Welcome to Healthy Housecalls with Angel, a weekly round-up of tips, tools, and strategies to help you live longer and live better with lifestyle medicine. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. We’re heading into cold and flu season and an unhealthy gut can make...
Dopamine is one of the neurotransmitters in your body, and it plays a major role in how your body manages motivation, pleasure, and reward. When dopamine is released after engaging in a particular activity, we feel emotions of pleasure and reward so the next time...
Welcome to Healthy Housecalls with Angel, a weekly round-up of tips, tools, and strategies to help you live longer and live better with lifestyle medicine. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. Why do we need water anyway? Water is essential for life and good...
Monday Mindset Mastery is a weekly dose of mindfulness to help you get your week off to a great start. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. Writer Kendra Adachi talks frequently about seasonal ceremonies. A seasonal ceremony is something that marks a transition...
Despite the recent stir around serotonin and mood, we can all agree that assuming mood is solely determined by serotonin is inaccurate. This approach misses the bigger picture. It is not possible to attribute every bodily ailment to one biomarker or one system. The NeuroWellness Program™ and Mood NeuroLab...
Welcome to Healthy Housecalls with Angel, a weekly round-up of tips, tools, and strategies to help you live longer and live better with lifestyle medicine. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. In the professional world, there is a stigma that once you've reached...
Monday Mindset Mastery is a weekly dose of mindfulness to help you get your week off to a great start. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear someone say "Well, it's not my fault...
You might've heard of estrogen, but how much do you actually know about it? Estrogen is a term that refers to three different estrogen hormones produced by the body: Estrone (E1)Estradiol (E2)Estriol (E3) Estradiol has the most impact on behavior and mood and is produced and released...
Welcome to Healthy Housecalls with Angel, a weekly round-up of tips, tools, and strategies to help you live longer and live better with lifestyle medicine. Like it? Forward to a friend, who can subscribe here. These days I've had a lot of patients in my practice reporting...
I'm sure over the past few years, most if not all of us have experienced some form of burnout. Burnout is defined as "a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed". I'd argue that burnout extends beyond the...