Everyday Health & Wellness
Easy, quick, and inexpensive meals
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Easy, quick, and inexpensive. I often find myself trying to recall and suggest to patients different go-to-recipes I use in my kitchen. So to make things easier, I made a list of 5 of my favorite recipes. By no means are these “award-winning” recipes you will find on “Iron Chef” or “Chopped,” but they are…
Supplement of The Week — GI Advanced Probiotic
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River Bend GI Advanced Probiotic is a must for anyone trying to maintain the integrity of their gut flora. Composed of a special freeze-dried strain of 10 billion non-GMO Saccharomyces boulardii isolated from Litchi fruits. Who Benefits? An easily irritable gut: Most likely due to years of damage to your gut lining and in…
Grocery shopping on a budget
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Most often than not, we are on a budget. Eating healthier is commonly thought of being expensive. Refined carbohydrates like breads, pastas, and rices are generally cheaper than nutrient-dense vegetables, meats, nuts, and fruit. Same goes for organic, grass-fed, or pasture-raised products, the price tag may be daunting. So in that instant, a $7 meal…
Eating out made simple
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In a rush? Stressed? Exhausted? We often turn to fast food for a quick bite. While you should try to keep eating at fast food restaurants to a minimum. Here are some common Guidelines to follow: If getting a sandwich, skip the bread and make a salad If getting a burger, skip the bun for a…
Supplement of The Week — Ferrochel Iron
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River Bend Ferrochel Iron is a true iron chelate from Albion Advanced Nutrition. Since the iron is in the chelated form it acts highly bioavailable and is more readily absorbed. Reducing common side effects of iron supplementation such as gastric distress or constipation, and decreased absorption of other nutrients. Would you benefit from Iron supplementation?…
How to discuss diet and exercise among the kids
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More than 90% of girls – 15 to 17 years – want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight ranking the highest. Discussing diet becomes a very delicate conversation as evident by the rates of increasing body image problems in the United States, among both boys and girls. Yet,…
Cutting out added sugar
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The average American consumes an astounding 23 1/2 tsp of added sugar or 94 grams of sugar a day. How much is that? Well, the American Heart Association recommends us to consume no more than 25 grams of added sugar daily. Which, is already far too generous in my perspective. The average American should be…
Supplement of The Week — Complete Daily Probiotic
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Make your gut happy. Supplement of the Week Complete Daily Probiotic River Bend Complete Daily probiotic contains 20 billion live organisms per serving. Comprised of 5 acid tolerant, stable, and viable bacterial strains: Bifidobacterium lactis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bifidobacterium longum. Featuring inulin: a prebiotic fiber shown to modulate gut microbiota. Fixing…
