Fueled by Doughnuts Run Like There's Doughnuts At The Finish Line Rachel celebrated Montclair Bread Company’s 4000th like on Facebook with a doughnut themed 4K in 2014. She had never run before but the running bug bit her that day. She start- ed running with a few local friends and realized that running with them was much more fun than going it alone so she created Fueled by Doughnuts. Her goal was to create a [...]
ESCAPE THE CARDIO RUT AND EMBRACE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE With CROSS TRAINING Cardio is our safe place. We have been there, we know how far, how fast and how many calories we burn when we do it. But there are times when we question, what else can we be doing? Maybe it comes with the change in seasons, that injury flared up again or maybe you’re just ready to see changes in your body that the [...]
ACUPUNCTURE USING A HOLISTIC APPROACH MEANS ADDRESSING BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT “Holistic means to take a step back, and to look at the entire person/patient as they present in front of me.” Within his practice, Apple Acupuncture in Montclair, Dr. Jeremy Steiner, DAOM, LAc, treats the “whole” person. “To take a holistic approach means to ask several questions and to listen deeply to the patient. This allows me to gain more insight into why the [...]
Healthy Living by Healthy Eating No single weight loss method, or eating program can work for everyone, one size dies not fit all. The ultimate goal should be long term health through healthy eating and exercise. In order to lose weight and keep it off, exercise is a key element, as it AIDS in increasing the metabolic rate, which helps fat loss while maintaining lean muscle. Fiber is important for weight loss, as it improves [...]
Prediabetes An Opportunity of A Lifetime If you’ve received the diagnosis of Prediabetes from your physician, you have been gifted the opportunity of a lifetime to jump in head first to managing your health. Jump in like you did to plan your wedding, decorate the nursery or map out the vacation you saved years to enjoy. If you can muster that same level of dedication and passion, you can make changes today that will better [...]
Healthy Fresh and at your Doorstep If you have ever come home from work too tired and spent from the day to cook and prep a healthy meal, Eat Clean Bro, the Freehold NJ-based meal delivery service is for you. Routing from a desire to share his passion for clean eating and simple meal preparation, Jamie Giovinazzo began cooking out of his parent’s kitchen serving and delivering clean, healthy meals to friends. From these humble [...]
A UNIFIED APPROACH TO Traditional Chinese Medicine and Holistic Healing Joining forces to enhance the lives of their patients, Cristina R. de La Mar and Phil Veneziano of Seven Point Wellness, a local husband and wife team of Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, recently expanded their Midtown Manhattan clinic with a second location in Millburn, NJ (adjacent to the Short Hills Surgery Center, in the Trader Joe’s complex). Their Millburn clinic offers a calm, peaceful atmosphere [...]
6 WAYS YOU CAN PREVENT (OR CATCH!) Breast Cancer Understanding your risk and being proactive about breast health can help lower your overall risk, or find breast cancer at an early) and more treatable) stage. By Bridget K. Brisk, Montclair Breast Center It’s common knowledge that smoking is the #1 cause of lung cancer and too much sun exposure will increase your odds of skin cancer, but did you know there are behaviors that increase [...]
CONVENIENCE KILLS!!! SUICIDE BY FOOD By Dr. Velonda Thompson, Ph.D. It is no secret that obesity rates have risen in the United States over the past few decades as has the consumption of meals away from home, especially fast food. Food quality and quantity (portion control) are contributing culprits to bulging bellies. According to the 2011 CDC study, Fast-Food Consumption and Obesity Among Adults, “The prevalence of obesity increased consistently with frequency of fast-food consumption.” [...]
The # 1 KILLER of Women, is Not What You Think Lung Cancer is the leading cause of Cancer related deaths for women in the United States today. Once thought of as a disease of smokers, according to Dr. Subroto Paul, Director of Thoracic Surgery at RWJBarnabas Health and Clinical Professor of Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, “Up to twenty percent of women who develop lung cancer have never touched a cigarette. Women [...]