Author: ESS_Naples
What is the Right Diet and Exercise for Weight Loss? Let Your DNA Decide
Whether your knowledge of DNA only extends as far as your high school biology class or you’re a PhD student elbows deep in genetic research, it’s univ [...]
New Year’s Resolution: Healthy Meal Planning
New Year’s resolution time is upon us! For many us, this includes making promises to ourselves to be healthy this year—to eat healthier and make a str [...]
Leveraging the Natural Power of the Mind to Conceive
The infertility statistics in the United States are a bit inconsistent, depending on the source you reference, but let’s face it, if you’re someone wh [...]
The O-Shot: The Next Generation in Natural Treatment for Sexual Dysfunction
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatments are becoming a popular option for giving a naturally based, biological boost to the healing process. Platelet ce [...]
7 Steps for Healthy Conception with TCM
More than six million couples are diagnosed with infertility, and more than nine million are seeking treatment for infertility in the US each year. Th [...]
The #1 Factor in Successful Weight Loss
Do you know what is the number one determining factor in successful weight loss and maintenance? It’s probably not what you think like eating healthy, [...]
STRESS ADAPTATION: Understanding Our Body’s Response to Stress
Hans Selye, an endocrinologist from Vienna, Austria was one of the first to describe how stress affects the body. He even coined the term “stress” th [...]
Boosting the Immune System with Natural Remedies (Part 2)
Your immune system is made, not born. New research dispels the belief that the strength of the body’s defense system is genetically programmed . . . [...]
A Butter Like No Other
You’ve heard of coconut oil, but what are these jars of coconut butter that stores are displaying these days? Often labeled as “coconut manna”, cocon [...]
Paleo Chocolate Bread
How many of us are trying to reduce our grain? It’s a tough effort for sure, particularly for those afternoon carb cravings that we get on a daily bas [...]
Is Anxiety the Cause of Your Insomnia?
It’s been a long, busy day. Meetings at work meant that you accomplished almost nothing else. Then, you arrived home and had to cook dinner, handle ch [...]
The Link Between Impaired Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome
Impaired sleep is a chief contributor to metabolic conditions such as obesity and diabetes. This holds true regardless of the type of sleep difficulti [...]
Farewell to Stress, Fear and Anxiety
Life can be absolutely wonderful but it can be extremely stressful as well. Today we live in a time of high speed technology, incessant pressure and c [...]
Can’t Lose Weight? The Catch 22 of Stress and Sleep
You’re doing everything right to lose weight and it still isn’t happening. You’re eating healthy, you’re taking supplements, you’re doing the right k [...]
5 Ways to Neutralize Your Stress
If this headline caught your eye it’s probably because you or someone you know is suffering from that dreaded word…STRESS!!! We’ve heard the word, we [...]
Eating During the Holidays is a Balancing Act
Life is a balancing act. We are constantly balancing our jobs, our families, and our health, to name a few things. Sometimes we are out of balance and [...]
8 Tools to Promote Healthy Balance in Your Life
This world we live in can be hectic, toxic, and downright overwhelming. Things seem to be moving faster and faster all the time, we’re expected to be [...]
Getting Through the Holiday Season Without Falling off the Wagon!
The wonderful part of the holidays is that they are a great time to connect with family and friends with so many events, parties and gatherings. The c [...]
Boosting the Immune System with Natural Remedies (Part 1)
Low immune function refers to an underactive and poor performing immune system. The immune system’s prime function is to protect the body against infe [...]
All Your Questions about Spirituality, Energy and Health Answered!
I am grateful for the opportunity to help people experience the world I feel we are moving through and stepping into. This column is is question and a [...]
Butternut “Rice” Pilaf
Unlike the past, today’s butternut squash flesh is sweet and tender, palatable to both kids and adults alike. But many folks don’t realize how much n [...]
Break Your Routine and End Those Bad Habits
I’m sure you have heard people say, “I am on autopilot,” or “I could do it in my sleep.” Quite literally, once something becomes a habit we are automa [...]
Hudson Valley – The Napa of the East Coast
I’m driving West on Rt. 44 past beautiful rolling hills in Salisbury and Lakeville on my way to Hudson Valley for a two month stay in Rhinebeck and Hi [...]
Enjoying the Holidays Despite Food Sensitivities
When we think of the holidays it brings to mind the wonderful smells and tastes that go along with the festivities. Whether it is the aroma of turkey [...]