Advocate for your health: How to prepare for a doctor’s appointment
Traditional medical appointments are usually only 15-20 minutes, so making the most of that time will help you to get everything you need while minimizing your stress. Here’s how.
Category: Healthy Tips
Back to school – top tips for lunch from a gastroenterologist
A healthy gut and full stomach are key to setting your kids up for back to school success, ensuring they are comfortable, healthy, and ready to learn as they settle back in.
Want to improve your gut health? Start with your oral health
Your mouth is the gateway to your gut. This is why optimal oral hygiene helps to support your gut health.
Easy, gut healthy meals for the whole family
As a busy doctor-mom, I’ve experienced the temptation to reach for the most convenient foods, either on grocery store shelves or the drive through window. And I see how my patients struggle to have a well-balanced diet in today’s busy world. That’s why I’m always looking to find ways to simplify my and my patients’ […]
Busting the top 6 biggest gut health myths of all time
While the internet and social media have made health resources and advice even more accessible to the public than ever before, they have also become platforms for pharmaceutical companies, untrained health gurus and influencers, and dieting schemes to pressure consumers and spread misinformation about health. Specifically, gut health is a topic where there are many […]
Optimizing your Gut: Summer Edition
Did you know that your gut microbiome changes with the seasons? Our microbiome is made up of 30-100 trillion bacteria, viruses, fungi, and single celled organisms. As our gut microbiome has changed and evolved with us through time, it makes sense it would change with us through the seasons, too. Why eating seasonally is […]
The Ins and Outs of Colonoscopies
So your gastroenterologist says you need a colonoscopy. That initial statement is probably pretty scary. “You’re going to put a tube where?” But colonoscopies are an important screening and diagnostic tool that we use to keep you safe and healthy. And once you know what’s coming, you’ll see that there isn’t much to worry about. […]
More bang for your bite! Synergistic foods to amp up your nutrition
Variety is the spice of life, and this is also true when it comes to our diets! By now, we can all probably rattle off a list of healthy foods that are beneficial, but did you know that eating certain foods together can have even more of a nutritional impact? Sure, there are certain foods […]
Go with Your Gut! How Mental Health and Gut Health Go Hand-in-Hand
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While seeking therapy, opening up to loved ones and creating healthy self-care and stress management habits are often the go-to recommendations for treating anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders, there is a very physical and scientific connection between the mind and gut that isn’t often explained in depth. […]
Living with IBD: Your Initial Diagnosis
You’ve been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. That initial diagnosis of a chronic condition can be overwhelming. It’s scary. It’s confusing. Most of all, it’s lonely and can leave you feeling alienated from your old life and your loved ones. The impact of IBD goes beyond the physical symptoms and, for most, it impacts their […]