It is February and in honor of Valentines Day, I want to discuss the idea of eating organ meats. As with all the current diet rages these days, organ meats are starting to enjoy their time in the spotlight. Organ meats are full of nutrients and are often more nutrient dense than muscle meat. Organ meats are often rich in the B vitamins, iron and zinc. While I am not a fan of organ meats, I supplement every other day... Read more

I had my yearly look over with my Doctor the other day. We would look at my bio markers recorded earlier in the year (Cholesterol, Sugar (A1C), blood pressure, liver and kidney functioning. My Doctor was pleased with my numbers and asked me the standard yearly check up questions. He reminded me that the big colonoscopy thing is looming in the future, in 2 years. Not sure how that got here so quickly, I am still 23 in my mind.... Read more

March! – I heard red wing black birds the other day on my bike ride. In the North East, the earliest signs of spring are the red wing black birds. Other signs are daffodil and crocus shoots. In April or May, we will begin to hear the spring peepers, a tree frog variety found here in the Eastern US and Canada. Spring is a time of renewal, re – growth, it is a time to re claim our health after... Read more

As we dive into the fourth week of February and America is gripped by a massive winter storm, I am noticing some of my clients and others around me are beginning to display symptoms of seasonal affective disorder or SAD. This week, I want to take a look at what this is and address some tactics you can use to address this troubling mental health phenomenon. Seasonal affective disorder is a mood disorder characterized by depression that generally occurs the... Read more

It is February and in honor of Valentines Day, I want to discuss the idea of eating organ meats. As with all the current diet rages these days, organ meats are starting to enjoy their time in the spotlight. Organ meats are full of nutrients and are often more nutrient dense than muscle meat. Organ meats are often rich in the B vitamins, iron and zinc. While I am not a fan of organ meats, I supplement every other day... Read more

1 Peter 3:8 – Be like minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.I met with Jesus the other day for coffee at our usual coffee shop.  It is getting around the time of Valentines day and I recently did a presentation on managing relationships during stressful times. I had a verse in mind that I wanted to discuss with Jesus, something his buddy Peter may have written about and I wanted to unpack it. We exchanged our usual pleasantries,... Read more

This week, I want to move away from elements of nutrition and look at some of the notions around diets.  I will be the first but not the only who will tell you that you should not follow a diet plan.  Instead, follow priniciples of white paper research eating protocols that have proven efficacy for different needs and avoid the claimed hype around certain plans.  Common right now is keto and vegan, two plans which I have followed, one of... Read more

 The Gotman explain the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in this short video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o30Ps-_8is&feature=emb_logoThe Gottman Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved January 24, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGottmanInstituteThese four elements of communication are pieces that need to be in place so that a couple or a parent unit can communicate in an effecient and effective manner with their spouse or child.Emotional intimacy is attuning to the other’s emotional state and changing one’s posture verbally, physically and emotionally to it.  It requires a relatively high degree of... Read more

This week, I want to look at the macronutrient carbohydrates. Again, like last week, carbs are not bad for you and are an essential part of the macro nutrient building platform for optimal health. The primary role of carbohydrates is to fuel organ activity, particulalry the brain. Most people don’t realize this, the brain is often a very overlooked organ. When we villianize carbohydrates or make a blanket statement that carbohydrates are bad, we truly demonstrate how little we undestand... Read more

I had coffee with Jesus the other day and we got to talking about what is currently going on in the world the other day. Our other friend Sid happened to stop by and joined the conversation. Sid is Buddhist and he and Jesus see things fairly eye to eye, though Sid feels that Jesus talks too much. After some small talk and pleasantries, we got down to the meat of the matter. “What the hell is going on” I... Read more