Wellness

Have you succumbed to the guilt trip of those dog food ads telling you to feed your dog fresh, human-grade food? As an obsessive dog mom, the idea has certainly piqued my interest. I have tried a couple of them, but with an 85-pound Labrador Retriever with a humongous appetite, I’d go broke with most of those subscription-based products. We know that fresh, whole foods are better for us as humans, but is homemade dog …

Most of you know that I’ve been helping to take care of my mom since her stroke 30 months ago. Those first few months were nothing short of horrendous. I didn’t know the stress I was under nor did I know the signs of caregiver burnout. According to AARP, as many as 41 million of us are caring for our adult family members. It’s not a role I ever planned for so I was completely …

Following a bout with the dreaded Covid, I was feeling really sluggish so I went to visit my functional health medicine doctor at the Mayo Clinic. My chief complaint was feeling tired all the time, but also some recent stubborn weight gain (could be menopause, could be all those pandemic hot dogs). His prescription? The Prolon Fasting Mimicking Diet. He said that he and his wife do it four times a year just to boost …

File this under “Things I’m not proud of but sharing in the interest of my fellow (wo)man”.  I think of it as me taking one for the team, the I-want-to-look-younger team. You might think 2020 is a cluster of a year, but 2019 was my year of the personal crisis. I always felt pretty good about myself. I ate well, exercised (sometimes), took care of my skin (sometimes), and did not feel my ripe old …

Do nighttime routines work? Sleep is more than just a time for your body to rest. This is the time when your bodily functions are actually pressing their own reset button. All of your systems slow down and your muscles and organs work to repair and restore themselves. So it’s important that you have a bedtime routine to prepare your body for all this work it has to do while you’re sleeping. Just make yourself …

If you’re staring at a bowl of soup, wishing it were an Italian sub, welcome to the ProLon experience. In this guide, I’ll share tips on how to survive the ProLon FMD 5-day fasting mimicking diet and why it’s worth it for your health journey. After completing the program twice, I’ve become a fan (and no, this isn’t a paid endorsement). I purchased the program because I was intrigued by the science behind it—how it …