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Are You Metabolically Healthy?

January 30, 2024
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Health, Health Hints, Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Uncategorized

Published: January 30th, 2025 Updated: February 25th, 2025 The Importance of Being Metabolically Healthy Metabolic health refers to the body's ability to efficiently convert food into energy, maintain stable blood sugar levels, regulate cholesterol and triglycerides, and support overall bodily functions. A recent study of UNC School of Public Health showed that 88% of Americans have insulin resistance, and only 12% are metabolically healthy. Metabolic health is key to preventing the development of diabetes, which now affects over 12% of Americans. Prediabetes affects more than 40% of Americans. Achieving and maintaining metabolic health is crucial for preventing chronic diseases, enhancing physical performance, and improving overall well-being. Here’s a closer look at what it means to be metabolically healthy and how you can achieve it. What Does Metabolic Health Entail? Metabolic health is...

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A Holiday Gift for a Stress-Free Season

December 19, 2023
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Dr NP, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Safe & Effective Supplements

As we proceed from Thanksgiving to New Year's, it seems our calendars fill with events and obligations that must be filled into our already overburdened schedules. Because of this, we put our own well-being at the bottom of our to-do list. We can disrupt our normal routines, and once this happens, it is just a matter of time before we are sleeping less, eating poorly, and experiencing personality changes that are even Grinch-like. While it should not be the case, stress is as much a holiday tradition as eggnog and mistletoe. The disrupted daily routines can quickly impact our cortisol balance, which then disrupts sleep and optimal eating, exercise, and stress reduction modalities. This then becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. While stress is inevitable, how we allow it...

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Thriving Through the Holiday’s Our Holiday Gift Giving Guide

November 21, 2023
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Dr NP, Health, Health Hints, Healthy Life, Lifestyle

The holiday season is marked by food, family, and, of course, gifts. Gift-giving is not only a big contributor to the stress of the season but also a big contributor to trash and waste. Americans throw out 25 percent more garbage between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and some of the trash includes new Christmas gifts. A little mindfulness during gift selection can help reduce this waste and may also please the recipients more than that last-minute holiday tie purchase. A health-oriented purchase will be the gift that keeps giving. 2023 Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas How About a Book? Books to Inspire 100 Ways to Change Your Life by Liz Moody (Amazon $22.40) The Way Forward by Yung Pueblo (Amazon $13.00) Books/Magazines to Empower One-Year Subscription to Experience Life Magazine Empowering people...

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Mindful Thoughts on Gratitude – Our Thanksgiving Gift

November 7, 2023
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Dr NP, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Nancy's articles

“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift. Whatever life gives to you, you will respond with joy. Joy is happiness that does not depend on what happens. It is the grateful response to the opportunity that life offers you at this moment.” ― David Steindl-Rast Thanksgiving is that time of year when we show gratitude for family, friends, and lives well lived. For a short period of time, we feel happiness-counting our blessings with an overall sense of contentment. Then, when Monday rolls around, it is business as usual. If we reaped any benefits from the holiday weekend, they quickly disappear with the return of stress, negativity, depression, and loneliness. Our lives focus on the materialistic,...

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It is Not All in Your Head: A Discussion of the Role Lifestyle and Diet Play in Mental Disease

October 31, 2023
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Functional and Integrative Medicine, Health Coaching, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Uncategorized

Nancy A. Palermo MD We have always suspected that ultra-processed diets were linked to chronic diseases, including psychiatric diseases like depression and anxiety, but a recently published in JAMA (September 2023) showed that women who consumed the most ultra-processed foods (foods high in salt, sugar, refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated oils, and artificial additives) were 50% more likely to suffer from depression than those women who avoided these foods. This is yet another study to support the fact that mental disorders are not distinct entities and have a tremendous overlap with other physical disorders. A poor diet can largely influence both mental disorders and physical disorders. Some researchers, like Dr. Christopher Palmer, a Harvard Psychiatrist and researcher and author of Brain Energy, have even suggested that many mental disorders can...

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Black Bean Frittata with Cheddar Cheese

October 24, 2023
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Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, In The Kitchen

A wonderful brunch presentation or the perfect option for a meat-free dinner. You can also prepare the bean filling and use it as a filling for an omelet. Ingredients: 6 eggs 2 T olive oil ½ t sea salt 1/4 cup scallions, chopped 1 t garlic, minced ¼ cup shredded organic cheddar cheese 1/8 t cayenne pepper ½ cup tomato chopped 1 cup black beans, cooked 1 T cilantro minced ½ t cumin Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cast iron pan with oil. In a cast iron skillet, add oil, sauté scallions, garlic, and cayenne for 1 minute. Add tomato and beans and cook until the liquid evaporates. Add cilantro and cumin, mix well, and set aside. In a bowl, whisk eggs and add...

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Autumn & Acupuncture

September 28, 2023
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Acupuncture, Dr SG, Functional and Integrative Medicine, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine

In traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we look at seasons and consider them as elements. With each season, there are elements and meridians (channels) that correspond. During each season, we look at the meridians and elements and how they affect or correlate to both the physical and emotional aspects of our lives. One of the basic theories of Eastern Medicine is to look for a balance of the meridians and a balance between Yin and Yang. This is very similar to Western Medicine, where we look for homeostasis in the physiology of the body, like blood pressure and the PH in the blood. We are now going from the high energy and carefree attitudes of summer (Yang in nature) to the more serious and introspective energies (Yin) that are...

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More Evidence to Support Primary Prevention in Breast Cancer

September 26, 2023
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Dr NP, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Nancy's articles, Nutrition, Uncategorized

More Evidence to Support Primary Prevention in Breast Cancer Dr. Nancy A. Palermo MD A landmark study published in BMJ of Oncology by researchers at the University of Edinburgh looked at the impact of 29 cancers in individuals ages 14 to 49 in over 200 countries over 30 years. The data was disturbing as it showed a 79% increase in the incidence of cancers in individuals less than age 50 over the 30-year period. This accounted for over 3.26 million cases. The researchers postulated that it is not genetic factors contributing to this increase but rather environmental factors like our diet high in processing and added sugars, alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, and environmental toxins and influencers. Our genes have not changed in the past 30 years, but...

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Top Reasons You Should Cook and Eat Indian Food

September 26, 2023
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Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine

“Indian cuisine is a treasure trove of ancient wisdom, with its use of spices that not only enhance the taste but also provide health benefits.” – Unknown Cooking and adopting a whole foods diet can be more fun when introducing new cuisines. Traditional cuisines are often based on health formation. Indian cuisine offers some of the most flavorful and nutritious. There are many benefits to consuming common Indian foods, and incorporating these popular dishes into your is an excellent way to support overall health and well-being. Indian recipes often feature a variety of whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and spices that provide a wealth of nutrients to the body. Indian cuisine is well known for its use of spices, which add distinctive flavors to dishes but also provide numerous health...

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The Undeniable Health Benefits of a Plant-based Diet

September 21, 2023
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Dr NP, Healthy Eating, Healthy Life, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Medicine, Nancy's articles, Nutrition, Uncategorized

By Nancy Palermo Lietz, MD “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame in diet and the cause and prevention of diseases. “ Thomas Edison Americans have an obsession with nutrition, diet, and weight loss. Countless books on the subjects hit the bestseller list, only to be replaced by the next publication in print. It should be no surprise that Dr. Colin Campbell’s book, The China Study, quickly hit the bestseller list. His epidemiologic project demonstrated thousands of associations between dietary factors and disease. The most relevant finding, however, was that those individuals who ate the most animal-based foods had the most chronic disease. More importantly, his findings launched thousands of studies in nutrition that...

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