Our winter herbs have been growing prolifically. Drying them is a great way to preserve them to use all year round.
Dill has been studied for its anti-inflammatory properties. It may also help with heart health and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Zaatar, sometimes referred to as Middle-Eastern Oregano, is touted for many homeopathic health benefits such as being an immunity booster. It is also said to boost skin health, strengthen bones, increase circulation, improve respiratory health, decrease inflammation and boost energy.
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Propagating Succulents Wishing Wellness
Cacti are easy to grow through a process called propagation. By cutting a piece off, with proper care you can grow a whole new plant.
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Qigong with Dr. Scott
Join Dr. Scott for a 30 minute Medical Qigong Class on Saturday March 27th at 9:30am.
This class will go through the Longevity Set and 8 Sections of Brocade.
Longevity Set is a series of exercises that are used to help loosen up and lubricate the joints. This is a great warm up exercise and promotes longevity!
8 Sections of Brocade is one of the most common forms of Chinese Medical Qigong. The name refers to 8 movements that are characterized with slow flowing energy like fabric (or silk as it is aka: Eight Silken Movements).
The 8 Sections of Brocade is a style of medical qigong meant to improve health.
This class is open to ALL Wishing Wellness clients.
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Wishing Wellness Functional Medicine
Functional medicine is all about getting your body back into balance. This involves understanding how imbalances are causing the symptoms.
Functional Medicine a great fit for anyone dealing with complex, chronic disease.
At Wishing Wellness our Functional medicine program includes:
-Patient-centered care: promoting overall health as positive, ongoing wellness. Optimal health is not just the absence of disease.
-An integrative, science-based healthcare approach: Dr. Scott Jacobson considers the complex interactions in a patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical, social and environmental) factors that affect the whole person.
-Integrating the best medical practices: Dr. Scott Jacobson is an MD as well as certified Functional Medicine Practitioner thought IFM. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medicine with complementary medicine, creating a focus on balance and prevention. Nutrition, diet and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs and stress-management techniques are all tools of the functional medicine practitioner.
We offer #Telehealth Appointments via video or phone and accept new patients in: NV, CA, FL, HI, AZ & MO
Wishing Wellness Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga helps improve flexibility and uses longer holds to get beyond the muscle tissue into the connective tissue, the fascia of the body.
These poses help relieve the effects of chronic stress, including weakness and fatigue brought on by our daily fast paced activities. They teach us how to cultivate awareness by bringing our attention to the areas we hold tension and consciously releasing and letting it go.
Wishing Wellness Yoga
Yoga consist of movements and strengthening poses that are designed to help us achieve better strength and flexibility.
Yoga helps tone muscles and improve proprioception, our sense of position in space. Practicing postures that emphasize standing and balance can help build strength and confidence.
Yoga’s focus on breath, meditation and movement help create an overall sense of well-being. Studies show yoga has a greater impact on enhancing mood and reducing anxiety than other forms of exercise as it boosts GABA levels in the brain which can help calm nerves.
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Wishing Wellness Eat The Rainbow
You may have heard us talk about the importance of ‘eating the rainbow’. Fruits and vegetables fall into five different color categories: red, purple/blue, green, white/brown and yellow/orange and eating all these colors is a great measure for a healthy eating lifestyle.
Red foods like tomatoes, grapefruit, and watermelon contain the carotenoid lycopene which help the body get rid of free radicals.
Orange foods like carrots, mangoes, apricots, cantaloupes, pumpkin, acorn squash, winter squash, sweet potatoes contain alpha-carotene, which can help protect against certain types of cancer.
Purple (red/blue) foods like beets, eggplant, purple grapes, prunes, cranberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red apples are good for heart health. Antioxidants known as anthocyanins in these fruits and vegetables may help protect your heart health by preventing blood clots.
Yellow foods like pineapple, oranges, tangerines, peaches, papayas, and nectarines contain beta cryptothanxin, which help your cells communicate with each other.
Green foods like spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, yellow corn, green peas, avocado, honeydew melon contain carotenoids, lutein, and zeaxanthin, which are believed to reduce the macular degeneration that comes with aging. Green foods like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, bok choy, kale contain the chemicals sulforaphane and isocyanate which help ward off cancer by inhibiting carcinogens.
White (green, brown) foods like leeks, scallions, garlic, onions, celery, peas, endives, chives contain antioxidant flavonoids like quercetin and kaempferol, which help protect your cells from damage.
Each color carries its own set of unique disease fighting substances and eating a variety of colors is a great way to guarantee your body is getting a variety of minerals and nutrients it needs.
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Wishing Wellness #DairyFree #SugarFree Chocolate Treats
These chocolates are perfect to have on hand and in our house are considered a love language. If you're familiar with The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, service is one of the Love Languages and the making of these treats is one of the (many) ways we express love.
Chocolate Treats
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut butter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup of almond butter
2 Tbs honey or maple syrup to taste
Melt Coconut oil and butter until soft/liquid. Mix other ingredients in a pourable container. Pour into mold. Top with sea salt, crushed chilies, lavendar or other favorite toppings. Freeze for at least 30 min. Keep Frozen.
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Functional Medicine Wishing Wellness
Functional medicine is all about getting your body back into balance. This involves understanding how the illness came about and what imbalances are causing the symptoms. Functional Medicine a great fit for anyone dealing with complex, chronic disease.
At Wishing Wellness our Functional medicine program includes:
Patient-centered care: promoting overall health as positive, ongoing wellness. Optimal health is not just the absence of disease.
An integrative, science-based healthcare approach: Dr. Scott Jacobson considers the complex interactions in a patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical, social and environmental) factors that affect the whole person.
Integrating the best medical practices: Dr. Scott Jacobson is an MD as well as certified Functional Medicine Practitioner thought IFM. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medicine with complementary medicine, creating a focus on balance and prevention. Nutrition, diet and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs and stress-management techniques are all tools of the functional medicine practitioner.
Immune Boosting and Antioxidants from the Wishing Wellness Garden
Harvesting #rosehip which we dry and use in teas.
Compared with other fruits and vegetables, rose hips contain a high amount of vitamin C which helps strengthen and protect the immune system.
Rose hips are rich in antioxidants which may help protect cells from the damage of free radicals.
As much as we love harvesting the rose hip can't wait for the roses to blossom again.
Take A Walk With Dr. Scott
Walking is the most popular type of exercise in adults. It is free, does not require special training, and can be done almost anywhere. Even short, but regular, walks have substantial health benefits.
Cardio or aerobic exercise push your muscles, heart and lungs to work hard.
Studies have shown that regular cardio exercise may improve your mood, lower stress, give you more energy and sharpen your mental focus and memory. It can also help you keep off extra weight, improve your cholesterol, build stronger bones and muscles, and lower your risk of diabetes, stroke and certain cancers. It can also help you sleep better.
Reasons why walking is a great way to exercise:
* All you need is a good pair of shoes.
* You can do it anytime, anywhere.
* It's low impact and gentle on your body.
* Walking in nature is especially good for your mental health. Studies show it boosts your mood and creativity and can even be a form of meditation.
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Health Coaching at Wishing Wellness
Health Coaching is part of our Functional Medicine 6 month program and a great resource for clients having trouble making healthy habits stick. Using motivation and a unique combination of skills to facilitate behavior change, Ren works with clients to help empower them to achieve wellness.
As a Functional Medicine Health Coach Ren works with patients on everyday decisions such as managing medications, engaging in physical activity, making routine lifestyle changes and making dietary changes.
Coaches focus on helping patients to identify goals, create plans, make changes, and implement changes. Health coaches help patients with health-related information, navigational support, connections to community resources, and personal support.
One of the main principles of health coaching is the notion that everyone faces specific challenges when it comes to keeping healthy. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach to wellness, Ren help clients create highly personalized strategies for achieving their goals.
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Dr. Scott Jacobson on Functional Medicine
Functional medicine is all about getting your body back into balance. This involves understanding how imbalances are causing the symptoms.
Functional Medicine a great fit for anyone dealing with complex, chronic disease.
At Wishing Wellness our Functional medicine program includes:
* Patient-centered care: promoting overall health as positive, ongoing wellness. Optimal health is not just the absence of disease.
* An integrative, science-based healthcare approach: Dr. Scott Jacobson considers the complex interactions in a patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical, social and environmental) factors that affect the whole person.
* Integrating the best medical practices: Dr. Scott Jacobson is an MD as well as certified Functional Medicine Practitioner thought IFM. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medicine with complementary medicine, creating a focus on balance and prevention. Nutrition, diet and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs and stress-management techniques are all tools of the functional medicine practitioner.
We offer #Telehealth Appointments via video or phone and accept new patients in: NV, CA, FL, HI, AZ & MO
Dr. Scott #BoneBroth and Ramen
We really love ramen and make variations of miso ramen soup with bone broth at home.
Ramen is a noodle soup dish that is popular in Japan.
If you're looking for authentic ramen in #LasVegas you can check out Fukumimi Ramen.
They have delivery and a few non- reservation, socially distanced tables.
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Health Benefits of Yoga
Yoga consists of movements and strengthening poses that are designed to help us achieve better strength and flexibility.
Yoga helps tone muscles and improve proprioception, our sense of position in space. Practicing postures that emphasize standing and balance can help build strength and confidence.
Yoga’s focus on breath, meditation and movement help create an overall sense of well-being. Studies show yoga has a greater impact on enhancing mood and reducing anxiety than other forms of exercise as it boosts GABA levels in the brain which can help calm nerves.
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Wishing Wellness Winter Garden
Gardening is a great tool for stress relief and is used as a form of therapy for it’s calming effect.
Plants are living beings and being around them exudes energy. Plants can remind us that we are all connected to, and part of, nature.
Spending time outside creates a strong relationship with mother earth and allows us to appreciate the beauty and abundance surrounding.
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Wishing Wellness Gluten Free Banana Bread
Wishing Wellness Gluten Free Banana Bread
3 very ripe bananas
1 1/4 cup gluten-free flour
1 1/2 cup gluten-free oats
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg (or sub 1 chia or flax egg)
3 Tbsp avocado or coconut oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 chocolate chips
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup almond or dairy-free milk
Mix in a bowl or mixer
Bake at 350 F for 60 minutes.
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Functional Medicine Wishing Wellness
Functional medicine is an individualized approach to health and recognizes that everyone is different and that what works for some people might not work for others.
At Wishing Wellness using the functional medicine approach, extensive testing is done to analyze your genetics, microbiome, micronutrients, hormones and take an in depth personal history, creating a health plan for you and your body.
Dr. Scott Jacobson is an MD who specializes in Functional Medicine and Ren is a certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. Together we offer a unique and specialized approach to help our clients navigate their health journey using nutrition and lifestyle changes based on scientific evidence gained from doing individualized and specialized testing.
Many patient reach out to us after having spent years being given medications to mask symptoms instead of trying to figure out the cause of the illness is. Things like chronic fatigue, thyroid issues, hormone imbalances, stomach & food issues, allergies, breathing & sinus issues, auto immune diseases, chronic pain, joint pain, anxiety, depression and more... are all symptoms and throwing pharmaceuticals at these issues is doing a disservice to you and your body.
We work with many different dietary approaches and customize diets to fit clients individual tastes, preferences and medical conditions. Common diets we work with include: Autoimmune Paleo, Elimination Diet, Core Food Plan, Keto, Whole Food Vegan, Intermittent fasting, Low Fat High Carb, Detox diets and more.
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702-970-1111
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Health Coaching at Wishing Wellness
Health Coaching is part of our Functional Medicine 6 month program and a great resource for clients having trouble making healthy habits stick. Using motivation and a unique combination of skills to facilitate behavior change, Ren works with clients to help empower them to achieve wellness.
As a Functional Medicine Health Coach Ren works with patients on everyday decisions such as managing medications, engaging in physical activity, making routine lifestyle changes and making dietary changes.
Coaches focus on helping patients to identify goals, create plans, make changes, and implement changes. Health coaches help patients with health-related information, navigational support, connections to community resources, and personal support.
One of the main principles of health coaching is the notion that everyone faces specific challenges when it comes to keeping healthy. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach to wellness, Ren help clients create highly personalized strategies for achieving their goals.
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Could Sauna's Have Cognitive Health Benefits?
Really interesting article quoted below that talks about the benefits of saunas for preventing brain diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease. (Link for full article below) This article sites studies done in Finland where sauna bathing has long been perused for its health benefits and has strong cultural ties.
Though the general health benefits of sauna bathing have been known for a long time, the use of saunas for preventing brain diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease, is a more recent subject of research. In this blog post, I'll review a research study by Knekt and colleagues, published in the December issue of Preventive Medicine Reports, which has found Finnish sauna bathing may protect against dementia
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What is a Finnish sauna?
Saunas are an important part of Finnish culture. In fact, the Finnish sauna culture was recently added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
There is more than one sauna for every three people in Finland. Nearly 99% of the sample in the investigation by Knekt et al. reported using saunas. According to Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, even the “president has an official sauna, as does the prime minister.”
People using Finnish saunas, which are typically made of wood and have wooden benches, are exposed to dry heat at very high temperatures (typically 80–100°C or 158-212°F). Not surprisingly, heart rates during a heat session can reach 120-150 beats per minute.
However, these heat sessions are often short (5-20 minutes) and interspersed with cooling breaks (e.g., shower, swimming).
But does sauna bathing help prevent health conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease? To find out, let us review the investigation by Knekt and collaborators.
The sauna study: sample and methods
The data came from the Finnish Mobile Clinic Follow-up Survey (FMCF), which, in the mid-1970s, assessed thousands of participants’ height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting blood sugar, and other health-related indicators.
The present investigation used data from 13,994 FMCF participants—those aged 30 to 69 years who had not received a diagnosis of dementia.
Characteristics of the sample include: 51% males; average age of 48 years; 71% with basic education; 78% married; 27% smokers; and an average BMI of 26.
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The researchers obtained information regarding participants’ sauna use, lifestyle, and health—physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, medications, and chronic illnesses (e.g., heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, mental illness).
Examining the sample data, from 1973 to 2011, the authors identified 1,805 dementia cases.
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The relationship between sauna bathing and dementia
The results showed sauna bathing was associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
This was true even after adjusting for a variety of factors—age, sex, region, education, marital status, smoking and drinking, BMI, leisure-time physical activities, blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides.
The hazard ratio for individuals who bathed 9-12 times was 0.81 (95% CI = 0.69-0.97), compared with participants who bathed 0-4 times per month. The hazard ratio for 0-4 and 13-30 monthly sauna users did not differ.
In addition, a continuous stay in the heat for 5-14 minutes, compared to less than 5 minutes, was linked with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The sauna temperature range most highly linked with dementia protection was 80-99°C (176-210°F).
Frequency of sauna bathing was also associated with dementia risk:
“During the first 20 years of follow-up, the dementia risk of those reporting 9-12 sauna baths per month [roughly three times a week] was less than a half of the risk of those who had sauna baths only 0-4 times per month.”
However, extreme heat seemed to increase the risk for dementia. Specifically, based on the data from the first 20 years, the risk for dementia in people who bathed using temperatures higher than 100°C (212°F) was double compared to individuals who used temperatures below 80°C (176°F).
Why might sauna bathing prevent dementia?
At this point, no definitive answers exist as to why sauna bathing could prevent dementia.
Perhaps passive body heating, which occurs during a sauna session, leads to beneficial health changes that reduce the risk for dementia. But how?
Passive body heating may activate heat shock proteins, which assist and control protein formation. Abnormalities in protein construction, folding, and degradation (e.g., accumulation of protein aggregates) are common in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. So, regular activation of heat shock proteins could potentially play a role in protecting against neurodegenerative changes.
Another possibility concerns the facilitation of healthy circulation. A 2016 investigation found passive heat therapy had several health benefits, including improved cardiovascular function and reduced blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Adequate blood supply and a healthy vascular system might protect against dementia and other neurological degenerative diseases.
Other potential mechanisms linking frequent sauna bathing with reduced risk of dementia include reduced inflammation, better sleep, stress reduction, and increased relaxation.
In summary, in keeping with a previous investigation that found frequent sauna bathing was associated with reduced risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, the research reviewed here concluded sauna bathing, particularly three times a week, might protect against dementia.
Takeaway
So, is sauna bathing an effective way to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Perhaps. At the same time, it is possible that the reasons for the protective effects of sauna bathing are related to cultural factors that would not apply as much to sauna bathing outside of Finland. Only further research will determine if regular sauna baths should be added to the list of recommended strategies for dementia prevention—strategies like regular exercise, socializing, healthy eating, and cognitive stimulation.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202102/could-sauna-bathing-have-cognitive-benefits