Dr. De Adrea Fontaine

Dr. De Adrea Fontaine Family Practice Physician

02/27/2026

Wellness Tip #57
For deep, restorative sleep, set your thermostat to 67F.

According to research, the ideal sleep temperature is 67F. The temperature range is 60-67F. This range helps regulate body temperature and promotes REM, which is essential for restorative sleep. It also activates fat burning at night.

Things to consider: �
* Season and humidity:�In warmer climates or during summer months, it might be necessary to keep the room cooler than the recommended range to maintain a comfortable sleep environment. ��
* Age:�Some studies suggest that older adults may prefer a slightly warmer temperature, around 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C). ��
* Bedding:�Choosing appropriate bedding, such as down comforter or cooling sheets, can also help regulate temperature and improve comfort.���

02/26/2026

Wellness Tip #56
If you have high blood pressure or problems with getting or keeping an er****on, eat spinach every day!

Why?

Spinach has nitric oxide, and it increases nitric oxide by 15%.

Nitric oxide opens up your blood vessels and :
🫀lowers blood pressure
🫀improves blood flow
🫀boosts exercise performance
🫀increases energy
🫀improves focus and concentration

Eat more spinach!

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02/25/2026

Wellness Tip #55
Did you know that eating too much protein can actually damage already-struggling kidneys? If you have kidney disease, or if your kidney function is low, decrease your protein intake, specifically meat. Eat more vegetables.

The way to determine your kidney function is through lab tests.

🌂BUN: The blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures how much urea nitrogen, another waste product, is in your blood.

🌂eGFR: The Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) measures how well your kidneys are filtering the blood.

🌂Creatinine is another waste product filtered by your kidneys.

Urea is waste. It develops when your body breaks down protein. It forms in your liver, and travels through your blood to your kidneys, which then filter it out of your blood. It leaves your body through your urine. If you have too much urea nitrogen in your blood, your kidneys aren’t filtering it properly.

BUN can also ve elevated by:
1. Dehydration
2. Aging
3. Certain medications, including carbamazepine, methotrexate and tetracycline
4. GI Bleeding
5. Heart attack
6. Severe burns

02/24/2026

Wellness Tip #54
Do you have dry skin, especially on your knees and elbows? Apply an oil/cream with ceramides while skin is still moist after bathing.

Ceramides are fats that naturally occur in your skin. They make up the outermost layer of skin, and act like the glue between your skin cells .

Your skin is like a brick wall. The skin cells are the bricks — and ceramides are the mortar holding everything together. When you don’t have enough ceramides, that wall starts to crumble, and moisture escapes. This leads to dry skin.

When your skin is dry, the ceramide content has been depleted — by aging, harsh cleansers, cold weather, hot weather, chemotherapy, radiation, laser hair removal, medications, or skin conditions like psoriasis or eczema.

To reverse dry skin, you must be hydrated with water on the inside! Your skin is a reflection of what’s going on inside:

After hydrating well, and cleansing your skin, you need to moisturize with products that actually CONTAIN ceramides.

🧴Low price
🧖🏿‍♂️CeraVe
🧖🏿‍♂️Gold Bond Pure Moisture Lotion
🧖🏿‍♂️Eucerin Advanced Repair Lotion
🧖🏿‍♂️Oil of Olay Hydrating Lotion with Ceramides
🧖🏿‍♂️Dove Body Love line
🧖🏿‍♂️La Roche-Posay Lipikar or Cicaplast

🧴Mid Price
🧖🏻Sunday Riley Ice Ceramide Cream
🧖🏻Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin
🧖🏻Naturium
🧖🏻SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream

🧴Luxury Price
🧖🏽‍♀️ZO Recovery Creme (scientifically proven)
🧖🏽‍♀️ZO Hydrating Creme
🧖🏽‍♀️ZO Body Smoothing Creme
🧖🏽‍♀️Kate Somerville DeliKate Recovery Cream
🧖🏽‍♀️SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore (the most scientifically proven)
🧖🏽‍♀️Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream

The are other brands that work differently and don’t have ceramides, but still help dry skin: La Mer (Miracle Broth), SK-II (PITERA boosts ceramide production), Sisley Paris, La Prairie, Chantecaille.

Castor oil, olive oil, and olive oil will moisturize your skin, but they do not contain ceramides. Vaseline seals moisture in, but it doesn’t repair the barrier.

02/23/2026

Wellness tip #53
Check your blood pressure every day this week. Write it down. Get to know what’s normal for you.

February is American Heart ♥️ Health Month. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the United States. Please know your numbers💉. What is your resting blood pressure? Does it change before you go to work, or after you eat dinner? Do you need further testing? Get to know all about the person who matters the most in this world- YOU.

If you would like help on your journey, I would love to help you navigate.

Make an appointment today.
Website 🌎 www.rejuvenaturemedical.com
Text/call 📱 (480) 666-5505

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02/22/2026

Wellness Tip #52
The government has removed limits on harmful air pollutants. Get an air purifier for your home, your car and office.

The EPA and this administration has removed limits on mercury, fossil fuels, green house gases, and other air pollutants. These air pollutants affect your health in so many ways. Be proactive about your environment. Please get a quality air purifier to clean the air wherever you are, whether that is home or work.

Get an air purifier. I recommend IQ Air or Blue Air. Run this all the time.

Also get a humidifier. This puts moisture into your air. Run this all the time.

02/21/2026

Wellness Tip #51
Try to eat fruits with seeds. If the fruit doesn’t have a seed, don’t eat it.

If the fruit should have a seed- like watermelons, grapes, apples, papaya, oranges - make sure that it does.

Why?

🍇Natural breeding – Seeded fruits have normal chromosome count, while seedless varieties are triploid hybrids created through a chemical process.

🍇Some seeds are edible – Some seeds like grape, watermelon, apple, papaya seeds are actually nutritious and high in protein, magnesium, and healthy fats.

🍇Texture – Seeded fruits tend to have a crisper, firmer flesh, while seedless ones can sometimes be a bit mushier or have white, immature seeds throughout.

🍇Flavor – Seeded fruit taste sweeter. Seedless varieties are bred for convenience.

02/20/2026

Wellness Tip #50
If you have a yeast infection, you are eating too much dairy, carbs, sugar, or alcohol, so remove them from your diet.

Men and women.

Yeast, which is Candida, is naturally present in the body.

🧁Yeast, which is Candida, feeds on sugar. All carbohydrates break down into sugar. When there is too much sugar, it causes overgrowth.

🍫High blood sugar creates a hospitable environment for yeast.

🍹Alcohol is a byproduct of yeast fermentation.

💊Frequent antibiotic use can also yeast overgrowth.

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02/19/2026

Wellness Tip #49
Cracks in the corners of your mouth could be a Vitamin B or iron deficiency.

Cracks in the corners of your mouth can be many things, but vitamin deficiency is most common.

Eat more B vitamins:
Chickpeas
Avocado
Salmon
Tuna
Eggs
Liver
Lentils
Spinach
Asparagus

Eat more iron:
Kidney beans
Edamame
Oysters
Clams
Beef
liver
Turkey
Tofu
Beets
Pumpkin seeds

If symptoms don’t improve within a week, see your doctor to determine if it’s a fungal infection.

📱Text (480)666-5505 for an appointment today.

02/18/2026

Wellness Tip #48
Avoid drinking cold water which shocks the body. Drink room temperature, or hot water. Drink water slowly throughout the day, not all at once.

02/17/2026

Wellness tip #47
If you can, avoid buying farmed raised fish because it contains unnecessary bad ingredients. Buy wild caught fish instead..

Farm raised fish is like fish in a fish tank. These fish eat whatever fish food is given to it.

Wild caught fish is in its natural habitat, eating natural food.

Some things that are in farm raised fish food:
🐟antibiotics
🐟soy protein
🐟corn
🐟wheat
🐟toxic chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
🐟toxic chemicals like dioxin
🐟artificial color
🐟growth hormone
🐟ground fish
🐟insects
🐟fish meal
🐟chemical dyes
🐟cancer causing chemicals

The FDA has approved one genetically engineered salmon (AquAdvantage) that grows faster due to a growth hormone gene. This will become more common.

02/16/2026

Wellness Tip #46
Aim to lose just one pound. Why? For every one pound of weight that you carry, each knee carries 4 pounds.

Each knee carries 4 pounds.

Standing: Each knee carries half your body weight .

Walking: Each knee absorbs roughly 2.5 to 3 times your body weight with each step.

Stairs: Climbing or descending stairs pushes knee loads to 3.5 times body weight.

Squatting/kneeling: 7 to 8 times body weight, depending on depth and technique.

Running: 4 to 5 times body weight through the knee joint.

The inner knee carries about 60–70% of the total load, with the outer knee taking the rest.

The kneecap gets the most force during squatting or stair climbing.

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