Sunlight and cold weather really start to drag us down around this time of the year. It’s apropos that November has a National Family Health Awareness Day. Around this time of the year, a lot of mood issues or family stressors pick up around holiday time so we need to […]
As the sunlight hours shorten, it’s common for people to start to feel less energetic. I know I see that a lot in my integrative medicine clinic in San Jose, CA. So when that happens, what do I see people start to do? Many people start to drink more coffee […]
Boy did 2018 go by fast… Just because 2018 is in our rear view mirror basically, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to achieve all those health goals you had set for yourself on January 1st 2018. Every year, my patients in my integrative medicine clinic in San Jose, CA, […]
Should I take a multivitamin? That is a question I frequently hear in my integrative medicine clinic in San Jose, CA. It seems that the supplement industry has done a great job in instilling in our minds that everyone should be on a multivitamin but in reality, if you eat […]
Rhodiola rosea is a supplement that quickly became one of my favorite to recommend to my patients in my integrative medicine clinic in San Jose, CA. Some of my patients like to call it their ‘happy pill.’ Clinically, the reason is it helps with energy and boosts mood. Rhodiola has […]
If you’ve ever experienced throbbing pain around your head after a stressful day at work, woken up after a few too many drinks with excruciating pain around your eyes and temples or felt a lingering pain come on after you’ve skipped your morning caffeine routine, you are no stranger to […]
