I...Read entire article »
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Undernutrition and Overnutrition: How To Prevent and Treat Through Diet
Undernutrition is a serious problem for some elderly people. As we age, the decrease in sensation of taste and smell can make foods less appealing. With age, our caloric needs also decrease, so it...Read entire article »
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Nutrition and Fitness: Avoiding Senior Frailty
The New York Times published an article this fall about Witold Bialokur, a 71-year-old member of the New York Road Runners, a running club. Seeing photos of this spry man in action, I wondered...Read entire article »
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