Plant a garden and reap the health benefits of the fruits (and vegetables and herbs!) of your labor.

Keep your bones healthy and help prevent osteoporosis: exercise, up your calcium and vitamin D and if need be, get screened.

What you choose to eat today medically impacts your well being. Seriously, it does. How did I come to this as a physician, and a women’s health provider? Read on to find out!

The simple action of washing your hands helps, whether you actually have the flu or the common cold. Today. Washing your hands actually has a real impact in controlling the spread of these viruses. 

I recently spoke with Bonnie Taub-Dix to discuss some her accessible advice from her book, Read it Before You Eat It: Taking You From Label to Table. Food shopping will never be the same for you! 

Brushing your teeth can save your life. Truly. There is a connection between heart disease and poor dentition; and therefore, it is important to take care of your teeth and overall oral health!

In honor of February being American Heart Month, let’s modify our risk of heart disease! We can modify our food, exercise, stress management and tobacco exposure. In this post, I focus on food.

Good sleep habits are essential for our health! I used to think that the pillars of optimal health were threefold: nutrition, exercise and stress management.  Now I believe in a fourth.  Sleep. 

We don't have to be an expert to reap the benefits of plants and herbs at home. Learn here how to introduce them at home in a simple way.

Learn how to make a new healthy brussels sprouts recipe that your family will love!

Getting a good night’s sleep is the epitome of healthiness.  We worry about what we eat and our exercise habits.  We should also be worrying about our sleep habits.  

Grocery lists really do help with meal planning! There are so many fun and easy ways to meal plan.

Breast cancer treatment options can include a healthy eating lifestyle.

Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory.  Adding turmeric to your diet today can help your health…today.

Although we eat too much salt (sodium) for a healthy lifestyle in general, there are some benefits to cooking with salt.  It tastes good, for one!

Food is medicine; what we eat can turn on or turn off different genes in our body which affects our chances of getting a disease and treating diseases that we have.

I make challah as part of a healthy lifestyle.