Tag Archives: nutrition
9 Foods to Eat the Day After You Splurge
If you have been exercising and eating a well balanced diet, your will-power is about to be challenged in the next 2 months! First we have Halloween, and all that candy. Next, we have a Thanksgiving feast, then the December holiday parties that lead into the New Year’s eve celebration. But don’t panic, having 1 or 2 … Continue reading 9 Foods to Eat the Day After You Splurge
How to Prevent the Cold and Flu
It’s the Fall and you know what that means… Cold and Flu season has begun. It is now that time of year that the heat of the summer is starting to wear off and kids have been in school long enough to expose each other to this season’s cold/flu viruses. The seasonal outbreak of the … Continue reading How to Prevent the Cold and Flu
Take An Active Role in Your Health
The troubling question for most patients is, “When will I get better?” To this question I answer, “Today!” You have already started the healing process just by coming into Back to Function and addressing your issue or pain. As a Doctor of Chiropractic I do not heal or cure pain; rather, I help facilitate your … Continue reading Take An Active Role in Your Health
New Year’s Resolution to Get Fit and Lose Weight?
Is your New Year’s resolution to get fit and lose weight? If you answered yes, then Back to Function wants to help you achieve your goals. It is estimated that over 95% of diets fail to keep the weight off permanently. Diets are a short-term solution to a long-term issue. If you want to get … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution to Get Fit and Lose Weight?
Are You On The Juice?
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”-Hippocrates Do you want to know an activity you can do in 15 minutes that improves your health more than exercising for an hour? Juice vegetables. Drinking raw vegetable juice is like drinking a living health elixir. This elixir will flood your body with all … Continue reading Are You On The Juice?
Eat Fruit But Don’t Drink Fruit Juice
There’s nothing like having a tall cold glass of sweet orange juice with your breakfast. It’s a healthy way to start the day right? Well… no, not really. But wait! Oranges are fruit and fruit is good for you and orange juice is full of vitamin C and calcium and other healthy stuff. Right?? Kind … Continue reading Eat Fruit But Don’t Drink Fruit Juice
Refuel Before and After Your Workouts
After doing a workout, your body will need to recover and rebuild, however, keep in mind that this process takes place 24 hours a day, not only after working out. Calories eaten after a workout are less likely to be stored as fat because they are used to replenish the glycogen lost during activity. Glycogen … Continue reading Refuel Before and After Your Workouts
Should You Do a Liver Cleanse?
Have you been thinking about the health of your liver lately? The answer is probably no, but the information in this article might make you reconsider your liver and give it the love that it deserves! What is the Liver and What Does it do? The liver is the second largest organ in the body … Continue reading Should You Do a Liver Cleanse?
Should I Take Vitamin and Mineral Supplements?
The supplement industry is a 2 billion dollar industry. Obviously, many of us are using vitamin and mineral supplements in an attempt to achieve some type of health benefit. But, does taking a daily multivitamin/mineral supplement actually improve your health? From a research standpoint, there doesn’t seem to be any long term studies that support … Continue reading Should I Take Vitamin and Mineral Supplements?
The 10 Best and Worst Foods
According to Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live, here are the 10 best and worst foods to eat for health and longevity. Pay attention to this list as it could literally save your life! 10 Best Foods: Green Leafy Vegetables – kale, collard greens, mustard greens, spinach, lettuce Non-Leafy Cruciferous Vegetables – broccoli, … Continue reading The 10 Best and Worst Foods