Ergonomics at Home
Since so many of us are working from home, it’s important that we are working in spaces that are the right height/elevation for our height and arm measurements so you are minimizing the strain on your body. So who are the experts that decide how high your desk should...
Stress Management in COVID19 World
Maybe one of the best gifts that 2020 brings is the chance to slow down and reconnect with yourself to feel more in control of your life choices. Suddenly we are not in automatic drive mode, but in mindful acknowledgement that things are different… perhaps...
Fenugreek- a Super Spice
Fitness enthusiasts are talking about fenugreek after a June, 2020 study found that fenugreek increased strength, lean muscle mass, endurance, body composition, functional threshold power, and sex hormones in 8-weeks. As an East-Indian I can tell you fenugreek is not...
My Break-up is Official
-with sugar! In the United States, 88 million adults—more than 1 in 3—have prediabetes, but more than 84% don’t know they have it (CDC). Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the US, and it’s also the #1 cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and...
Armpit Shaving Dangers
Based on www.nutritionfacts.org blog I am not proposing that women stop shaving their armpits. I am throwing the spotlight on armpit shaving AND then using toiletries – like antiperspirants – which have chemicals in them which is directly absorbed into the...
Mindfulness for Children
Since March, 2020 we’ve all been adjusting to our new normal. Our children are learning about our new normal – asking questions and searching for answers on why their lives are changing. It’s a challenge to explain the loss of the elementary school face-to-face,...
Probiotics & Immunity
We have over 100 trillion bacteria in our gut microbiome. Our microbiome impacts a majority of our immune system. I’ve written previously about eating for our gut bacteria (Balancing Trillions of Friends), but it is vitally important to also promote diversity in our...
Smoking Cessation
What we know for sure is that smoking seems to increases risk of flu. Data shows a higher mortality among smokers in the 2012 MERS-CoV. Some preliminary studies on COVID19 and smokers found unfavorable outcomes. This data was done so early with COVID19, that it may...
Green Tea Extract (EGCG) & Immunity
Green tea contains an anti-viral and anti-inflammatory compound called EGCG (epigallocatechin). Some of the benefits of EGCG that we know about include: Direct or Indirect Inhibition of viral entry: (hepatitis B & C, Zika, HSV, HPV, Epstein-Barr, Dengue, West...
Quercetin & Immunity
Dietary flavonoids are a large family of plant compounds sharing a structure, and there are 6 major subfamilies (anthocyanidins, flavan-3-ols, flavanones, flavones, flavonols, and isoflavones). Quercetin is a flavonoid from the Flavanol subfamily. Some of the...
