Exercise

by drspar | All, Fitness & Nutrition

Fix Your Brain Every day I have patients who come to me asking what they should take to help prevent memory loss or to treat depression or “brain fog” – a loss of ability to concentrate fully. Though people often come to me looking for a magic pill, there is one...

Heart and Health: How Basic Diet Changes Can Affect Heart Health

by drspar | All, Heart Health

You’ve heard about unhealthy foods causing heart problems—some restaurants even give decadent menu items names like “the heart attack burger”. But diet can also positively affect your heart and health? Tweaking your eating habits can improve your blood pressure and...

Is Your Life Killing You?

by drspar | All, Mental Performance

A tight deadline at work, sitting in traffic, falling behind in responding to emails… We all experience stress from time to time. But what happens when that stress becomes constant rather than occasional? This persistent exposure to stress over a long period of time...

Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention—What You Need to Know

by drspar | All, Heart Health

If you’re a man of a certain age, you’ve probably heard some pretty frightening statistics about cardiovascular disease, like the fact that it accounts for about 1 in 3 deaths in the United States, or that it kills more people every year than all forms of cancer and...

Epigenetics

by drspar | All, Anti-Aging

If you think genetic predisposition means certain conditions are inevitable, think again. Far from being at the mercy of your genes, you can affect which ones are turned on and off—not just in yourself but in your children and grandchildren—through lifestyle choices...

The Intermittent Fasting Diet: Know the Facts and if You Should Try It

by drspar | All, Fitness & Nutrition

Have you heard people talking about intermittent fasting? Fasting involves organizing your eating into a schedule of extended periods without food consumption punctuated by smaller windows where you’re allowed to eat, and proponents claim it can help you lose weight,...