Author name: Cindy Swan, DNP, FNP

Nutrition, Preventative medicine, Wellness

Food as Medicine, Your First Line of Defense

Food is your most important medication. Eat the rainbow from whole food sources every day, aiming for 7-9 servings, especially from above the ground high fiber veggies! Helps lower inflammation, blood pressure, and improve memory: Red Whole Foods: red apples, red peppers, red grapes, tomato, red onions, red berries, radishes Reduces type 2 diabetes risk, […]

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Vitamin D and Why it Matters

Vitamin D, what many people may think of as the “sunshine vitamin”, has been increasingly on the radar as to its vital importance to a multitude of bodily functions123. Without adequate vitamin D, the body is unable to properly absorb the calcium needed for strong bones4. Low vitamin D levels can also contribute to stiffer

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Lifestyle is Medicine

“Food is your most important prescription” is what I often tell my patients. A pill might be necessary but should be implemented at the top rungs of the ladder climb to wellness, not as first line therapy or mono therapy. Proper nutrition, sleep, movement, and emotional and spiritual health are the key to achieving maximum

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