Do These Things to Keep Your Brain Young and Healthy
The landscape of pharmaceutical research results for Alzheimer’s treatment is littered with failure. In fact, 99.6 percent of all Alzheimer’s treatments which underwent testing between 2002 and 2012 did not make it through human clinical trials. The NHS spends about 480 million dollars per year on Alzheimer’s research, and researchers from all over the world […]
10 Ways to Enjoy More Water (and why you should)
Are you one of those people who carry a water bottle around all the time? I admit it…I’m not. I’m just not a thirsty person, but that does not mean that I don’t need water. Here at UpWellness, we talk about non-pharmaceutical medicines all the time. Food is medicine, movement is medicine, sleep is medicine, […]
What is Grounding and Why You Should Do It
“It’s all connected” is a phrase that can be applied appropriately in virtually any industry or any field of study, and health and medicine is no exception. Being part of something larger than yourself is good for you physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Given the importance of connection, it should come as no surprise that feeling […]
Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Everyone Should Know
Sadly, the landscape of pharmaceutical research results for Alzheimer’s treatment is littered with failure. In fact, 99.6 percent of all Alzheimer’s treatments which underwent testing between 2002 and 2012 did not make it past clinical trials. The NHS spends about 480 million dollars per year on Alzheimer’s research, and researchers from all over the world […]
Why You Should Drink This Popular Breakfast Cereal
There was a time not too long ago when “non-dairy creamer” in those little plastic cups was the only milk alternative there was. (Interestingly, many of those coffee creamer products actually contain ingredients derived from milk!) Today though, store shelves are brimming with milk alternatives, many of which are great choices for people who are […]
Heart Attack vs. Heartburn…Which is it?
One of my best friends is an ER doctor. We were talking shop recently, and I asked him how many of the people who come to his ER with complaints of chest pain have a life-threatening cardiac problem. He didn’t have an exact number, but he thought it was definitely less than 10%. He was […]
3 Dairy and Gluten Free Desserts that Rock
“What else is there to eat?” That’s a question that patients frequently ask me whenever I suggest a trial period of eliminating wheat and dairy from their diet. I totally understand…many people eat wheat and dairy at every single meal. Breakfast is cereal with milk. Lunch is a sandwich with cheese. And dinner is cheesy […]
9 Reasons Why Your Ears are Ringing
Have your ears been ringing? The famous old wives’ tale says that when your ears ring, it means that someone is talking about you. Some people even take it a step further and believe that if the ringing is in the right ear, someone is saying something good about you, but if it’s in the […]
10 Ways to Stop Overeating Without Feeling Deprived
One of my all-time favorite scientific experiments (yes, I have a list of favorites) is the “marshmallow study” that started at Stanford University in 1960. In the study, a researcher brings a 4-year-old child into a room with a table with a plate containing a single marshmallow. Then, the experimenter tells the child that he […]
These Gourmet Sleepytime Tonics Really Work and Are Delicious Too
It’s time for all of us to redefine what “medicine” is. For many people, the word medicine conjures up images of orange plastic bottles that you pick up at the pharmacy. While it is undoubtedly true that the pills inside those bottles are medicines… there are many more medicines in our lives that aren’t pills […]
