In this blog I will focus on concrete actions you can take to improve your immune system and keep it as young and healthy as possible. While there are many steps you can take to improve your immune system, I want to focus on three categories taken from this excellent article You’re Only as Young as …
Last week we discussed important biomarkers that can help you get a sense of your aging and see if your biological and chronological ages match. You can review this info here. There are two other ways to measure biological aging – telomeres and epigenetic clocks. Telomeres are essentially the caps on the ends of chromosomes that …
Chanukah is almost over. Who doesn’t love Chanukah? Gathering around the chanukiah to light up the night. Sharing yummy fried food together. The songs. Family time. As Chanukah comes to an end I want to highlight one truly remarkable thing about Chanukah that is important to appreciate. That is the idea of miracles. What is a …
Spring is here at least and we are all busy with our spring cleaning. Many of us are focused on our annual purging – on clearing out our homes of unwanted and unnecessary stuff as we also rid ourselves of chametz before the chag. Last week we spoke about using this time period as an …
What one system in your body can single handed affect your brain, your mood, your immunity, your skin, your hormones, the quality of your sleep? Your digestive system! Hippocrates proclaimed that all disease begins in the gut. A few weeks ago we discussed the importance of maintaining a healthy gut and microbiome in order to …
Chanuka is upon us. Who doesn’t love Chanukah? Gathering around the chanukiah to light up the night. Sharing yummy fried food together. The songs. Family time. This year Chanukah came early – and perhaps it’s a bit difficult to truly enjoy the lights when it’s warm and sunny outside. But one thing about Chanukah that …
The chagim are over. The long awaited אחרי החגים is here. The lightness that came after yom kippur which led into the full joy of sukkot is but a memory. Being in the sukka. The family time. The simplicity. The festive singing and dancing. The fun. Now we really start the year. Back to our …
As we get ready to usher in the new year I want to share with one one last technique for reducing stress and anxiety. It might just be my favorite technique. This technique is proven to lower cortisol. (see study here) And it is easy to do at home. In addition to reducing stress this …
We’ve been talking about anxiety for the past few weeks. That we are actually wired for anxiety and vigilance. But we can keep our fearfulness in check through cultivating resilience. We then delved into the first step to cultivating resilience which is through dietary changes that include curbing sugar, increasing antioxidant vegetables and adding omega-3 …
Last week we discussed how anxiety is perfectly natural. In fact we are even programmed for it. Being vigilant and a bit worried about the future can bring the benefit of preparation and protection. Focusing on past mistakes can help us learn from them. However, unremitting anxiety and the concomitant stress that it brings is …
