Clean Break: Tips on Vitamin Use

By Dr Sandy Makeover your vitamin cabinet and simplify your routine. It is tempting to stock up on supplements especially when they profess all sorts of health benefits, such as quick weight loss, youthful skin or superb immunity. But there are many things you should know about vitamins and supplements that don’t always make front [...]

Food Pyramid Gets New Look

By Dr Sandy Remember the food pyramid that we had to memorize during elementary school? Well, it underwent a total makeover reflecting the latest scientific advances in diet and health. Nifty Design The triangle shape stayed the same, but that is about it! The inside of the new pyramid underwent a complete revamp – no [...]

The Secret Garden

By Dr Sandy The Secret Garden It’s time to cultivate new interests as you plant and prune your way to a healthier life. What better way to stimulate your senses, invigorate your meals and have access to mankind’s first medicines than to grow herbs in the luxury of your own home?  Aside from bringing out [...]

Find out what depression and pesticides are linked to & more.

By Dr Sandy Woman opens up about Food Addiction Aspiring to help others overcome their own personal struggles, Raja’ Batarseh (a native of Jordan and stress-management trainer) courageously reveals her battle with compulsive overeating disorder in this must-read inspiring book – My Yellow Suit. Unlike bulimics, individuals with compulsive overeating disorder (also referred to as food [...]

Makeover Your Health with Yoga

By Dr Sandy Yoga’s power to improve heath can be seriously underestimated. This age-old technique uses breathing practices, physical exercises and postures to integrate the mind, body, and spirit. In addition to reducing stress and increasing fitness, yoga may even help with a variety of health conditions, ranging from heart disease, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, [...]

Surviving Your Next Soiree!

By Dr Sandy Summer’s festivities are aplenty and with all that tantalizing food around, sticking to your diet is practically impossible.  But, you don’t need to fret or feel guilty about overindulging if you follow these ten tips. 1. Swap fried for baked or grilled. Anything with a batter is most likely deep fried, so [...]

The Mane Attraction

By Dr Sandy What vitamins are good for strong, healthy hair? Everybody wants a gorgeous mane of hair like those women on shampoo commercials bouncing around with their thick, shiny tresses. Is it what you apply on your hair that makes for a healthy looking head of hair? The answer is: Probably not.  Although, it [...]

Will Water Trim My Waist?

By Dr Sandy Almost every single weight loss program includes the mantra “drink lots of water”. With many falling short of this goal, we know that water is vital when dieting, but the exact reason why is fuzzy, at best. Does it help suppress appetite or flush fat? Or is this tip merely getting repeated [...]

Beat the Heat

By Dr Sandy Don’t be a prisoner to your air conditioner – learn about what to eat on hot summer days to cool off. Excessive heat causes irritation and not just psychologically, but also skin-wise with rashes. On top of that, it disrupts our sleep and concentration and even decreases productivity. So, spending time staying [...]

Weight loss pill gets warning

By Dr Sandy If you get nothing out of this blog post, please get this single point:  natural or herbal does not mean a product is safe.  It does not surprise me that another dietary supplement gets issued the red flag. If you have purchased Que She dietary supplement, stop taking it and consult with [...]

From dieting to cleaning your teeth

By Dr Sandy July’s Did you Know? New study sheds light on diets It is not just what you eat, but what makes you eat when it comes to successful weight loss according to researchers at Temple’s Center for Obesity. While it is true that exercise and food choices are vital to losing weight, diet [...]

Beat your Stress with Summer Beats!

By Dr Sandy Beat Your Stress With Summer Beats! Just as exercise is used as therapy for many things, music therapy has increased in popularity for treating stress, mental disorders, disabilities and physical pain. Many scientific studies have already proven the beneficial effects of music on the body; it slows breathing, lowers blood pressure and [...]

The Scoop on Ice Cream

By Dr Sandy Are there healthier versions of ice cream that will pack flavor, not pounds? Difficult to resist, most people experience immense guilt after eating ice cream, placing it high on the forbidden food list. But just because ice cream tastes sinfully creamy, does it really mean that it is loaded with fat laden [...]

Is Sex a Calorie Burner?

By Dr Sandy Running, bicycling and kickboxing blast 500 calories per hour and will surely get you in shape in no time, but how about sex? Almost every activity burns calories – even ho hum ones such as washing dishes for 30 minutes burns 72 – so should sex count as cardio? We are always [...]

Fight summer food poisoning

By Dr Sandy Barbecues, picnics and outdoor gatherings during the summer months leave us vulnerable to food-borne illnesses. Learn how probiotics can help. Dining outside is the mainstay of summer – there is no escaping it. But it is also a great time for all kinds of bacteria to feast on the food we leave [...]

Learn about the unhealthy side to flip-flops & more

By Dr Sandy The unhealthy side of flip-flops Convenient, yet fashionably chic, we cannot live without flip-flops in the summertime. However, an increasingly number of people are wearing this type of footwear in place of walking shoes which can lead to serious sole, heel and ankle problems. According to podiatrists, flip-flops do not provide foot [...]

Sway for Better Health

Written By Dr Sandy What could be more relaxing than lounging on a swinging bed, cuddled with your favorite book, while enjoying the fresh summer breeze and chirping birds? Sounds heavenly but how can you achieve this without going on vacation? You can by investing in a hammock that can be placed in your own [...]

Protecting our children from Child Abuse

Written by Dr Sandy Abused children experience the unthinkable before their lives hardly begin. Their world turns upside down and instead of getting what every single child deserves, a loving home, child abuse victims find themselves in a flurry of neglect, pain and suffering. Although abuse can happen in any home, any culture, any country, [...]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Written by Dr Sandy Zabaneh “Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.” – Jerry Gillies The more we try to brush away our fears, the more these thoughts come back (and with a vengeance).  Sure, medications like Xanax can help [...]

Too Young For Puberty?

Written by Dr Sandy Zabaneh It would not be unusual finding yourself having the “puberty talk” with your preteen daughter, but what if you are forced to deal with a menstruating nine-year-old who is still playing with Barbie dolls? Instead of worrying about finishing her homework, your daughter must now carry the extra burden of [...]