By Caryn Alter, MS, RD Dieting and healthy eating is surrounded by myths and tricks. Here are 10 myths about losing weight and eating healthy and the truths behind them. You should never eat a potato. FALSE! Potatoes are not fattening. It’s the butter and sour cream that you add [...]
By Terri Brown, RN, BSN, MEd What if 2018 was the year that you actually stuck to your new year’s resolutions? ‘Tis the season to make health and wellness goals for the next year. While most of us have no trouble making goals, keeping them can be [...]
Breathe in. Breathe out. We don’t think too much about the breathing process, but your breath can tell you a lot about your body. A simple breathing test called a metabolic rate analysis can provide a wealth of information about how efficiently your body converts what you eat into [...]
By Caryn Alter, MS, RD Many of the top 10 most commonly broken New Year’s Resolutions, according to a survey by Time.com, involve lifestyle changes: #1 – Lose weight and get fit #2 – Quit smoking #4 – Eat healthier and diet #8 – Be less stressed #10 – [...]
By Robert Pedowitz, DO In today’s fast-paced and inter-connected world, stress has become virtually inescapable. Yet, while it’s become a fact of life, stress doesn’t have to be a way of life if you practice some relatively simple steps. Let’s face it, everyone has days when we feel [...]
By Divya Menon, MD Aerobic exercise is one of the most influential tools to help offset heart disease as well as a plethora of other chronic diseases. But for some seniors or people with limited mobility, this can be a challenge. A new study has found that practicing yoga [...]
By Caryn Alter, MS, RD Let’s face it—we are all busy and most of us don’t have time to carefully evaluate the packaging of everything we eat. Every few years, there are new health food trends that everyone jumps on, but some of these trends can seriously derail [...]
By Marc Feingold, MD The New Jersey Department of Health reported last year that more than seven percent of the people in our state have been diagnosed with diabetes. And another 190,000 people have diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed. Three categories of New Jerseyans are at highest [...]
By Anthony Dissen, MA, RDN We are in the throes of the holiday season and while it’s a happy and festive time, it can also be overwhelming—too much to do, far too little time. As an integrative health professional, I encourage my students to revel in the [...]
