If you are like millions of people in America, you might suffer from symptoms of acid reflux.  Burning in your chest after eating, belching, bloating and lots of gas.  Many people suffer from these types of symptoms, and quickly reach for over the counter remedies like Tums or proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium.  But what most people are often surprised to hear is that these over the counter meds can actually be doing their bodies more harm than good. Read More

The circumstances of the collective in this moment, with a raging pandemic that doesn’t feel like it’s ever going to cease, and heightened anxiety around the election in the U.S., are anything but conducive to optimal health.  These circumstances for many are stressful, anxiety inducing, chaotic and uncomfortable.  So, as you can imagine, all of this is also wreaking havoc on our health - physically, emotionally, mentally, biochemically -- basically, in all ways possible.  What we must remember is that we WILL get through it, eventually. Read More

One of the largest challenges we all face: time - or more specifically, not seeming to have enough of it to do all the things that we have to do on a daily basis.  So, when I talk to people about prioritizing their health, one of the first obstacles I often hear is just this - "I don't have time to do all that - how am I supposed to fit in exercising, cooking healthy meals, meditating, etc with my full time job and all my responsibilities?"   Read More

I had the chance to speak to a group of women about gut health recently, and realized that I've never written a blog post about the almighty gut....so I wanted to take a few quick minutes to talk about this oh-so-important part of your body (that really is a hub for both wellness and illness throughout the entire body).   Many people don't know that it's such a huge hub for health, and therefore don't understand how important it is to care about what's going on there for the health of the entire body.  The truth is, the gut is often the place where most imbalance and dysregulation begins (or can NOT begin!) Read More

Food sensitivities can be a real nuisance.  For one, you may not really even know that you are sensitive to a food that you have been eating on a regular basis.  That's because many people have digestive symptoms like bloating, gas, heart burn, constipation or diarrhea regularly, and don't realize that these are not the norm.  You don't have to have these gastrointestinal symptoms on a regular basis! Read More

In today's modern everyday society, we focus on personal hygiene and beauty - at least most people do.  And although this is not a bad thing (no thank you to stinky B.O. on the subway), we also need to be aware of the many toxins that are lurking in most everyday personal products.  It's a fact that most of us are exposed to dozens of chemicals before we even leave our homes in the morning, simply by our morning routines.  Read More

Ahh, it's that part of winter when most of us are just over it - am I right?  Tired of the cold, as well as tired of the tease we've had these last few weeks in the Northeast where it's freezing cold one day and then 50 degrees the next.  Am I supposed to wear a sweater or not?  Come On People! I don't know!  Read More

You've heard it before - stress kills.  The more I dive into my studies in functional medicine, the more I  see how and why this is true.  And why does this even matter?  It's because our modern society is dealing with an epidemic of people constantly living in a stressed state.  We have this mentality of "busy=good" and "I'm stressed so therefore I must be working really hard which must mean that I'm super successful and crushing it in life."  Can you relate?  Well the problem is that by putting stress and busy-ness on a pedestal, we are actually doing ourselves a major disservice.  We are making ourselves sicker and less productive rather than dealing with the issues directly. Read More

This time of year always starts off with the best of intentions.  This year, I have decided to focus on new priorities rather than making "resolutions".  After all, resolution implies that there is a problem to be fixed.  Instead of having the mindset that something is broken, I am choosing to focus on the present and the road ahead with what I want to accomplish and achieve from where I stand today! The past is not broken, instead, I am grateful for everything it has taught be to bring me to this exact point in my life.  Now, the real question is, where do we go from here? Read More