Happy Holidays! Why Eat Chocolate?
Happy Holidays to each of you! As always, when I share a newsletter with you, it is dedicated to your health and well-being, yet this issue has a different flavor! Honoring that we are all humans and have some desires and habits that we enjoy, I wanted to share some beneficial health tips about chocolate […]
Building and Maintaining a Healthy Body at Mid-Life
One thing that all of us want is to be in good health with plenty of vitality…forever! At mid-life, when hormonal changes usually emerge, we have this wonderful opportunity to re-evaluate how we are doing and to make changes to course-correct and keep that vitality with the lowest chance of disease. You may remember hearing […]
My Spring Detox Experience
I believe in practicing what I tell others to do and adhere to a life style that promotes health and well-being. That includes doing a yearly detox of some type to clear toxins that can prevent my body from working in optimal ways. Here’s my recent detox experience and some on the details of […]
Surviving and Thriving Through the Holidays
by Marsha Sendar, MSHS, NC, MSPT (Nutritional Consultant) Are you feeling both the excitement and the fear about the upcoming holidays? About gaining weight over the next two months? Fear not! Here are some simple strategies that can keep you energized and healthy while enjoying the holiday season: * Start your day off with […]
The Rise of Autoimmune Diseases: A Modern Epidemic?
Many people I see in my practice are surprised to learn that their symptoms may be due to a malfunction of their immune system. These kinds of conditions include digestive and bowel disorders, migraines, obesity, chronic fatigue, skin disorders, arthritis, as well as those that are generally labeled as autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid […]
Sugar is Toxic!
Well, my dad told me that back in the 60’s, and as a kid I hated the idea! In my training in preventive medicine, we’ve also known that was the case as the research pointing in that direction was accumulating. But now it’s reached the mainstream media with Dr. Sanjay Gupta doing a “60 Minutes” […]
Vitamins!
Do I need to take vitamins and other nutrients? Which ones do I need? What doses? How do I choose them? These and other questions are often asked by patients, and the answers are important to fundamental good health and longevity. It is confusing because there are so many different supplements and so many voices […]