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Dermaplaning 101

August 6, 2024
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Aesthetic Services, Geneveve, Health Hints, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Organic Skincare

Dermaplaning is a physical exfoliation commonly offered in many skincare spas. It can be used alone or alongside other skin services. It is important a licensed esthetician performs the procedure. During this procedure, the esthetician uses a small stainless steel surgical blade to scrape the top layer of skin from the face. This process removes the build-up of the layer of dead skin cells and will reveal a much smoother, brighter complexion. It can also eliminate the fine hairs on the face, known as villus (commonly referred to as “peach fuzz). While the procedure does require a sharp blade and may seem intimidating, it is typically painless and gentle. The benefits include smoother skin, a glowing complexion, and an overall improved skin texture. This procedure can also...

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The 2024 Clean Fifteen Dirty Dozen List: Your Shopping Necessity

July 23, 2024
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Health Hints, Healthy Life, Lifestyle Medicine

We know we need to eat more fruits and vegetables. Recommendations suggest consuming up to eight servings a day minimum (6 vegetables/2 fruits). However, growing concern over the impact of pesticides and fungicides sprayed on our produce is real and needs to be considered. That is why we are so appreciative of the work done by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that provides individuals with the information they need to live cleaner, healthier lives. Every year they come out with a list of the cleanest, and dirtiest, produce to help guide our buying choices. While buying organic produce is preferred, this is not always an option due to cost and availability. The EWG guide can help steer our choices. In March 2024, they...

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Grilling: Food Preparation and Toxicity: 2024

June 25, 2024
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Health Hints, Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine

There is a lot more attention paid to our food sources and the type of food we eat. We recognize the importance of organic, minimally processed foods and their roles in health and disease prevention. It turns out that how we cook these foods plays an equally important role. When the weather is favorable, many cook meals on our outdoor grill. While small amounts of grilling are acceptable, research has suggested that meats may form carcinogenic chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) when charred or cooked over high heat. Epidemiologic studies have linked cooking meats at high temperatures with an increased risk of pancreatic, prostate, stomach, and colorectal cancers. The culprits associated with this risk may be these heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic...

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Food As Medicine: Consider the Broccoli Stalk

June 11, 2024
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Health Hints, Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, Lifestyle Medicine, Vitamins

When your parents told you to eat your broccoli, they were looking out for your best interests. We now know that broccoli has several disease-fighting benefits that can optimize many aspects of your health. Some of this pharmaceutical importance includes its antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, immunomodulator, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, and cardioprotective roles. We will dive into science a bit, but you will leave this article wanting to crunch on more of this important vegetable. Broccoli, which originated in Italy, is a cruciferous vegetable or brassica, like cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, and cauliflower. Its edible parts include the stem, leaves, and the flowers or head of the stalk. Nutritional Benefits Broccoli is an excellent source of vitamins C, K and A, It also provides important minerals like potassium, calcium and iron when consumed. Vitamins...

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Summer Wellness Tips for 2025: Do Less, Live More

May 14, 2024
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Health Hints, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine

Published May 14, 2024 Updated: June 10, 2025 We hope you and your families are enjoying a restful and rejuvenating start to the summer season. As Thrive continues to grow in 2025, we remain deeply committed to supporting your health journey with practical, preventative strategies rooted in lifestyle medicine. Below is our refreshed list of summer dos and don’ts to help you feel your best in the months ahead. Don’t Put on Sunscreen… At least not for the first 15–20 minutes of sun exposure. Over 80% of Americans remain vitamin D deficient, often due to overuse of sunscreen and avoidance of sunlight. Vitamin D plays a critical role in immune function, mood regulation, inflammation control, bone health, and even cancer prevention. Your body naturally produces vitamin D through sun exposure, specifically from...

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May 6, 2024
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Blog, Dr SG, Functional and Integrative Medicine, Healthy Life, Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Scott Greenapple May has been deemed Mental Health Awareness Month. In this article, I will combine some thoughts and theories and offer “tools” to help people become aware and educated. I will also offer some guidance for you or anyone you may know who suffers from this disease. Mental health issues are on the rise at alarming rates. Many theories are being studied and observed as to the reasons. Some of the most obvious stem from political unrest in this country and the world; the constant reality of war, poverty, climate change, financial struggle, and the barrage of news from social media are certainly at the top of reasonings. And, of course, the more personal ones such as family dynamics-dysfunction, trauma, genetics, chronic disease, pain, inter and...

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Whole Health Spring Cleaning

April 24, 2024
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Dr NP, Health Hints, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Uncategorized

As the flowers bloom and the weather turns warmer, we come out of the winter hibernation and tackle spring cleaning. Nearly 8 out of 10 Americans practice spring cleaning regularly. While clearing up the clutter and the pollen is important this is a great time to clear up some of the unhealthy practices, we allowed in during the winter months. We must tackle these “chores” mindfully to embrace true self-care. Do not think of them as obligatory but rather empowering and liberating. Reducing clutter and unhealthy habits can be beneficial for our mental health and our physical health. Let’s try to embrace this mindset while we tackle the physical jobs. Spring cleaning, like many resets, can be referred to as a “temporal landmark”. These are the times in our...

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Super Seven Salad

April 5, 2024
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Blog, Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, In The Kitchen, Nancy's articles

Super Seven Salad Eating Healthy Never Tasted This Good This Super Seven Kale Salad is a unique blend of seven superfoods and a delicious dressing. Have you searched for a great Kale salad recipe that the kids will devour? Well, look no further than the Super Seven Salad. This smart sweet Kale salad is a unique blend of seven superfoods and a delicious poppyseed dressing. The combination of kale, red cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, toasted walnuts, toasted pumpkin seeds, and dried cranberries make this Super Salad something you need to add to your weekly diet. Try it with Annie's light poppyseed dressing, but don't overdo it with the dressing, the cranberries and pumpkin seeds give this super salad a perfect level of sweetness all by itself. Super Seven Salad 3...

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Springtime Detox to Enhance Your Immune System

March 24, 2024
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Acupuncture, Dr SG, Healthy Life, Lifestyle Medicine

In theories of acupuncture, humans are looked at as part of the natural world that surrounds them. Seasons change and during this transition from one season to another, it is important to stay balanced with acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Each season is linked with an organ system in the body. Spring season is also known as the Wood element in TCM. Spring is the Liver and Gall bladder organ and meridian. Spring is when the liver should thrive. However, during transition, or early spring, the liver can get out of whack or out of harmony and become vulnerable. Acupuncture improves the function of the liver meridian and can restore balance to the organs. According to TCM, the liver is responsible for smooth flowing Qi (chi) or energy...

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Matcha Green tea Mochi

March 3, 2024
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Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, In The Kitchen

Japan is famous not only for its culture but also for its cuisine. Due to their healthy eating habits, the Japanese are at a low risk of acquiring diseases, and this Match Green Tea Mochi recipe is an example of why! Matcha Green Tea Mochi Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour 1 cup coconut milk full fat 1 T matcha powder ½ cup coconut sugar 2 T butter 1 t baking powder   Directions: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8x8 baking pan with coconut oil. Mix all the dry ingredients, whisking to blend. Add the melted butter and coconut milk and stir well. Put the mixture in a baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes until done in the middle. Cooking perfect rice: Rinse several times until the water is clear....

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