Live Life Well has partnered with the Freehold Mayor’s Wellness Committee and Honey Brook Organic Farm to bring community-supported agriculture to our area. To help residents with ideas of how to prepare their fresh produce, our certified health coaches at Live Life Well share their favorite recipes with accompanying cooking videos and printable recipe cards below.
Several health disparities exist between African Americans and white Americans. Doctors are seeing diseases that you’d expect to see in older patients—heart disease, diabetes, stroke—in relatively young African Americans. While genetics may play a role in certain instances, socioeconomic factors have a significant impact on how African Americans are [...]
The small-but-mighty endocrine system is quite the powerhouse, packed with the glands responsible for producing hormones that regulate important functions of your body, including sleep, metabolism, and growth. These hormones affect every single part of your body. It’s vital to have a functional endocrine system, as hormone overproduction or [...]
Ken Savoia, 59, was no stranger to heart issues. The avid runner had seen his cardiologist, Ted Gutowski, MD, regularly for the last 15 years to ensure that minor cardiac troubles didn’t develop into more concerning conditions. Then three years ago, Dr. Gutowski diagnosed Ken with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy [...]
There are a lot of things we can live without, but sleep isn’t one of them. Many of us don’t get the sleep we need in normal times, let alone during a worldwide pandemic. In fact, fear of catching COVID-19 and grappling with everything that's changed because of it [...]
Andrew Ferrara was a three-sport high school athlete when he suffered a football injury that permanently sidelined his athletic career. He herniated two discs in his back as a teen. At the time, the surgery to repair it was risky. So instead, he wore a brace to stabilize his [...]
When Bob Hoenig retired from his demanding job in news radio seven years ago, he looked forward to his new, stress-free lifestyle. Then, a cardiac issue—combined with decades of chronic high blood pressure—threw his life into a tailspin. Bob, 72, had coronary bypass surgery in 2020 to open a [...]
More than 84% of adults with prediabetes don’t know they have it. You may be asking yourself… do I have prediabetes? Prediabetes is when your blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as diabetes. Factors like being overweight or physically inactive put [...]
We all do it. We slouch our way through the day—over our desk, lunch, phone. By day’s end, you’ve got an achy back or neck and you’ll try anything to feel better—even purchasing a posture corrector, a brace-like device that claims to help stop the slouch. But do they [...]
When’s the last time you had a craving for bran cereal? Probably never. But if you want to lose weight and improve your health, increasing your fiber intake can help. “High fiber meals make you feel fuller faster,” says Caryn Alter, a registered dietitian at the Star and Barry [...]
