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Healthful Diets Reduce Depression Symptoms

Healthful Diets Reduce Depression Symptoms

"Healthful diets reduce depressive symptoms, according to a meta-analysis published in Psychosomatic Medicine. Researchers reviewed 16 studies that reported effects of healthful dietary interventions on depression and anxiety. Diets that reduced the intake of fatty foods, such as processed meats, and increased fruit and vegetable consumption led to significantly decreased symptoms of depression, compared with control diets. Increased intake of fiber, minerals, and vitamins fr

7 Ways to Manage Stress

7 Ways to Manage Stress

"When you're feeling overwhelmed, try switching your focus to s short list...the mere act of coming up with a list will get you out of your stressed, "spinning" right brain and back into your practical, list-making left brain." SHEILA SAYS: As #StressAwarenessMonth is coming to an end, it is a good time to ask yourself how you're doing with stress. Don't let it damage your health! Instead, begin to manage it with these 7 ideas. For more, attend our Shared Medical Meeting Appo

Published!

Published!

Our provider Sheila was recently published in Disease Reversal Digest regarding useful techniques for improving sleep and why quality sleep is so important! "Proper sleep is one of the foundations of good health. Improving sleep can improve heart health, and it's good for both mind and body!" Click HERE to read her full article! WANT MORE? Click the blue tags at the top of the post, or search the blog for categories you're interested in by scrolling down and view the list of

Gardening for a Longer Life

Gardening for a Longer Life

Remember the Blue Zones? These are the areas in the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. In part, residents of these areas are so healthy because they are more physically active, more relaxed and socially connected, and eat more whole, nutrient-dense foods. One activity that can help us increase all of these, is gardening. Working in a garden not only provides access to fresh fruits and vegetables, but helps us slow down and spend a moment in nature- all whi

Improving Mood Through Your Diet!

Improving Mood Through Your Diet!

Through 16 different studies, researchers have found that decreasing foods like processed meats and increasing fiber sources such as fruits and vegetable leads to a decrease in depressive symptoms. Click here to read more! SHEILA SAYS! "Food and mood are STRONGLY connected! Our gut and brain work together. Eating a variety of healthy plant foods helps create enough chemicals in our gut that signal happy feelings throughout our brain and body." WANT MORE? Click the blue tags a

Park Prescriptions

Park Prescriptions

Spending time being active outdoors and in nature is good for multiple aspects of health- physical, mental, spiritual. That is why Dr. Morris will be the first doctor in this area to prescribe walks in local public parks! Check out more about this awesome new development here. WANT MORE? Click the blue tags at the top of the post, or search the blog for categories you're interested in by scrolling down and view the list of Category Tags on the bottom Right of the page. #exerc

Science behind Fruit-Vegetable-Mood Connection

Science behind Fruit-Vegetable-Mood Connection

"...Analyses showed that fruit and vegetable consumption predicted improvements in positive [mood] the next day...on days when people ate more fruits and vegetables, they reported feeling calmer, happier and more energetic than they normally do...[and] also felt more positive the next day." "HOW MANY FRUITS & VEGETABLES? Seems we need to consume approximately 7.2 daily servings of fruit* or 8.2 servings of vegetables to notice a meaningful change in mood." *SHEILA SAYS: If yo

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