Tag Archives: environment
Fighting Depression Naturally
Depression is a huge problem in the United States. The numbers are quite amazing. Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder. Depression … Continue reading
Filed under Brain Health, Diet
Fast Food Chains To Offer Statins With Their Meals?
Below is a blog post from cnn.com. It simply amazes me that a peer reviewed journal would suggest that fast food companies offer statins with their meals to offset their horrible health effects. See my comments at the end of … Continue reading
Filed under Big Pharma, Diet, Public Health
Food Additives You Must Avoid
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a research and non-profit group that is an advocate for nutrition and food safety. They recently published a list of food additives to avoid and ones that are safe. You know, … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Public Health
Quick! Get that kid some bacteria!
I recently came across an article that got my interest for a couple of reasons. The article was about allergies and how many health practitioners are reporting an increase in the number of children they are seeing with allergies. I … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Public Health
Stress and Your Health – Don’t Ignore It
In these uncertain economic times, many of us are under more stress than we may be used to. While stress is a necessary and sometimes unavoidable consequence in life, we must know that it can take a toll on our … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
6 Blood Tests Everyone Should Ask Their Doctor For
At the Vreeland Clinic we use nutrition and diet to manipulate health. Our main goal is to improve overall health and help people feel energetic and youthful. To know if we’ve achieved our goal we rely, in part, on our … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
How to protect your brain – ward off dementia with these simple steps
Well it’s been some time since I have been able to post here on our blog. The fourth of July holiday and some time away from the office kept me from posting the latest in health information for you. However, … Continue reading
Filed under Brain Health, Diet
Fruits and Veggies to Eat and to Avoid
My posts have recently focused on pesticides and their effect on human physiology in a variety of ways. See Solving Childhood Obesity – Part II – Chemical Exposures, Toxins causing ‘grievous harm,’ cancer panel says, or Baby Bottles and BPA – You … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Environmental Health, Public Health
What is Functional Medicine?
I get this question a lot from perspective patients. Routinely I will speak with potential patients on the phone before they schedule their appointment. It allows me to get a general sense of the issues they are dealing with and … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
Solving Childhood Obesity – Part II – Chemical Exposures
In my last blog I spoke about the importance of breastfeeding a child in regards to reducing childhood obesity in this country. That was the first part in a series of blogs I am writing to help get the word … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Health, Public Health
