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Can Drinking Cocoa Protect Your Heart When You’re Stressed?
Increased consumption of flavanols—a group of molecules occurring naturally in fruit and vegetables—could protect people from mental stress-induced cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart disease and thrombosis, according to new research. Researchers have discovered that blood vessels were able to function better during mental stress when people were given a cocoa drink containing high levels ...
Wellness for Women
Women of all ages seek to boost their health via supplements and by being open with their practitioners. Although men and women share some similar health concerns, women can have vastly different needs when it comes to maintaining health and preventing illness. For example, heart disease in women is as prevalent as it is in ...
Passing the Test
Testing technology continues to advance at tremendous speed, becoming more accurate, helping you to aid your patients/clients in a more customized and effective manner. The year 2020 will be historic for several reasons, notably the first pandemic in 102 years. It has left indelible marks on society, especially how people become more proactive in self-care ...
Stress Mismanagement
Practitioners can help patients manage stress with a combination of lifestyle changes and supplements. American life is demanding enough: work, kids, deadlines, family responsibilities, economic worries and societal pressures are enough to make even the calmest among us feel like we are slowly unraveling. Add in a global pandemic with a heaping uncertainty about the ...
Weighty Opinions
Successful weight management continues to be elusive for millions of American adults. The Participants Are: Rosia Parrish, ND, Boulder Natural Health, Boulder, CO, www.bouldernaturalhealth.com Amy Rothenberg, ND, Naturopathic Health Care, Northampton, MA, www.nhcmed.com Firlande Volcy, ND, Innovare Wellness, LLC, Stockbridge, GA, www.drfirlande.com Always a hot topic, successful weight management continues to be rather elusive for ...
Defining Healthy Aging
Every patient/client can benefit now—and later—by being coached to take their unique aging concerns into account. Here’s a conundrum: when it comes to healthy aging, what is the more accurate description—slowing down or speeding up? Slowing down infers biological systems becoming sluggish and winking out, while speeding up infers hastening life to its end. So, ...
Decrease Stress By Aligning Your Life So You Don’t Have to Think as Much
My dad always told me if you love what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life. Expand this concept to the people you’re with, hobbies and overall health routines, and we realize we’re only as strong as our weakest link. We only have a finite amount of physical energy throughout ...
What’s My Age Again?
The secret to healthy aging does not lie in one solution. Rather, it takes a combination of lifestyle changes and natural products to reach that goal. What exactly does a topic like healthy aging encompass? In a nutshell, it includes ways in which one can feel youthful, both internally and externally. According to the National ...
The Anxiety of Stress
Stress doesn’t exist in a bubble—but managing it also reduces anxiety, and boosts better sleep. Here’s how to help de-stress your clients/patients. “I have anxiety,” is such a commonly uttered statement today—even from kids! If neurochemical disorders are ruled out—at the root of this is mismanaged stress. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) describes ...
Gus Vickery, MD
Dr. Gus Vickery is a licensed, practicing medical doctor who helps individuals experience their full human potential through health optimization. He is the author of Authentic Health, is a well-respected speaker, and the founder and directing physician of Vickery Family Medicine in Asheville, NC. He established his practice with a commitment to delivering holistic, compassionate ...
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