I hear this exchange with Dr. Eric pretty regularly: “Your left shoulder is sitting about an inch higher than your right”. And almost every time, the patient tilts their head and says, “Really?” Then they look for a mirror. But that’s not going to help. Why? Because when you look in a mirror, your nervous…
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Clinical Reflection from this week. I often ask clients to increase their protein. And over the past week, I heard similar feedback from two different people. They thought they were already hitting their protein target because they were eating a serving of chicken. Which makes sense since foods such as chicken, beef, fish, eggs, and…
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There was some confusion this past week around ApoB and Lp(a). First with a patient, and then again a couple of days later with a different patient’s PCP. So… clearly this became a topic for this week. These two tests are both related to lipids and cardiovascular risk, but they are not interchangeable. ApoB tells…
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If you’re checking your blood sugar first thing in the morning, right after waking, you’re probably expecting it to be the lowest number of the day. You haven’t eaten in over 8 hours and you just had a good night’s sleep.But instead, you might find it’s actually higher than when you went to bed.If you…
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What Was I Thinkin? (If you’re a Dierks Bentley fan, did you just sing that title in your head?) I’m going to try to make this a weekly post. There’s so much I want to share, but I want to do it in a way that feels genuine. This week, it’s been about positive and…
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Many people come into this time of year feeling a little sluggish, inflamed, or simply “ready for a reboot.” Your body is wise, and it knows when it’s time to clear out the clutter and shift into a more efficient rhythm. One gentle, research-supported way to do this is through a fasting-mimicking approach (often called…
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Setting up for a Heart Rate Variability (HRV) workshop at Club Pilates in Palatine on February 8th. HRV is the variation of time between heartbeats. Pulse measure the average over a minute, but for a pulse of 80 beats per minute, some beats may be occurring at 60 and some at 100 and you would…
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I forgot my phone at home this weekend while out running errands with my husband. There are always questions that come up while out and about and I noticed that I reached for my phone at least half a dozen times to look something up or check on something else. But then by the time…
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But what is “good food”? Make fruits and vegetables easy to grab for snacks. They can be precut and stored in glass containers. Add some whole milk cottage cheese, hummus, nut butters, or other minimally processed dips to enhance (or cover up 🙂 your veggie flavors).
Health is our natural state. This is often forgotten because we come to accept our aches, pains, and illness as normal. It is not. We accomplish health by living in accordance with the laws of nature.Here is your prescription for just that!
