Over the years, many patients have come through the doors of my New York City naturopathic office with adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue is either the condition which they wish to address or the underlying cause of symptoms that were bothering them.
Read MoreIn this episode of Wellness Wednesdays, I chatted with personal style coach Sylvie Hart! Sylvie helps women boost their confidence with style so they can look and feel authentic and amazing from the inside out. She does this by helping her clients uncover their personal style and build wardrobes that align with who they are and their lifestyle.
Read MoreMost of corporate America spends his/her time sitting at a desk for hours upon hours in a day. This causes hunched shoulders, crunched lower backs, and tight muscles. The perfect antidote? Uttanasana...
Read MoreRelationships can be wonderful part of being alive except when they are not. Some relationships unfortunately toxic and can be made worse due to substance abuse and emotional eating. Now that we are spending so much time indoors with our loved ones these issues are more intense than ever especially as people seek comfort in addictive behaviors.
Read MoreI know what you are thinking. This isn’t the 1990s! Shouldn’t I as a naturopathic doctor telling you all about the virtues of the paleo or keto diet or suggest that you go on a raw vegan juice cleanse to achieve optimal health? Yes I’m an old fashioned traditionalist when it comes to nutrition and hopefully in a good way. In reality diet fads come and go, but the Mediterranean diet has really stood the test of time.
Read MoreStress’s relationship with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is very much a doubled edge sword. The diagnosis of PCOS along with its devastating symptoms such as hair loss, acne, hirsutism (facial hair) and weight gain can be extremely to women. But the problem is that this stress could be the one thing blocking a women from recovering from PCOS both with a natural holistic or a conventional medical approach. If you or someone you know has been battling with PCOS, trying every remedy under the sun to no avail, then it is time to give a closer look at stress.
Read MoreSunday April 30
5-6:30 PM
141 East 35th Street
New York, NY 10016
Have you ever wondered why you have low energy even after 10 hours of sleep and countless cups of coffee? Or why even though you exercise...
Recently at the start of my virtual naturopathic appointments, I have been giving my patients space to voice their concerns around COVID and the challenges of staying healthy while being trapped inside. One common concern that has come up besides weight gain, anxiety and insomnia, is headaches.
Read MoreWith spending so many hours inside, it can be so easy to seek comfort in food. Especially when some of us have enormous stock piles of tasty snacks and quick shelf stable carbohydrates like cereal, pasta and rice. Perhaps emotional eating is a new phenomena or we’ve struggled over the years with binge eating.
Read MoreEarlier this month I had the opportunity to share some startling statistics with the women of Kathy Gelfand’s Empowered Lunch Hour. Believe it 1 out of 8 women will develop a thyroid condition in their lifetime and women are 3-5 times more likely to suffer from thyroid problems than men.
Read MoreYour kid’s Halloween candy might seem like pure child’s play in comparison to the marathon of holiday eating we are entering now till New Years. If you are someone who has finally conquered the scale and surrendered that last 5-10 lbs of weight loss, Thanksgiving can truly be a nightmare.
Read MoreEverything was going great until you enter that dreaded week before your period. You felt completely fine, rational and sane the week before and now you are feeling like a complete basket case thanks to that three letter word, PMS….
Read MoreThanksgiving should be a joyous time with friends and family. We share a delicious meal and reflect upon our gratitude for the year gone by and the one to come. Unfortunately, the meal can be ruined b...
Read MoreDetox Starts Friday November 3, 2017
Via phone and Skype
Has weight loss been something that you've struggled with for years? You've tried every diet but nothing works. Maybe you have been recently di...
Read MoreSweetners have definitely gotten a bad rap lately and rightfully so. Excess sugar has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer and even dementia. According to the American Heart Association, the...
Read MoreThat unidentified container covered in blue fur might have colonized some interesting microbes but I wouldn't advocate you eating it. The fermented foods I'm talking about can be easily found at you...
Read MoreThursday September 14
7:30-9:00 PM
13th arrondissement Paris, France
News flash: Over half of our cells are not human but bacteria. This collection of microbes is known as the microbiome. Each of us ha...
Read MoreDetox with Me: A 10 Day Group Detox
Because you enjoyed the 4th and now it's time to detox!
Detox Starts Friday July 14, 2017
Via phone and Skype
Has weight loss been something that you've struggled with...
Sunday April 30
5-6:30 PM
141 East 35th Street
New York, NY 10016
Have you ever wondered why you have low energy even after 10 hours of sleep and countless cups of coffee? Or why even though you exercise...
