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Why Good Nutrition Starts with Cooking at Home
How many of us yearn for the ‘good old days’ when life was simpler? We think of the days of our grandparents and great-grandparents when the family would gather around the dinner table every evening for a great home-cooked meal and some pleasant conversation. We... [read more]
Perhaps Fat Is Not a Nutritional Enemy after All
It wasn’t too long ago that science was telling us to avoid fat like the plague. If you are older than 40, you might even remember the food pyramid from your elementary school days, a pyramid that made it clear that fat was a no-no.... [read more]
Nutrition and Immune Health: Lessons from Zika
News headlines of late have been dominated by the Zika virus making its way through Central and South America. Never one to waste a good crisis, the news media is whipping up Zika hysteria by constantly reporting on worst-case scenarios and potential ‘what-ifs,’ as though... [read more]
Naturopathic Medicine: Where Health and Lifestyle Converge
We naturopathic doctors often get asked to define the difference between naturopathy and what is commonly termed as ‘traditional medicine.’ The question is an interesting one, given that what we call traditional medicine is more modern and less traditional than the kinds of treatments naturopathic... [read more]
Insurance Companies Still at Odds with Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic medicine could be as old as Hippocrates himself, if you believe he originally came up with the idea of the body naturally healing itself. Officially, however, naturopathic medicine was not identified as an organized means of medical treatment until the late 19th century. That... [read more]
Hormonal Balance Is Critical to Quality of Life
Every autumn, the end of Daylight Saving Time is bad news for the 10 million people Psychology Today says suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). With shorter days and longer nights comes feelings of depression, sadness, and unexplainable fatigue. Those who find the condition debilitating... [read more]
3 Reasons Naturopathy Is Good for Emotional and Mental Health
Imagine being diagnosed with a mental or emotional health issue only to be put on prescription medications for the rest of your life. Those medications may or may not offer you the hope you’ve been looking for, and they may only serve to manage your... [read more]
3 Reasons Healthy Eating Is Better Than Dieting
Let’s face it; nearly every American adult who has ever put on a few extra pounds has tried to diet at least once. Indeed, an entire industry has sprung up around dieting, giving birth to companies that do everything from prepackaging food to creating customized... [read more]
Study: Physical Exercise Might Be Good for the Brain
There is little argument that regular, moderate exercise is good for the body. Exercise strengthens the heart, keeps the muscles loose, helps control weight and blood pressure, and so on. But a new study out of Boston University suggests that regular exercise might also be... [read more]
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet – PODCAST
I cannot stress enough how important it is to improve your diet. I feel like running to the nearest hilltop and screaming out at the top of my lungs but I know that only some will hear me and I also know that some then... [read more]
BOOKS
The Freedom Diet
The Freedom Diet is a 60-day plan including dietary and lifestyle changes along with supportive supplement suggestions. The plan was originally designed for making significant shifts in blood sugar levels for diabetics. By using it on thousands of patients, Dr. Jessica Black discovered its benefits... [read more]
More Anti-Inflammation Diet Tips and Recipes (Spiral)
After the success of her first book, Dr. Black follows up with even more information, recipes, and tips to minimize or prevent inflammation by changing your diet. As stress and emotional issues are connected to inflammation, she encourages people to adopt an Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle (AIL) that includes exercise and lifestyle suggestions. Order your SIGNED copy today!
The Anti-Inflammation Diet and Recipe Book (Spiral)
The connection between inflammation and heart disease, arthritis, and other chronic ailments has become increasingly clear to doctors around the country and even the world. Based on her naturopathic practice, Jessica Black has devised a complete program for how to eat and cook to minimize and even prevent inflammation and its consequences. Order your SIGNED copy today!
RECENT RECIPES
Banana Arugula Breakfast Smoothie
This is a very easy and very quick breakfast to make before you dash out the door. You can experiment by adding your favorite seeds to this recipe as well for added protein. You can switch out the kinds of greens you use and the... [read more]
Fresh Sliced Golden Beets with Lemon
I have met many people who have never eaten fresh sliced golden beets. You may not have thought about eating beets raw but think again! These sliced beets make a healthy, simple, easy-to-prepare, and delicious snack. Bring these beets with you on the go.
Mexican Quinoa Dinner
Improving your vegetable and healthy protein intake can improve how you feel. Mexican Quinoa dinner is a simple and easy dish to put together. For this recipe, keeping some of the vegetable ingredients out and consuming them raw helps increase the nutrient content of your... [read more]
