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Sugar and Your Health: Simple Ways to Reduce Your Daily Intake
By Dr. Jenna Dye, Naturopathic Physician
Sugar: it’s sweet, it tastes good, but it comes with a cost. Overconsumption can lead to chronic health conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, fatigue, and more. Sugar can directly inhibit the immune system and cause inflammation in the body. It is all around us and can often be hidden in foods we may least expect.
TIPS TO REDUCE YOUR DAILY SUGAR INTAKE Read the labels and look for hidden
sugars. We know the obvious sugar rich foods such as sodas, candy bars, and desserts. But there are many hidden sugars in the processed foods we eat. Added sugar can be found in ketchup, BBQ sauce, salad dressings, canned soups, and spaghetti sauces. We can also find added sugars in alternative milk. It is important to read the ingredient labels and choose foods that do not have these added sugars. Choose unsweetened alternative milks and reduced or no sugar sauces. Or even better, make your own at home.
Eliminate sugary beverages. Sodas, energy drinks, fancy flavored coffee drinks, and juices are very high in sugar. Even those “healthy” premade smoothies/juices can be loaded with sugar. Calories from sugary drinks do not satisfy our appetite like real whole foods do, so we tend to consume larger quantities. Instead try the following: • Sparkling water and add lemon or lime to flavor. • Herbal tea (without caffeine counts as water) and try it iced in the hot weather months. • If you drink coffee, you can add stevia, which is a natural sweetener, or unsweetened alternative milk. • And just plain water: most of us do not drink enough of it anyway.
Eat more protein and full fat foods.
When you eat protein rich foods, your blood sugar does not spike like it does with sugar rich foods. Adding in protein snacks throughout the day can help balance blood sugar and decrease those sugar cravings. Many of us have been programed to think that fat is a bad thing, especially when you may want to lose weight and cut calories. Unfortunately, the “low fat” or “fat free” options typically contain more sugar, thus adding more calories. Full fat foods also help us feel satisfied, which will help cut those sugar cravings. Plus, they just taste better! I encourage patients to pick the full fat Greek yogurt or the full fat cottage cheese in moderation.
Watch out for “healthy” processed
foods. Even foods from a health food store can have high amounts of sugar. Hidden sugar can be found in granola bars, protein bars, premade fruit smoothies, and some dried fruits. Always check the labels for the added sugars. Alternatives for these snacks can include: a handful of nuts or trail mix with dried fruit with no added sugar, a hard-boiled egg, or fresh fruit with a protein source (i.e., apple slices with nut butter).
Decreasing sugar in your diet has many benefits, including potential weight loss, reducing inflammation, strengthening the immune system, and improving chronic diseases and overall health.
Your naturopathic doctor can further individualize treatment that is tailored to your specific health goals.
Dr. Jenna Dye is a licensed naturopathic physician. Her role is to support the body’s foundation to restore and maintain optimal health. Together with her patients, this is achieved by identifying and removing barriers that may be impacting health while creating a healing environment. For more information, visit drjennadye.com.
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Make Your Health a Priority: Schedule an Annual Wellness Visit or Physical
This fall is a great time to schedule wellness checks and physicals for the whole family. Especially since many people avoided the doctor throughout the pandemic, it’s extra important to check in with your doctor and get back on track with your health and wellness goals. It’s also a good time to make sure everyone is up to date with vaccinations, COVID-19 or otherwise.
It’s important to see your primary care provider every year for a physical exam (if you’re under 65 years of age) or annual wellness visit (if you’re more than 65 years of age).
“Annual physicals and wellness exams are important because you can learn how to prevent certain diseases through healthy lifestyle interventions,” says Paul Sieckmann, M.D., chief medical officer for HonorHealth Medical Group. “You’ll also have the opportunity to discuss and undergo age-appropriate screenings that are targeted for you based on your medical and family history that can catch diseases like cancer at their earliest stages, when they are easier to treat successfully.”
WHAT TO EXPECT AT AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM
If you’re concerned about a specific health issue or need a hands-on examination, a routine physical exam is the way to go. This allows your doctor to do a headto-toe physical examination that also includes a discussion of your health, history, and risk factors.
This appointment type also allows your provider to order additional screening tests and offer vaccinations. There are a lot of important health screenings you should discuss with your doctor during this visit. These may include screenings for certain types of cancer, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and more. You can also use this time to talk to your doctor about the flu shot, pneumonia vaccine, or COVID-19 vaccine.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT AN ANNUAL WELLNESS VISIT
Those 65 and older with Medicare Part B have the option to instead utilize an annual wellness visit that serves as a health consultation. Your provider doesn’t take your vitals or perform screening exams. Instead, you have an in-depth discussion about your health goals and develop a plan to follow.
Dr. Sieckmann describes the annual wellness visit as an opportunity to be proactive and forward thinking about your health. For seniors, he says, “It’s a time for you to have a heart-to-heart discussion with your provider about ways to age gracefully in the healthiest way possible.”
Dr. Sieckmann says he makes sure he reviews issues important to seniors during their Medicare-covered annual wellness visits. He addresses issues such as balance and preventing falls, diet and nutrition, memory, vaccinations, and end-of-life planning, among other topics.
MAKE THESE EXAMS PART OF YOUR HEALTHCARE ROUTINE
Many illnesses can be prevented with healthy lifestyle changes or can have great outcomes if they are detected early. Make your health a priority by calling your doctor today to schedule your annual exam. Benefits vary by insurance plan, so confirm your coverage benefits with your insurance provider.
How To Find e Right Solution for Your Sciatica
Get back to being yourself with a sciatica solution that lasts
By Leading USA Sciatica Expert, Dr. Tom Padilla
If you’ve had sciatica for any length of time, you’re familiar with how di cult it may be to do simple things like sleep comfortably, sit for long periods, or walk. You may already know that frustrating feeling of not being able to focus on anything or anyone around you fully, because you’re distracted by pain. e problem with sciatica is it can a ect nearly every aspect of life, and doesn’t a ect anyone exactly the same way.
ere are several di erent causes of sciatica, and often, the diagnosis and solutions given only
help for the short term. ings that help one type of sciatica, make other types of worse, and what helps one day, may not help the next. Or you might have symptoms that behave di erently all the time, leaving you searching high and low for solutions that help you avoid surgeries that are often unsuccessful.
Most people with sciatica just want to know if there’s a solution that actually lasts. Solutions that used to work, don’t work any longer. Eventually you nd yourself in a rabbit hole, searching for solutions that help you avoid surgery.
You’ve likely already tried many di erent
things. Usually the list includes massage, stretching, chiropractic, and di erent exercises.
One of my patients, Marian, had tried everything above along with back surgery, unspecialized physical therapy, pain management, spinal injections, spinal electrostimulation, acupuncture, and dietary analysis.
Marian told me, “When you go through this, you learn how many things you can no longer do if you can’t stand or walk.”
You don’t have to choose between surgery and giving up the activities that you love.
Sciatica is so common because many of the solutions out there just take one area into consideration. e muscles, the joints, nerves, strength, weakness, etcetera. e simple truth is that sciatica is a complex condition with many contributing factors. e core issue, which has been proven time and again in the best research, is that the body has
developed compensation patterns in order to
protect itself. ese patterns are hardwired into the brain and will continue until they’re xed. is pattern is what CAUSES the tight muscles and sti joints. ey eventually pinch the nerve, causing sciatica. erefore, the pattern is the true root cause. No matter how long you’ve su ered, you can still get
your life back. No surgery. No pills.
Common Mistakes Doctors Make When Dealing With People With Sciatica
• ey only seem interested in pushing pills or injections with no real answers as to why you have pain. • ey make you feel like you’re a crazy hypochondriac. • ey blame you or make you feel like it’s your own fault that you’re not getting better. • ey didn’t fully explain your diagnosis so you feel like something’s missing and that you must be more complicated than other people. • ey tell you that “you’re just getting older,” and now you’re worried that your best years are behind you instead of ahead of you like you thought they would be. • ey’re lack of root-cause solutions make you worry about losing your independence, and wondering what life will look like in 10 years if things continue to go this way.
Why What You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked
Many common “treatments” for sciatica, like stretching and injections, only address the symptoms and not the root cause of your sciatica.
What To Avoid
Here are 3 things that can make your sciatica pain worse.
Stretching: If you’ve been stretching to x your sciatica and it hasn’t worked yet, it likely won’t. More often than not, sciatica has come up because of tight muscles. Stretching is for short muscles. Tight muscles are tight because they’re compensating for a weak muscle nearby. Stretching will relieve them for a little bit, but it will come back unless the weakness is resolved.
Crossing Your Legs: Avoid crossing your legs at all costs. is can cause stretching in the back of your hip which compresses the sciatic nerve. It also causes twisting in your hips and pelvis which can put stress on the nerves in your back.
Resting: Certain activities right now might make your sciatica worse, but that doesn’t mean you should restrict all of your movements. If certain things are painful, like walking, lifting, sitting, it’s important to nd the root cause so you can start moving properly and stay active.
How to Fix Sciatica for the Long Term
So many of the “solutions” we try only provide temporary relief because they’re not targeting the root cause. And without getting to the source of the problem, sciatica pain will continue to return because the cause was never addressed.
Marian learned this the hard way, and unfortunately a lot of people do. After addressing the root cause, Marian says, “I’m back to walking 3-4 miles a day; I can lift and hold my grandbabies; I can go to parties without having to sit in a corner; I can go shopping again.” e only thing she’d change? Finding help to address the root cause sooner. “I could have avoided a lot of doctors’ appointments and needless and expensive treatments, not to mention losing a couple of years to my other attempts.”
Tips and Exercises to Crush Sciatica Pain for Good
Our doctors are sciatica specialists who can help diagnose the root cause of your pain and design a personalized roadmap to long-term healing. is month, our doctors are setting time aside for ve
free complimentary sessions for our newspaper readers to get to the root of their pain and nd a path back to their lives without pain.
Reserve yours by calling or texting us at 480-4820651 and asking for a Sciatica Visit, or emailing us at info@thedoctorsofpt.com and saying “I’d like to reserve a Sciatica Visit.”
Or, if you’d like to meet our doctors at one of our free workshops, ask us about our upcoming Sciatica Workshop on October 26th at 6:30p where we’ll go over the root cause of sciatica and help you through a variety of exercises and stretches for fast relief.
