Don’t Forget This When Preparing To Send Your Children For Summer Camp Summer is here! Time to kick back and relax (said no parent, ever!). Just kidding, throw an extra shot of espresso in that coffee and start prepping for camps, swim team, sports, summer care, sleepovers and all of the other exciting things that […]
Allergies
National Women’s Health Week – Own Your Health As a woman, and the mother of 3 little women-in-training, I am delighted to share my experience during National Women’s Health Week. I spend what sometimes feels like an inordinate amount of time juggling my children’s health and wellness – a task that can be difficult even if […]
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It’s that time of year again when you find yourself at a meal with extended family, a party, a potluck or if you’re popular, maybe several of each! As much fun as these gatherings can be, they can be equally stressful when you or your children deal with dietary issues. As a Type 1 diabetic, I […]
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Two examples of summer safety conversations with my husband — Before kids: “Oh! I need to wipe this tanning oil off my hands before I grab my drink… it could get too slippery and poke my eye out with the mini-umbrella!” [Takes sip out of a coconut] “Phew that was a close one!” [Reclines chair […]
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One fad does not fit all with high cholesterol.No one argues the importance of heart health, and you’ve probably heard nutrition advice ranging from “no more than 1 egg per year if it’s a special occasion” to “eat a minimum of 1 pound of grass-fed butter per day.” How are such contradictory recommendations possible? They’re […]
Family
Your Personal Health = Risky Family BusinessI read an interesting book review the other day of cancer epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat’s “Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks.” In it he explains that when it comes to our health, we confront two broad types of risks:“Voluntary risks” – stem from our own […]
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Key to medication adherence: family I recently wrote about revisiting your medication needs with your doctors from time to time to make sure you still need them in the same dosages and frequency. I also wrote on you should may sure that your meds don’t interact negatively with food. Taking the right medications, though, is only part of […]
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When I was growing up, I lived a stone’s throw from the Connecticut side of Long Island Sound and spent time on a half-dozen beaches. Summer required getting a tan, which in my case meant getting sunburned first then suffering through the pain and peeling to finally get one.I’m paying for it now with regular visits […]
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Eating healthy. Really?My wife tells me what I should and shouldn’t eat (and lots of other stuff too). She should know. She’s a great cook, former caterer, food service director, and an avid follower of all things culinary. So when she sent me a link to an online “MUST-READ” article from a Certified Nutrition Specialist […]
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Brain Awareness: Ways to Love your BrainYesterday, I found myself chanting my pool mantra (“1-2-3-4.1-2-3, wait that’s not my kid, oh never mind, she’s over there now, ok 3, 4.”) as my eyes frantically darted around the premises. It’s SUPER relaxing, and if you haven’t taken four children under the age of 8 to the […]
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