Ashley's Blog

Boost Your Health with this Simple Exercise

I want to start by taking you to Norwich, England where a group of scientists from the Norwich Medical school conducted research by analyzing group walking programs. "Statistially significant improvements were found in a range of widely used health measures:systolic and diastolic blood pressure, resting heart rate, body fat, BMI, total cholesterol, VO2max,  depression, 6-minute walk time, and quality of life for physical functioning". Okay, wow--so just walking with a few friends or family

5 Tips to Avoid Overeating this Holiday Season

Overeating. Are you actually starving yourself?​ Have you ever had a huge meal, but STILL hungry??! Well in honors of the Holiday Season, I thought I would share a little physiology on overeating. Weight Loss Tip #1: DO NOT OVEREAT! DO NOT OVEREAT! DO NOT OVEREAT! Did you know that when you overeat, you could actually be starving yourself...I'll come back to this... There are TWO main reasons why we overeat: Reason #1- Nutrients are not being absorbed. Reason #2- We are eating

"Integrative Medicine": An Approach to Optimal Wellness

As I feasted this Thanksgiving Holiday, I couldn't help but think of all the unpleasant side effects of an endless source of heavy carbs, sugar, gluten and fat, that tradition suggests. "Integrative Medicine is a new art and science based on health promotion and "wellness" --a natural approach to patients, regarding them not as diseases or problems but as people needing assistance in balancing their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions These dimensions, when balanced or in