11 Tips for Sunlight, Sunscreen, & Vitamin D

June 12, 2016March 1, 2024

For years, we’ve heard about the damaging effects of sunlight: skin damage, wrinkles, and skin cancer—all of which should be carefully considered. However, in our best efforts to avoid the negative consequences of sun exposure, most of us no longer balance getting the right amount of sunlight. Altered exposure to the sun—whether intentional or due …

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Why Saturated Fat Is Healthy

May 3, 2016March 1, 2024

In the late 1950s, there was a significant paradigm shift that changed our views on nutrition and health: the idea that fat, specifically saturated fat, in foods caused heart disease. Ancel Keys, an American physiologist, led the now discredited Seven Countries Study that examined the link between dietary fat and cardiovascular disease. Keys ultimately unveiled …

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14 Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality

April 11, 2016March 1, 2024

Most of us spend around 90 percent of our lives indoors, yet the air we breathe inside is often two to five times more polluted than the air we breathe outside. Poor indoor air quality contributes to numerous health effects, including headaches, asthma, allergies, respiratory infections, and even lung cancer, so it’s important to recognize …

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The Dangers of Drinking Soda

March 14, 2016March 1, 2024

Today’s soda drink has evolved since its introduction in the late 1700s. Early on, soda water was marketed as a medicinal drink. Chemists, medical professionals, and pharmacists dabbled with carbonation and medical botany, such as coca leaves (cocaine) and sarsaparilla, to create flavorful mineral water sold as “cure-alls” at drugstores and local soda fountains. Soda …

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The Harmful Effects of Sitting: From Head to Toe

March 13, 2016March 1, 2024

The Brain Sitting for prolonged periods of time on a daily basis, without standing or moving periodically, triggers a chain reaction of unhealthy side effects. Less blood and oxygen pumps throughout the body, which slows the release of important brain chemicals and affects concentration, mood, and decision-making. Neck, Shoulders, and Back The longer you sit, …

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Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

January 6, 2016March 1, 2024

Acupuncture is based on the belief that health depends on a balanced flow of Life Energy or Qi, also spelled Chi. To correct any imbalances, acupuncture points are used to correct the flow of Qi along these meridians and to redirect the flow of energy to affected areas. This is called acupuncture and has been …

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Exercise: The Best Kind of Preventive Medicine

December 28, 2015March 1, 2024

Exercise has long been prescribed as preventive medicine. Physical activity improves mood and well being, along with decreasing the risk of many health conditions, including obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, among others. Individualized exercise routines are also the bedrock of treatment for most medical conditions whether one is on medications or not. Anaerobic exercise, also known as high intensity interval training (HIIT), focuses on a series of short, …

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WFP Fall/Winter Garden

November 10, 2015March 1, 2024

Our fall/winter garden has been planted and is growing beautifully! Our delicious vegetables include: Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Collard Greens Kale Lettuce Cauliflower Swiss Chard We have also added the following: Three rain barrels attached to our building rain gutters (two in the front and one on the side). We are using these to collect water for …

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WISEMAN FAMILY PRACTICE HOSTS PEOPLE’S PHARMACY RADIO SHOW

October 26, 2015March 1, 2024

Listen to our nurse practitioner Sellma Vllasi, FNP-C on People’s Pharmacy radio show with Ray Solano and Dawn Welch, where they discuss the topic of Integrative medicine, the prescribing of statin drugs to treat high cholesterol, and treatment alternatives and options. They also discuss the “millennial generation’s” diet and exercise trends and how this is …

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