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Healthy Colorado – Navigating the Maze of the Healthy Diet

We all know that eating healthy is an important step on the journey to aging gracefully. There is no lack of information. There are thousands of cookbooks and opinions on how to do this and frankly it can be overwhelming. Sometimes you need an expert to help you weed out the lies from the truth so you can safely navigate through the information. Christine Straley, nutritionist at Advanced Integrative Medicine (www.advancedintegrativemedicine.com) in Lone Tree, CO does a great job of putting it all together. My patients tell me they leave her office feeling empowered and confident about their dietary plan to age well. Implementing dietary change is challenging, and sometimes a product that does several things can be helpful for simplicity…. Read More →

Healthy Colorado – Combat Adrenal Fatigue at the Life Vessel of the Rockies

Adrenal Fatigue is a topic of much conversation lately with my patients, and chances are you have heard of it too. Adrenal Fatigue has been coined the disease of the 21st century. We are all ‘wired and tired’ with the stress of work, family, and balancing it all. The adrenal glands are in charge of secreting cortisol, our stress hormone. When we are stressed or under pressure, the adrenals secrete cortisol, which essentially floors our body’s gas pedal and gives us the energy we need for that situation. But bodies, like cars, can’t continually go for 75 mph without slowing down and having time to recharge once in awhile. But with our continually hectic schedules that is what we are… Read More →

Healthy Colorado – Parker Perfection

After a long week, with all the fantastic things CO has to offer, what do you do to unwind? After a full week with demands to meet, it is far too easy to take yourself way too seriously. The weather was perfect in Parker today; sunny, crisp with a light breeze. The vibrant blue sky seemed particularly inviting as my daughter pulled me to our neighborhood park. After I let myself relax a bit, I had an enjoyable date at the park for an hour and loved watching her run, slide, laugh and swing. It reminded me how healthy it is to get outside and play. Letting off steam is freeing for the soul. What have you done this week… Read More →

Hold the Toxins!

Let’s talk about beauty; no not about dress size and what our culture defines as the current standard of glamour, but a radiant, inward, healthy glow. How does one achieve this? Outer beauty is an inward reflection of health and the culmination of many thousands of small choices to take care of our body or not. When we feel great on the inside it reflects on our skin. Luminous, radiant skin in many respects is a choice. Daily we choose what we eat, how much we allow ourselves to rest, if we will wear sunscreen…the list is endless. It all shows up on our skin eventually. Yes, lotions and potions can help, but daily choices also affect our skin tremendously…. Read More →