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Dwell into my world where I share my knowledge, experience and suggestions around bone and hu health, nutrition, recipes, digestion and much more.

 

Is Your Body Polluted with Plastics?

Is Your Body Polluted with Plastics?

I picked up Consumer Reports magazine this week and the headlines on the front cover reads:                                               "HOW TO EAT LESS PLASTIC" The article highlights that, on...

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Let’s Stay Healthy Together

Let’s Stay Healthy Together

When life is in chaos, your home is your safe haven. The stay at home orders have extended in most states way longer than most of us ever expected! Although some states are beginning to lift closure...

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Lessons Learned from Home

Lessons Learned from Home

When I started with my “Creating a Home Health Haven” blog back on March 23rd,  my goal was to provide support and encouragement to my community during a time of turmoil. We were hurled into a...

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Hello Sunshine

Hello Sunshine

Hard to believe that May is one week away! While being hunkered down in my home, I feel like April has passed right on by. Luckily May in the Mid-Atlantic states means the beginning of warm, sunny...

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I Made Sauerkraut!

I Made Sauerkraut!

This past month, despite seemingly having extra hours in the day, I have been very busy.  I am not complaining, being busy is good right now!  It keeps me fulfilled and makes it exciting to wake up...

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Strength Through Nature

Strength Through Nature

I took off today to celebrate Earth Day.  I drove to the mountains and hiked 8 miles with my beautiful daughter and loving, courageous dog.  I know not many people view Earth Day as a reason to take...

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Shelter No Stress

Shelter No Stress

Many of us have been sheltering in place now for over a month!  The disruptions to daily life have impacted each one of us in very different ways.  Some of us are worried about our health, while...

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Exercise Challenge

Exercise Challenge

I am challenging you today to get more exercise!  Doing squats is a great place to start!  This is an exercise that can range from something as simple as standing up and sitting down from a chair to...

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Friday Feast: DIY Grain Bowl

Friday Feast: DIY Grain Bowl

It is the end of the week and in my house, containers of leftovers are stacking up in the refrigerator.  None are enough for a complete meal, but when you are trying to limit your trips to the...

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Your Body of Water

Your Body of Water

Yesterday, I took the opportunity to clean up and organize my office a bit.  I ran across one of the very first books I read while starting out on my wellness journey back in the early '90's:  Your...

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Getting your Greens during Quarantine

Getting your Greens during Quarantine

Nutrient packed greens are a must for our health.  They benefit everything from our brains to our bones.  That includes supporting our immune system and our gut health, two areas top of mind these...

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Start a Garden without Leaving Home

Start a Garden without Leaving Home

I have something exciting to share with you today!  My friend and colleague, Debby Ward, is offering a FREE mini course on how to Start a Container Garden without Leaving Home.  Debby is offering...

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Hope isn’t Cancelled

Hope isn’t Cancelled

The weeks of being confined in my home have started to get to me!  Up until now, I haven’t felt like my life has been severely impacted.  Other than not being able to run out to my favorite store on...

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Sugar Weakens the System

Sugar Weakens the System

Yesterday, I recommended starting the day out with a well-balanced meal to keep you full, fueled and feeling good in your healthy home haven.  By avoiding refined carbohydrates and sugary foods, you...

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Avoiding the Quaren-ten (pounds)

Avoiding the Quaren-ten (pounds)

I have heard from many of you that you are concerned about maintaining a healthy weight during this time of confinement.  Emotional eating and being bored can lead to frequent exploration of the...

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Finding a New “Normal”

Finding a New “Normal”

This week, President Trump extended the isolation period through the end of April. However, it is going to take many months before we truly get back to “normal.” We are being thrusted into a new...

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Day 7: Round table discussion

Day 7: Round table discussion

Sometimes, it seems like we are collectively watching a bizarre sci-fi movie. At least that was the consensus among the experts that participated with me in a recent Coronavirus Roundtable. I joined...

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Home Health Haven – The Science

Home Health Haven – The Science

Ok…we all know that to stop the spread of the corona virus we need to be diligently washing our hands.  But do you know the science behind hand washing and why it is so important to wash for a full...

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Staying Socially Connected

Staying Socially Connected

Human beings are not meant to live in isolation. Although we vary in the degree to which we seek our social contact, humans are social creatures that need each other.  There is no shortage of...

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Essential Impact Exercises

Essential Impact Exercises

I received many wonderful responses yesterday as to what you are doing to stay healthy during this time of confinement.  I am encouraged to hear that many are trying to stay active.  One thing that...

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Creating your Home Health Haven

Creating your Home Health Haven

Wow, what a time we are living through. With the rapid spread of coronavirus throughout the US, it has become clear that self-quarantining in our homes is the best course of action for our own...

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Air Pollution and Your Bones

A new study out of India found an association between exposure to air pollution and bone loss. This doesn't surprise me! ANYTHING that causes oxidative stress and inflammation will lead to the break...

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How Do I Nurture My Bones?

How do I protect and nurture my bones? • Take care of my gut• Get my daily fill of bone building nutrients• Eliminate toxins where I can• Manage my stress• Exercise daily• Strive for 8 hours of...

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Wellness Empowered U

Wellness Empowered U

If you have been one of my followers or patients over the last few years, you know that I believe in taking a holistic approach to treating osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is not a disease merely due to...

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4 Tips to Restore Gut Health

4 Tips to Restore Gut Health

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to an amazing 2020! I don't know about you, but I am still suffering from too much holiday! Although my weeks were full of loving...

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Aging is a Gift

Aging is a Gift

When I say this many people look at me like I am crazy! They describe how they wake with aches and pains, need glasses to read a menu, experience forgetful moments. How is this a gift? It is because...

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Healthy Aging Summit

Healthy Aging Summit

I have been working really hard to bring you an awesome educational experience!  The Healthy Aging Summit! I sought after and interviewed over 40 experts in the field of healthy aging...and you now...

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Is Your Bone Health Plan Working?

Is Your Bone Health Plan Working?

How many of you out there are working hard and doing everything you can to keep your bones healthy? You’re eating a nutrient rich diet, exercising, controlling stress, getting enough sleep or even...

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Goodnight Bones

Welcome to September! I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing summer! I had the opportunity to hike many of our amazing National Parks, what a treasure they are! Hiking provides my bones and my...

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Vitamin K2 and You

Vitamin K2 and You

I was listening to a great webinar the other day hosted by Dr. Lani Simpson and featuring Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue, author of the book The Calcium Paradox. This is one of the first books...

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Vitamin A: How much is too much?

Vitamin A: How much is too much?

This past week I had a new patient seeking advice on what supplements she should be taking to support her bone health, along with the health of her eyes and her immune system, and aid in...

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Osteoporosis: East meets West

Osteoporosis: East meets West

As the world grows smaller and my patient population more wonderfully diverse, I’ve been stretched to learn more about the traditional practices of Eastern Medicine. Although I take a...

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Vitamin D: Beneficial or Bogus?

“Vitamin-D Deficiency Makes Bones Age Prematurely”  “Vitamin D won’t help you avoid bone fractures and taking too much is not safe”  “Calcium and vitamin D: the backbones of bone health” “Vitamin D...

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Round Up in Your Bones?

Round Up in Your Bones?

By now you have heard that the weed killer Roundup is showing up in dozens of popular breakfast cereals and snack bars.  According to independent testing commissioned by the...

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Get a Grip on your Bones

Get a Grip on your Bones

Upon rising with the sun barely peeking up over the horizon, I cautiously (because I don’t want to trip over my dog!) make my way to the bedroom door. I grip the doorknob, rotate it, and open the...

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Diabetes and Your Bones

Diabetes and Your Bones

 November is national diabetes awareness month.  Sadly, over 30 million people across the US are afflicted with diabetes.  Having high blood sugar can result in many serious health...

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Breast Cancer and Your Bones

Breast Cancer and Your Bones

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. It is estimated that 1 in 8 women develop breast cancer in their lifetime.  This year a projected 40,000 women...

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Chew your way to Healthier Bones

Chew your way to Healthier Bones

Drink your solids, chew your liquids is a common principle encouraged by many holistic and integrative practitioners.  But what does that mean and how is that possible?  Through chewing!  Slowing...

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Fermented Foods Fortify your Bones

Fermented Foods Fortify your Bones

In the following article, Liane Paulson, of Wow Wow LLC, describes how fermented foods can promote optimal gut health.  Learn how you can included fermented foods in your daily diet. “All disease...

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Forest Bathing for Better Bones

Forest Bathing for Better Bones

We are more than just physical beings reliant on food and water to survive.  Inside each of us there is a life force that we call the soul.  You can’t see, touch or test the soul, yet it is critical...

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How Strong is Your Backbone?

How Strong is Your Backbone?

You’ve all heard the quotes: “Small business is the backbone of the economy” Ellen Tauscher "Toughness is not being a bully, its’ having a backbone” Robert Kiyosake The backbone of success is …hard...

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Walk your way to Stronger Bones

Walk your way to Stronger Bones

Is walking good enough to build strong bones?  Studies have shown mixed results on the benefits of walking for increasing bone density. To keep bones healthy and strong, you need to continually...

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Fall for these Bone Building Foods

Fall for these Bone Building Foods

The chilly nights and shortened days are upon us!  As we change out our wardrobe and put an extra blanket on at night, we also begin to crave the hearty foods of fall.  Thank goodness so many of...

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Celebrating Women!

Celebrating Women!

  This month I am celebrating women and all we do to everyday, not only for ourselves but for everyone else!  If we want to keep up with the challenges of a busy lifestyle, we need to stay...

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Good Vibrations for Your Bones

Good Vibrations for Your Bones

Since the early 1960’s, space programs have been using vibration to help astronauts overcome the damaging effects that the weightless environment in space has on the skeletal system.  Among these...

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Would you like Coffee or Tea?

Would you like Coffee or Tea?

Would you like coffee or tea?  Green tea please. Who doesn’t like to start the day with their hands wrapped around a hot beverage breathing in the nurturing aroma? Tea and coffee are two of the most...

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What are You Going to Eat Today?

What are You Going to Eat Today?

What are you going to eat today? You probably woke this morning thinking about all the important things you have to do today.  Some of you will be thinking about decisions involving your work, and...

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3 Exercises for Perfect Posture

3 Exercises for Perfect Posture

As children we were always told to stand up tall, pull your shoulders back, don’t slouch… and for good reason!  Though you may have perceived it as your parents nagging you, proper posture keeps...

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Live Long and Strong

Live Long and Strong

My Grandmother's 100th Birthday! Celebrations with family and friends are such an important part of life, not only because they mark important religious and social rituals but also because they play...

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Bone Broth for Bone Health

Bone Broth for Bone Health

What could be more nutritious for your bones, than a broth made from BONES?  Why bones? Because they are rich in collagen and minerals!  Bones are made up of a flexible collagen matrix which is then...

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Essential Exercise for Hardy Bones

Essential Exercise for Hardy Bones

Exercise is without a doubt the most important thing you can do to build bone strength.  Although it is true that we naturally lose bone mass as we age, it has also been very well established that...

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Hello Sunshine!

Hello Sunshine!

Hello Sunshine!  I am enjoying hanging out in Florida this week celebrating a momentous birthday with my mother-in-law and soaking up the rays of the sun!  We all know that sunshine is one of the...

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Do You Get that Gut Feeling?

Do You Get that Gut Feeling?

Do you ever get that gut feeling? In this case not intuition, but the feeling of bloating, indigestion, reflux, stomach cramps, gas or have a history of constipation or diarrhea?  Not only do these...

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