I'm just going to come out and say it...I love summer.Truth is I love all the seasons, but summer is awesome because it's the time of year when farms are bringing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables to the table, and...
Can I tell you something you might not have known? When Health As It Ought To Be was founded, it was because my partner in the practice had been forced out of his position as a lead physician at a different...
Fish oil. Probably every single one of you reading this has either been told to take it, or you've taken it before. A lot of my patients dislike fish oil pills because they get a nasty, "fishy taste" after they swallow them....
The health of the macrobiotic material in your gut is one of the most discussed topics in the realm of functional and integrative medicine.That's because we've come to understand that what happens in the gut plays a huge role in how the...
For about the millionth time, I'm going to talk about how some foods are actually the best medicines we know of. Whenever I make that claim, most people think I'm referring to kale, brussels sprouts, quinoa, and other less than exciting...
In all of the research done over the past several decades regarding pathways to revamping total health, I think my favorite is the one linking potato chip consumption to making you skinnier and smarter. Oh wait, that was a dream...
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.It's a saying we try our best to practice here at Health As It Ought To Be.Of course, I don't want you to think all we do is hand out prescriptions...
You probably throw this away when it comes on your plate. Not everyone does this, but quite a few Americans do. Truth is most Americans throw it away. It’s possible they don’t like it, or maybe it’s because they don’t know how good...
When people develop a bad habit, it’s generally hard to just quit cold turkey. Usually they’ll try to just stop and what happens is they’ll find themselves reverting back to that old habit only because they didn’t replace it with a...
