Is it a Cold or Allergies? How to Tell the Difference
A runny nose, stuffed-up sinuses, sneezing…these are all common symptoms we may experience a few times a year. Chances are, if you’re suffering from these uncomfortable and inconvenient symptoms, you’ve spent some time cruising the drugstore aisles searching for relief. But how can you be confident you’re choosing the correct treatment if you’re not sure […]
7 Foods That Harm Your Liver, And 8 Foods That Heal It
The liver performs over 500 essential tasks in the body, such as filtering the blood coming from the digestive tract before passing it to the rest of the body, detoxifying chemicals, and metabolizing medications. The liver can contain up to 13 percent of the body’s blood supply, and it converts blood glucose into glycogen to […]
Do These 5 Things To Keep Fruits And Veggies Fresh Longer
Due to the widespread pandemic, Americans are being asked to stay home and avoid large crowds. That means spending less time at the grocery store and purchasing more fruits and veggies than you’d normally buy. The problem is, with fewer trips out shopping, you’ll need to make those fruits and veggies last longer. Here are some […]
Where the Standard American Diet (SAD) Falls Short (and what you can do)
For breakfast, it’s a bacon, egg, and cheese on an English muffin with a large coffee with extra cream and sugar. Lunch is a sub with ham and swiss, a bag of chips, and an energy drink. And dinner is usually a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda. Oh, and most days, every meal comes with […]
Eat The Oldest Cultivated Vegetable for Great Health
Cabbage is one of the oldest cultivated vegetables in existence, with records of its use going back to ancient Greek, Roman, and Celtic civilizations. Still considered a staple food in many households, it is no fluke that cabbage has withstood the test of time – it is oozing with nutrition that benefits every system of […]
Top 5 Health Benefits of Asparagus (and how to eat more of it)
Yes, it makes your pee smell weird. But this is a small price to pay for all the fantastic benefits of this nutritious veggie. It’s time to enhance your enjoyment of asparagus by exploring new and exciting ways to cook and prepare these green stalks. Here are our favorite health benefits of asparagus and how […]
5 Best Plant-Based Breakfast Recipes You Will Love
One of my all-time favorite quotes about health and nutrition comes from Michael Pollan in his book In Defense of Food, where he says, “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” Seven words that say so much. The “eat food” part refers to the practice of eating real, whole, minimally processed foods. The “not too […]
Ready to Try a Plant Based Diet? Here are Some Benefits
One definition of the word “medicine” is a substance or preparation that is used in the treatment of disease. And by that definition, most people think of the pills inside of those little orange bottles that you pick up at the pharmacy. And it’s true. Medications (drugs) can indeed be medicine. But they are certainly […]
The Scary Truth About Not Eating Enough Fruits and Veggies
Here at UpWellness, we’re more interested in providing practical and sustainable advice than jumping on the bandwagon of the latest trends. In nearly 20 years of clinical practice, I’ve seen every conceivable version of that bandwagon go in and out of style, often while the most crucial health advice remains as true as it ever […]
8 Warm Weather Smoothies for all day Energy
I’m sitting on my back deck, working outside for the first time all year so this post couldn’t be more timely. Memorial day is right around the corner but today is the first day with temps over 75º here in CT this spring. Ahhhh….finally! When you learn to pay attention to the signals from your […]
