Heart Shaped Stone

New Heart Connections

For decades heart health advice centered around eating a healthy diet and including regular exercise in your weekly routine. Eating right and exercising is still important when it comes to taking care of your heart. Emerging research, however, tells us a much bigger picture, as we have come to realize that everything is connected. 

Our heart is deeply connected to the nervous system, gut microbiome, our muscular strength, our sleep and emotional well-being. New findings show that mental stress can influence inflammation, our gut bacteria affects cardiovascular risk, our muscles protect our blood vessels, and our heart repairs during sleep. So what can we do?

Tea Time

If you don’t consume tea, it might be worth trying it out. Tea can be good for you physically, mentally and emotionally too. You can easily find various teas in your local grocery store, either packaged with individual tea bags for a convenient single serving option or you can buy loose leaf tea which allows…

Neck Joint Pain

Manage Your Joint Pain

Joint pain affects over 350 million people worldwide that includes osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. The symptoms range from mild to severe and can become debilitating over time if not treated or managed carefully. Here are some things you can do to help minimize or manage the pain associated with your joints. Physical activity-…

Healing Your Gut

Do you have gut issues? We were fortunate to sit down with Dr. Ken Brown, Functional Gastroenterologist, from Plano, Texas. As a functional doctor, he focuses on preventing disease as opposed to treating disease. He’s dedicated over 20 years of his practice to specializing in inflammatory bowl disease and irritable bowl syndrome. He also developed…

Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to come together with loved ones and celebrate. We often indulge and consume more than we’re accustomed to eating on a daily basis. It can be an opportunity to make healthier choices both physically and mentally while still ejoying this special holiday. Here are some tips for a healthier Thanksgiving: Before…

Is Intermittent Fasting For You?

Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Some say to skip breakfast and hold out until you’re really hungry, as intermittent fasting (cycling between periods of eating and fasting) has shown to have many health benefits. Traditional diets often focus on what you eat, where intermittent fasting is primarily concerned with…

Take Care of Your Lungs

It’s National COPD Month, which means bringing awareness to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. COPD is often caused by long-term exposure to lung irritants, like smoking or pollutants. Conditions includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. We encourage prevention, which includes refraining from smoking and protecting yourself against…