5 Collagen Drinks to Protect Your Skin This Summer
While you might be looking forward to enjoying some sunshine this summer, keep this in mind…if you are over 40, your body’s collagen production has likely already slowed by 30 percent. Unfortunately, reduced collagen levels can leave us more susceptible to sunburn. The inflammation caused by sunburn signals the body to release metalloproteinases – enzymes […]
7 Healthy Summer Habits to Cultivate
“One of these mornings, you’re gonna rise up singing. You’ll spread your wings, and you’ll take to the sky.” You know the chorus: Summertime- and the living is easy. It’s one of my all-time favorite lyrics, and a statement that for many of us is absolutely true. The sunshine, warmer temperature, and longer days can […]
Top Summer Health Hazards and How to Stay Safe
Summertime…and the livin’ is easy. It’s true, but there’s a catch. With the warmer weather comes a variety of different health and medical issues that we don’t even need to consider at other times during the year. My team at UpWellness put together a primer on the top summertime health hazards and what you can […]
7 Ways to Make Water More Fun
“It’s sooo boring. It doesn’t taste like anything. I’d rather drink something fizzy.” Those are three of the most common complaints that I hear when I boldly suggest that my patients try drinking more water. When I hear these responses, my first reaction is to remind them that we should all feel blessed that we […]
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 […]
Debunked: Swimming After You Eat
Friends, I’m here to say that this may be the most impactful article I have ever written. What you are about to read has the potential to alter the course of summer history from this day forward. I’m talking about swimming after you eat. Most of us have probably heard, on more than one sunny […]
