Nutrition and The Brain – Part 3
Over the past few weeks, you’ve read about how the brain benefits from physical activity (Part 1), from adequate sleep and healthy food (Part 2). Now in Part 3, you’ll read about exercise for the brain itself. This part includes information from Dr. Kirk Erickson’s talk at the conference and from Dr. Neal Barnard’s new…
Pregnancy: Some Reflections as Delivery Draws Near
I am not sure how relevant this topic is to the blog as I have no professional information to impart. However, as I am going in to the hospital tomorrow to give birth to my second child, I am feeling reflective. There have been several “high profile” deliveries in the past few weeks –…
Education While on Vacation, Sandy Came Home!
Last Friday my father and I drove to Franklin and Marshall college in Lancaster to pick up my son Sandy. He had finished his three week Chemistry CTY-Johns Hopkins camp. My father wanted to keep me company and be helpful just in case my car had some troubles during the two and a half hour…
Baby Shower- A Reflection on Parenthood
We started our Saturday two weeks ago as usual with an hour of boot camping with our “Lady Docs” friends. The Washington area was plagued with mid-90s temperature with the heat index in the 110s! We sweated profusely even in the first five minutes of stretching! We were delighted to be back into a cool…
The Illusion of Control: A Game We Play With Ourselves
This is my first foray into an entry in a blog. As a therapist, I do not, as a matter of practice, discuss my life or myself. However, as a member of this awesome group of women, I will attempt to make a relevant contribution. I have been thinking a lot recently about the idea…
July Health Pearls
July Health Pearls: 1. Babies Conceived in Spring More Likely to be Born Prematurely: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Study was conducted by Princeton University researchers, showing a 10% higher risk for premature births in these babies. This was thought that by early winter, at the peak of the flu season, mothers of…
Nutrition and the Brain Part 2 – Sleep and Vegetables!
Much of the conference I attended last weekend, titled Nutrition and the Brain, was about Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). There are genetic factors for AD which we’re handed at birth, like it or not, and environmental factors, which we can control. The latter include exercise, sleep and nutrition. We covered exercise in detail in Part One, so…
Kale the Powerhouse Vegetable
In the Health and Sciences section of the Washington Post this week, I read a brief article about the benefits of kale. Last year, Anderson Cooper from CNN admitted that he had never had kale before and had to taste a kale leaf in front of an audience. It was entertaining to see Mr Cooper…
Sleep For Success! Everything You Must Know About Sleep but Are too Tired to Ask
Sleep For Success: Everything You Must Know About Sleep but Are Too Tired to Ask By Dr. James Maas and Rebecca Robbins Published by AuthorHouse, 2011 Are you exhausted? Often have difficulty staying awake? Then this book may be a great first step to a good night’s rest. Dr. Maas is a distinguished Professor of Psychology at Cornell…
Exercise, Nutrition and the Brain
This weekend, I attended a conference in DC that I’ve been looking forward to for months – Nutrition and the Brain. While most medical conferences have some ‘exciting’ aspects when new research is revealed, here almost every speaker discussed something that can personally affect all our readers and patients. The talks covered many aspects of dementia…