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Aphrodisiacs: Let's Spice Things Up

Just because it's cold outside, doesn't mean your bedroom should be. So it's time to turn up the heat!  Named after the Greek goddess of love and sexuality, Aphrodite, aphrodisiacs have been used for...

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Uttanasana with Clasped Hands

Most of corporate America spends his/her time sitting at a desk for hours upon hours in a day. This causes hunched shoulders, crunched lower backs, and tight muscles. The perfect antidote? Uttanasana...

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Halloween Candy: Those that Fright and Those to Bite

Halloween can present a scary challenge for parents who struggle with getting children to eat health.  As a naturopath, I have seen many children with ADD/AHDH, acne, allergies and eczema come through the doors of my New York City office greatly improve by avoiding sugar laced treats. 

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Healthy New Year! Healthy Podcast!

 

In December, Tom Fuld interviewed me for his podcast series,"The Heart of Healing...The Healer's Journey."  We spent a delightful afternoon chatting about my journey to becoming a naturopath...

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Spice Rack Medicine

When you think herbal medicine, you might think of exotic herbs from distant lands with impossible to pronounce names. However, there are many powerful herbs that are readily available in your kitchen...

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Detox with Me: A 10 Day Group Detox

Detox Starts Friday November 3, 2017
Via phone and Skype

Has weight loss been something that you've struggled with for years? You've tried every diet but nothing works.  Maybe you have been recently di...

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Don't Fear the Scale!

Detox with Me: A 10 Day Group Detox
Because you enjoyed the 4th and now it's time to detox!
Detox Starts Friday July 14, 2017
Via phone and Skype

Has weight loss been something that you've struggled with...

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10 Easy Ways to Love your heart

As a naturopathic doctor, I don't have the secret to mend a broken heart, but I would say I know a little bit about keeping one healthy.  Our heart is probably one of the most important organs in our...

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A Serene Holiday Season, Seriously!

 

Whether you look forward to them or simply dread them, it's official, the holidays have arrived.  Unfortunately, what often follows this arrival, are colds and flus, weight gain and even depression....

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Dispelling Food Myths

 

Eating healthy in this modern age can be very confusing. The internet is both a wealth of great and terrible information which only adds to this confusion. To simplify things, here are some of the myt...

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Going Japanese to Prevent Disease

For many years Japan has surpassed the rest of the world in life expectancy with the average person living to be 83.7 years. Unfortunately, with a life expectancy of 79.3, the US has fallen quite behi...

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Office Detox

If you are like most Americans (21,638,470 to be exact) you spend a large majority of your time working in an office. The actual amount of time works out to be 1,700 hours per year or about 10 full y...

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Detox with Me: A 10 Day Group Detox

Detox Starts Friday April 1, 2016

Via phone and Skype

 

Has weight loss been something that you've struggled with for years? You've tried every diet but nothing works.  Maybe you have been recently dia...

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All You Need is (Self) Love

No, I am not advocating narcissism, but many of us may have found ourselves swept up in the needs of children, aging parents, pets and prima donna bosses. In the long run this can have a negative tol...

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Minor Adjustments

Oh our modern world! So many great technologies and conveniences are emerging each day. It seems, as our lives get easier our posture suffers. Bad posture might just seem like something that only anno...

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Graceful Aging

I use to roll my eyes when someone would say, "I'm like a fine wine, I get better with age."  But now as I'm creeping towards my 36th year, I am beginning to see things a little differently.  Though t...

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Nutrients "Moms to Be" Need to Know

Eating for two is not just about consuming 350-450 calories extra a day. During pregnancy, women require more nutrients for fetal, maternal and placental tissue growth and development. So it is wise...

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Little Changes but Not in Impact

Perhaps even before the ball drops, we might be thinking of what we want to do different in the new year for better health.  We have such good intentions but within a month, a week or even a day, we f...

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