October 2012
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The Ultimate Guide to Nutrition
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So, What's A Headache Anyway?
Headaches, most of us have experienced them from time to time, however the headache is a phenomenon that is misunderstood by most people. A headache is not a normal event. There are no “normal headaches”, or regular headaches. Simply put, a headache is a sign or symptom that “something” is not working as it should. Several years ago anatomists discovered that muscles in...
July 2012
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13 Hot Weather Workout Tips
You waited all year for summer to arrive, dreaming of all the activities you could do if only the weather was nice. But now that warm weather has arrived, the extreme heat and humidity can make it difficult to spend any time outdoors—let alone exercise. While exercising in the heat is generally safe for most people, taking a few extra precautions will help you stay cool and prevent problems...
Covington Family Wellness: Now THAT'S Crazy! Do... →
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Craziness: 69 doses of 16 vaccines by age 18
According to government recommendations, starting the day of their birth until they reach age 18, American children are supposed to have 69 doses of 16 different vaccines. If they don’t, they can be barred from school, thrown out of insurance…
June 2012
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Take A Chill Pill - Naturally
Whether it’s a rocky relationship, pressure at work or any other stressor that’s got you on edge, Mother Nature offers all sorts of cures to help you unwind. From a piece of chocolate, which can decrease stress hormones, to the scent of lavender, which can soothe your sleep-deprived body, here are 10 organic remedies for relaxation.
Lavender Does your fast-paced job leave...
May 2012
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What you didn't know about sunscreen
As the summer sun warms and waxes, protecting your skin from sunburn and UV damage should be a hot priority. While slathering your skin with the nearest SPF may seem like a keen idea, many sunscreens are loaded with some seriously questionable ingredients that can induce adverse effects on your skin and body, such as allergic reactions, hormone disruption, and premature aging. Of course, not all...
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Outsmart Stress Traps
Tempted to dig into a bag of chips?
Try this instead… Grab a handful of almonds. The omega-3s in nuts may help keep stress hormones such as cortisol in check, says Bernadette Latson, R.D., a nutritionist in Dallas. Other key angst-nulling noshes: oatmeal (it boosts the calming brain chemical serotonin) and oranges (the vitamin C counters stress hormones).
Tempted to swig an energy drink?
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Wellness and Fitness: Lumbar Pain Therapy Or... →
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Just about the most common soreness situation felt by people is back pain. Consequently, those people who are struggling with lower back pain continue to look for the top back pain treatment. Whenever a particular person encounters lower back pain, the actual motion is restricted and daily…
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Cholesterol Is Made By All Your Cells
Why would all your cells make this terrible, unhealthy, disease-causing chemical? Because cholesterol is not a terrible, unhealthy, disease-causing chemical - it is essential for life and health and without it you would die. Cholesterol acts as an anti-inflammatory and helps your muscles, heart, organs and nerves to function properly.
That is why statin drugs that artificially lower your...
April 2012
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Stress Busting Foods
Beat Stress: Emotional Eating Isn’t Always Bad
Eat healthy foods when you’re stressed out. These nine foods will help keep you calm
Photography By Plamen Petkov
Forget everything you’ve heard about stress-eating being a bad thing. If you put the right foods in your pie hole (i.e., not pie), noshing when your nerves are jangling can actually calm you down. And that’s...
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It's that time of year again...Allergy Season
CRUSH THE CULPRITS
Strapping on a gas mask and inflating the sterilized bubble that will soon be your new abode? Stop, put down the bicycle pump, and take these easy steps first
For nearly 36 million Americans, spring comes with a major buzzkill: allergies. And natural allergies are only getting more severe. Allergies to pollen, ragweed, and other common airborne triggers have doubled in the...
March 2012
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Strengthen Your Muscles In Your Sleep
Sipping some milk before turning in for the night may do more than ensure a good night’s sleep.According to new research from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, consuming protein right before you go to bed may help your body better recover from a workout.
For the experiment, 16 participants followed a standardized diet for a full day. At 8:00pm, they completed a...
February 2012
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Wellness and Fitness: Causes Of Back Pain As Well... →
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Back pain soreness is most likely one of the most common health conditions which are skilled through lots of people. Nevertheless, a lot of the back again discomfort issues tend to be resolved inside a couple weeks. However it is also probably the most hard health problems experienced via…
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Your Age by Age Plan for Keeping Your Ticker...
The latest findings on heart disease are nothing unexpected: It’s the number one killer of American men, claiming a life about every 30 seconds. Most young, fit guys shuffle statistics like these into a mental file titled, “Doesn’t apply to me.” But no matter how old (or young) you are, the only way to stay on top of your game is to know your risk factors and take the...
15 Ways to Stay Heart Healthy This Winter
1. Serve a classic artichoke appetizer at an upcoming gathering. A German study links eating artichokes with lower levels of cholesterol.
2. Turn on mellow music. Studies show that listening for 30 minutes increases brain wave activity and lowers blood pressure.
3. Skip your morning coffee if you need to shovel snow. Experts say the brew can put extra stress on your heart during strenuous...
January 2012
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Boost Energy, Strengthen Immune System and More!
You love it when the mercury dips low enough for you to break out your knee-high boots and sexy tights. But there’s nothing fun about chapped lips, lingering fatigue, and other cold-weather bummers.
Cut them all off at the pass by filling your shopping cart withfoods that will fight for your right to look and feel amazing. Researchers agree that these edibles have healing powersthat can...
Yoga Moves For A Pick-Me-Up
Put down the coffee and forget the power nap. These poses will get you more energy.
Studies show that some yoga posesreduce fatigue and adjust the hormone cortisol—too little of which can zap your energy. “This sequence engages your core and energizes your system from the inside out,” says Women’s Health yoga expert Tara Stiles. The poses also require balance, which sharpens...
Cut Your Diabetes Risk
Hit the Weights
Upping your lean muscle mass could lower your insulin resistance and drop your odds of developing prediabetes, according to a new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers found that for every 10 percent increase in muscle mass, people’s prediabetes risk fell by 12 percent. Build three days of resistance training into your weekly fitness...
Learn How To Germ Proof Your Office
Cut down on the germs in your office this flu season with these antibacterial tips to keep your office clean and germ-free
You swear by the office bathroom drill: Wash hands, dry hands, use paper towel to open door, maneuver elbow and leg to move door, and return — skin untouched by germ threats — to your desk. Where, on average, about 21,000 germs per square inch await you — or 400 times more...
Watch‘Willpower’ Is the Key To Keeping New Years Resolution. This is a great video shared with us by one of our physical therapists. We want to wish all of you a Happy New Year and hope we all can find the willpower within ourselves to keep our New Years resolutions this year!
December 2011
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Happiness: The Upside of Stress
Anxious about last-minute holiday preparations? Worried about all that one-on-one time with the fam? Stress away.
A study published this month in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science found that, despite how it seems, stress isn’t all bad. In fact, researchers found that those who dealt with moderate lifetime adversity maintained a more stable sense of well-being than those...
11 Holiday Health Tips
Follow this advice to enjoy a little holiday indulgence without sacrificing your health goals
Indulging Without Overindulging 1. Relax. You won’t gain 10 pounds. It’s a misconception that you’ll need to go up a pant size in January. The average person gains only about a pound during the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. That’s no excuse to eat with abandon, though. (After all, gaining...
Your Body On: Overeating at a Holiday Feast
Who hasn’t stuffed themselves silly at Thanksgiving dinner? Overeating is tradition, after all—a 3,000-plus-calorie one! Here’s how your system deals with the overload.
In the first minute
Your taste buds are atwitter and send pleasure signals to the brain. The message: More, please! As you chew, enzymes in your saliva break down the sugars and starches in the stuffing...
31 Ways to Boost Your Mood—and Health This Month
1. Join a running club In a new study, mice that “worked out” en masse lost 50 percent more abdominal fat than their solitary peers. According to lead researcher Matthew during, Ph.D., a professor of neuro- science at Ohio State university Medical Center, this evidence suggests that being more social can help people shape up faster.
2. Give in to pressure An easy way to work the kinks out of...
November 2011
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Boost Your Immunity With Food
Prevent sickness by stocking up on these items the next time you’re at the grocery store
Nobody plans to get sick. On the contrary, your efforts to avoid it sometimes seem borderline OCD: Don’t sneeze into your hands, always cook your chicken to exactly 170 degrees, and hose down every germ-carrying preschooler in sight with soap and water. And yet, no matter how many times you...
The Best Lunch Foods For More Energy
Check out these high energy lunch food recipes to give you a boost of energy midday
Lunch A light, low-fat meal improves midday energy and alertness. This lunch is rich in iron, the number one nutrient women don’t get enough of. Even a mild iron deficiency can translate into muddied thinking, disrupted sleep, and an urge to nap under your desk around 3 p.m.
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Stress Less This Holiday Season
Stress Less Every Day
Having a tense week? Month? Life? Use one (or more) of these instant relaxers to give your overwhelmed mind and body the break they so desperately need.
Get Your Groove On
Music not only soothes the savage beast, it mollifies the slightly frazzled one as well. The Journal of Music Therapy reports that people who delivered impromptu speeches while listening to relaxing...
Natural Fixes For Low Energy
Next time you’re dragging, take advantage of the full power of your senses to kick your body and mind into high gear.
Sound
Listening to music for about an hour a day can help reduce fatigue, according to a recent study. Music may also play a key role in cell growth and repair, keeping your insides spry, says biochemist Miguel-Angel Mayoral-Chavez, M.D., Ph.D. Just make sure the beats...
October 2011
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Treat Yourself to Halloween Candy
Best Nutty Candy Bar
Eat This! 100 Grand 190 calories
8 g fat (5 g saturated)
22 g sugars This is the safest candy bar we’ve come across. Make it your first choice.
Not That! Snickers 280 calories
14 g fat (5 g saturated)
28 g sugars The only thing Snickers satisfies are the requisites for a sugar crash.
Best Crunchy Candy Bar
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It's Food Day, Let's Eat Real!
It’s time to eat real, America! After a 34-year hiatus, Food Day is back! Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable way. Why is eating real important? Far too many Americans rely on a diet of highly-processed unnatural foods. These habits are...
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Alternative Cold and Flu Remedies
We have seven home remedies for colds and flu, so you can get back on your feet drug-free.
With the average adult coming down with between one and six colds a year, if there’s one thing the common cold is, it’s, well, common. Add in the possibility of contracting the flu—up to 20 percent of adults do each year—and the probability is high that you’ll find yourself under the...
12 Simple Ways to Ward Off Cancer
Sleep More
People who logged fewer than six hours a night were 50 percent more likely to develop colon cancer than those who got more than seven, a study in Cancer reports. “Sleep helps cells repair themselves,” says Marisa C. Weiss, M.D., president and founder of BreastCancer.org.
Run on Side Streets
The highest concentration of air pollutants is found near busy intersections and...
September 2011
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Take a Nap: Your Body On...A Nap
Nothing Can Boost Energy and Brainpower Better Than a Mid-Day Snooze. Behold, the Health Benefits of a Nap.
As you nod off… Drowsiness is brought on by a sleep-promoting chemical called adenosine, which builds up in your body throughout the day. If you skip shut-eye at night, a high level of adenosine can leave you feeling desperate for a nap. Your brain pumps out GABA, a...
Prevent Fall Allergies Before They Start
Follow these five ways to prep for the sneezy, itchy season.
Fall means apple cider, back to school, the fresh smell of fallen leaves—and the return of allergy season. Approximately 10 to 20 percent of the public is allergic to ragweed, the most common culprit in fall seasonal allergies, and thanks to global warming, studies are finding that ragweed season is lasting as much as 15 days longer in...
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10 Reasons to Move
Exercise makes you sharper, happier, and healthier. Get ready to transform your life.
Have you ever vowed to ring in a new year by starting to exercise—only to end up too busy, tired, or achy? The right motivation can make you 70% more likely to keep it up for the long haul, reports the American College of Sports Medicine. But focusing only on weight loss can cut your odds of success by...
How Do We Live Without Anger?
When the 10-year anniversary of something as big and as horrible as 9/11 occurs, you can’t help but re-feel what you felt ten years ago. Especially if you knew someone.
The anger. The sadness. The fear. The pure disbelief. And then the feeling…how do we get them back?
How do we get them back for taking the lives of those in the buildings…and the first responders…and the passengers? How do we get...
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Welcome to our new blog!
Welcome to our new blog! We will be posting health articles, tips, stories, and advice for to help you live a naturally healthy lifestyle. If you have any questions for our doctors or comments please feel free to contact us. If you are interested in becoming a new patient or coming in for a consultation with one of our doctors just call 800-533-2627 and we will set you up with an...
