Diabetes is a scary disease and most of us want to avoid it…but for those with a strong family history of this disease, the desire to avoid this debilitating disease is much stronger. What is hopefully a beacon of light at the end of this scary tunnel is that diabetes can be avoided or at [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Winning the Battle Against Diabetes!
Posted in Health, Herbal medicine, Nutrition, Supplements on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Star Supplements in the Nutraceuticals Aisle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amino acids, fish oil, nutraceuticals, resveratrol, supplements, turmeric, vitamin D, vitamin studies on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My patient population sees me because they believe in natural options for disease prevention and treatment. However, not everyone believes in supplements and with the confusing study reports out these days about how some supplements are harmful, not everyone is comfortable taking them. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify some issues [...]
All My Articles and More…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everyone, Thank you all for following my blog. I have had a lot more articles and interviews posted recently on my website…check them out at www.makinghealthyez.com ! Keep tuning in for more articles every month on new health topics that you’ll definitely want to learn more about! Just remember…living healthy doesn’t have to [...]
Calcium and Vitamin D…Friends and Not Foes of Our Health Goals
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative medicine, calcium, dr julie, Dr. Julie Chen, healthy living, heart attack, heart disease, integrative medicine, osteopenia, osteoporosis, vitamin D, women's health on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of my patients recently brought in a magazine article whereby a popular mainstream magazine article was citing an article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) from April 2011, regarding calcium increasing risk for heart attacks. She was concerned that taking her usual low dosage of 400-800mg of calcium supplement per day would put her [...]
Food as Medicine and its role in the future
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nutrition is being seen more and more as medicine. Food is medicine and it can either harm you or heal you. I believe that in the next several years, our focus will be on how to optimize our food intake so that it helps to prevent and treat various diseases. Even though I am a [...]
