As a licensed healthcare professional, it can be tricky navigating my personal preferences and opinions in a professional setting. There are many opinions I feel that I cannot express in fear of losing credibility, being "woo", etc.
I am always interested in learning about optimizing our health, preventing disease and understanding how to navigate and survive the broken US Healthcare system.
In the midst of this discovery, I've started to implement or plan to implement in my own life.
Many of these I have heard from Liz Moody's amazing podcast: Healthier Together which can be found here: https://www.lizmoody.com/healthier-together-podcast/
Brain health and preventing Neurocognitive disorders:
5 nutrients to optimize:
Magnesium, DHA, B12, phytonutrients, iron,
Avoid inflammation
Eat 6 servings of fermented foods a day.(kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, etc)
Stop drinking alcohol
Simple Switches:
-change sauces and dressing to avocado / guacamole
-change beef burger to salmon burger
Sleep Health: —Melatonin can be useful for short term to help re-set your circadian rhythm. However, many commercially available doses are higher than the doses that were studied and that we have data on.
-For best results, Melatonin doses should be no more than 0.5mg!
-Did you know cherries contain melatonin?
-Natural tryptophan sources: Turkey, cod, asparagus, eggs
Glucose hacks:
-follow glucose goddess on instagram at:
-taking 2 tablespoons of vinegar before meal or anytime in the day significantly reduces your glucose spikes.
-Vinegar is much more effective than lemon juice (2 tbsp = 5 lemons!)
-listen to your Grandma and eat your greens first! It significantly reduces your glucose spike if you eat vegetables before you carbs.
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