Today I wanted to highlight Omega 3s, a nutrient that plays an incredibly important role in heart health, brain health, mood, and inflammation. Omega 3s are a type of essential fatty acid, meaning our bodies cannot make them and must be consumed through food or supplement form. When we eat Omega 3s, they get incorporated…
On September 27, 2024, our beautiful home of Asheville and the surrounding towns were severely damaged by wind and flooding from Hurricane Helene. The lives lost, properties destroyed, and landscapes forever altered are simply heartbreaking. Once our immediate reactions to this calamity settled down, we began to wonder what this has done to our environment…
Today I wanted to write a piece on water and how water quality is an important aspect of our health. It should be no surprise to you that water is extremely important for our health. Around 60% of our body weight is made up of water and almost all aspects of our health are affected…
Being a doctor with a specific interest in lifestyle medicine and prevention, I am constantly coming across new studies that give us valuable insights into the power of the human body to heal without the need of medications. I wanted to share with you a study that was published April 2024 regarding how improving body…
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What is a CIMT ultrasound and what does it look for? CIMT (Carotid Intima Media Thickness) ultrasound is a simple, FDA-approved way to assess the health of your arteries and detect early atherosclerosis (i.e. plaque) without any radiation exposure. Using an ultrasound in the office, we look at the arteries in your neck and measure…
Hello and welcome to my last article in this series on heart health — supplements and medications. I see supplements and medications as essentially the same thing: taking something (pill, powder, or injection) to improve your health in some way. By looking at it like this, supplements are just weaker versions of medications. Decisions around what…
Hello and welcome to Part 4 of our email series on Heart Disease! In this post, I’m going to try to present a succinct message on lifestyle changes that have the best data for heart health. Because you can find good information on the internet, I want to be brief on the lifestyle changes that…
Hello and welcome to Part 3 of our email series on Heart Disease! In this post, we are going to delve into the topics most of you are waiting for — lab work and imaging. In the last two emails, I hope I have driven home the point that heart disease is a universal health challenge…
