by drsstephenson | Apr 28, 2021 | Mindfulness, Nutrition, Relationships
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’ve been pondering the mental health state of the world after a few long hard years of social distancing, isolation, decreasing diet quality, and more sedentary living. Really, the pandemic has been a recipe for a mental health...
by drsstephenson | Mar 24, 2021 | Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness, Nutrition
Charles Darwin once wrote: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Assuming this is true (and I think it probably is), how do we, as people seeking to be healthy and vibrant,...
by drsstephenson | Mar 24, 2021 | Lifestyle Medicine, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Physical Fitness, Recipes
After a long and gloriously pollen-free winter, it’s spring again, and for many people with spring allergies, that means the dreaded return of itchy eyes, sneezing, congestion, coughing, and that general foggy feeling that comes with allergic rhinitis due to the...
by drsstephenson | Mar 24, 2021 | Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, Physical Fitness
Once upon a time, people took a multivitamin and called it a day. Now, supplements are complex, trendy, and exotic—think adaptogenic mushroom coffee, herbs borrowed from Chinese medicine like Panax Ginseng, herbs borrowed from Ayurveda like ashwagandha, and...
by drsstephenson | Feb 3, 2021 | Nutrition, Physical Fitness
A lot of people will tell you they know what the best diet is, but the Mediterranean diet is the only diet with the most research support and is recommended by the majority of health professionals as the healthiest diet known to us. It’s a diet that is not only rich...
by drsstephenson | Nov 17, 2020 | Mindfulness, Nutrition
It’s confusing. So much health “news,” so many people so sure of one thing or another, so much controversy, so many contradictions–it’s no wonder people don’t know what to think. But if you want to avoid catching a virus this winter (whether the cold, the flu,...
