As a naturopathic doctor and expert in women's health and hormones, a topic that a lot of my patients are affected by is Premenstrual Syndrome, or PMS. Instead of just enduring the monthly discomfort, I want to share my top supplement recommendations for natural PMS relief, helping you feel your best throughout your cycle.
Read MoreIn the past few months since the world went on lockdown, many of us have spent more of our time in worry than ever before. Fear of our financial future, the health of our family or the grim prospect of never being able to find a partner has been keeping many of us up at night.
Read MoreRecently at the start of my virtual naturopathic appointments, I have been giving my patients space to voice their concerns around COVID and the challenges of staying healthy while being trapped inside. One common concern that has come up besides weight gain, anxiety and insomnia, is headaches.
Read MoreWith spending so many hours inside, it can be so easy to seek comfort in food. Especially when some of us have enormous stock piles of tasty snacks and quick shelf stable carbohydrates like cereal, pasta and rice. Perhaps emotional eating is a new phenomena or we’ve struggled over the years with binge eating.
Read MoreBecause many of my patients wouldn’t dream of starting day without a warm bowl of oatmeal, I created this recipe which is higher in protein and completely grain-free. It is easy to prepare and is just as tasty as the original.
Read MoreFor many years, I had been helping women at my naturopathic practice rid themselves of urinary tract infections naturally. It was a mystery to me was why these women were so desperate to stop getting UTIs. How bad could a UTI be?
Read MoreMany women come to me because they aren’t getting their period. Often they have just come off hormonal birth control or have had a long history of erratic and absent cycles. In my New York City naturopathic practice, the goal is not to get these women to “bleed” but to ovulate.
Read MoreEarlier this month I had the opportunity to share some startling statistics with the women of Kathy Gelfand’s Empowered Lunch Hour. Believe it 1 out of 8 women will develop a thyroid condition in their lifetime and women are 3-5 times more likely to suffer from thyroid problems than men.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I met with dentist Dr Nadia Rodriguez, DMD of No Limits Dental at her beautiful office in Midtown Manhattan. During our conversation, we turned to the subject of pharmaceutical drugs and their impact on teeth and general oral health.
Read MoreThese tasty banana pancakes are perfectly balance for women following a seed cycling protocol to help manage their periods and fertility natural. Don’t worry men you can enjoy them too!
Read MoreAccording to the American Cancer Society last year over 12,000 women were diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer , and more than 4,000 women died from this disease. Fortunately, if detected early, cervical cancer is highly curable.
Read MoreWomen go on birth control pills for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you have been on and off them since you were 14 because you had unbearable cramps or extremely heavy bleeding…
Read MoreEverything was going great until you enter that dreaded week before your period. You felt completely fine, rational and sane the week before and now you are feeling like a complete basket case thanks to that three letter word, PMS….
Read MoreIt’s possible to balance hormones naturally with a process called “seed cycling.” Seed cycling is essentially the addition of various seeds to the diet during different phases of the female reproductive cycle to promote a healthy balance of hormones in the body.
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