Total Health Center

06/27/2025

🛒🥕 YOUR HEALTH STARTS IN YOUR GROCERY CART! 🛒🍓

Every trip to the grocery store is a chance to invest in your well-being. Choosing foods from the HEALTH FOOD section - whole, nutrient-rich options - gives your body the fuel it NEEDS, not just the flavors it CRAVES.

Instead of reaching for chips, sodas, and sugar-packed snacks, consider:
🥬 Fresh Produce for vitamins and fiber
🌰 Nuts and seeds for healthy fats and energy
🍚 Complex Carbs for steady fuel
🧃 Natural drinks that hydrate and nourish

Yes, junk food is convenient - but its long-term cost to your energy, mood, and health isn't worth it. The good news? Healthy food doesn't have to be boring. It can be colorful, flavorful, and satisfying!

Next time you shop, ask yourself:
🌟 "Is this feeding illness or fueling wellness?"

Choose wisely - your future self will thank you.

06/26/2025

🕰️🫁 Have you heard of Eastern Medicine's "Organ Clock"? 🕰️🫀

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), your body runs on an internal energy cycle known as the ORGAN CLOCK - a 24-hour rhythm where each organ system is most active during a specific 2-hour window. 👀

Here's an example of how it works:
🌅 5-7 AM - LARGE INTESTINES: Ideal time to wake up, hydrate, and eliminate toxins.
🍽️ 7-9 AM - STOMACH: Best time to eat a nourishing breakfast - your digestion is strongest!
💪 3-5 PM - BLADDER: Time for hydration and flushing out toxins.
🌙 11 PM - 1 AM - GALLBLADDER: Your body needs deep sleep for detox and emotional processing.

By aligning your habits (eating, sleeping, exercising) with these natural energy flows, many find increased energy, better digestion, more restful sleep, and even emotional balance.

🌿 It's a holistic way of tuning in and honoring your body's natural rhythm.
Have you ever noticed your body feels "off" at the same time every day? The Organ Clock might reveal why.

06/24/2025

🥦💊 "Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food." - Hippocrates 💊🥦

This ancient wisdom from the Father of Medicine is still POWERFULLY Relevant today. What we eat doesn't just fill our stomachs - it fuels our cells, influences our mood, and can even help PREVENT and HEAL disease.

Every bite is a choice:
🍓 Will it nourish or deplete?
🥬 Will it energize or exhaust?
🥑 Will it support healing or inflammation?

Whole, nutrient-rich foods like veggies, fruit, proteins, and healthy fats act as NATURAL MEDICINE, supporting everything from digestion to brain function to immune strength.

It's not about perfection - it's about INTENTION. Small, consistent choices over time can transform your health from the inside out. 🧡

Your plate is powerful. Use it wisely.

06/20/2025

💆 You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup 💆‍♀️

Let this be your reminder: Self-Care isn't selfish - it's essential 💗

In the middle of all the responsibilities, deadlines, and to-do lists, it's easy to forget that YOU matter too! Taking time to rest, reflect, and recharge doesn't mean you're falling behind - it means you're showing up as your best self, for yourself AND others.

Self-care can look like:
🛀 A quiet moment with a book or a bath
🚶‍♂️ A walk outside to clear your mind
🍵 Enjoying your favorite beverage without rushing
📵 Turning off your phone for a little peace
🙏 Saying "no" to protect your peace
💬 Chatting with someone who lifts your spirits

Whatever helps you reset, do more of that. Make space for your own well-being. You deserve it! 💖

06/20/2025

🧠💦 Keeping tabs on yourself - It Matters! ❤️😊

Your health isn't just about how you LoOk - it's about how you FeeL. That's why it's so important to regularly check in with three key areas:

🧠 MOOD - How are you feeling emotionally and mentally? Are you constantly overwhelmed, anxious, content, energized? Your mental health deserves just as much attention as your physical health.

💧 HYDRATION - Water plays a HUGE role in energy, focus, digestion and even mood. Aim for that steady hydration throughout the day - your body with thank you.

🫀 VITALS - Keep an eye on your heart rate, blood pressure, sleep quality, and other vital stats. They can offer early signs when something's off and help you track progress if you're working toward a health goal.

Taking 5 minutes a day to check in with yourself isn't a luxury - it's a habit of real Self - Care. Stay in tune with your body! That's health

06/19/2025

☀️Summer is the perfect time to get Moving! 😎
Staying active isn't just good for your body - it's fuel for your mind and soul too! Physical activity boosts your energy, improves mood, and keeps your heart strong. And the best part? Summer gives us plenty of fun ways to move without it feeling like a workout.
🏞️Go for a hike and soak in the beauty of nature
🚵 Take a scenic bike ride with family or friends
🏖️ Enjoy a swim at the lake or beach
⚽ Try a new sport like pickleball, volleyball or paddleboarding
🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Take evening walks while enjoying the longer daylight hours
🌳 Explore a local park or join a community outdoor fitness class

No matter your fitness level, there's something out there for everyone. So let's lace up those shoes, step outside, and make the most of these sunny days! 🌞

05/10/2025

Want to get healthy? Get your circadian rhythm solid!
This is the sleep-wake cycle in the human body driven by an endocrine gland called the Adrenal gland. This cycle is imperative to healthy hormone function, detox, energy production and more!
Set your bedtime nightly (just like we have waking alarms, makes sense to have a bedtime alarm) within an hour range each night. Attempt 6-8 hours of quality sleep (stay posted for sleep hygiene suggestions). Track your sleep quality to learn more about your health with a phone app (as long as they run in airplane mode).

05/09/2025

One of the foundations of health is movement/ activity.
I tell my patients that it's important to have a strong core at the onset of any new activity. This could mean hopping on youtube and picking a beginner "core workout" or heading to pinterest and searching up core exercises.
It only takes a few minutes out of your day to begin your health journey!

05/09/2025

There's a time and place for high intervention therapies, but healthy people tend to live in the foundational or low-intervention levels.
Wouldn't it be lovely to simply maintain health? Let's start building your health foundation today: Get outside and breathe, get sunshine at first and last light, drink purified water, balance your blood sugars and get moving!

12/02/2024

The Holidays are here! What will you do to stay on track with your health and fitness goals?

To keep yourself on track, here are some tips:

🥑 Fill up with a healthy snack before get-togethers or parties
🥝 Get creative with healthy desserts like fruit.
🥂 Don’t get caught consuming all your calories from sweet or savory drinks. Find a delicious herbal tea to sip instead.
💃🕺Burn off energy with a dance party or game.
💆🏼😴 Schedules get packed with extra activities, be sure to plan in rest and relaxation!
🍽️ Keep your hands busy during the party so you don’t overeat! Practice declining the pie 🥧before it’s served!

Enjoy healthy and joyful holidays!

06/08/2024

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05/29/2024

55% of S***m Samples Contained High Levels of Glyphosate Weedkiller. (childrenshealthdefense.org/)

The new research also found evidence of impacts on DNA and a correlation between glyphosate levels and oxidative stress on seminal plasma, suggesting significant impacts on fertility and reproductive health.

Taken together, our results suggest a negative impact of glyphosate on human reproductive health and possibly on progeny,” the authors wrote.