Cognitive decline, or dementia, is a hot topic these days as the baby boomer generation—almost 80 million people born between 1946 and 1964—approaches the magic age of 65, when dementia symptoms most commonly develop. Dementia is an economic burden that...
There was a time, not that long ago, when climbing a few flights of stairs had become a challenge for mountain-climbing enthusiast Denise Manheimer. As a nurse and an athlete most of her life, the 26-year-old certainly knew something was not quite right. Was...
For years, health experts have urged and begged us to consume less sugar. Sadly, their advice is falling on deaf ears. Consider this: In 1700, the average person consumed 1.25 teaspoons of sugar a day. By 1900, that soared to 28 teaspoons daily. And in 2009,...
Both conventional medicine and functional medicine doctors rely on laboratory test results to better understand what is going on inside the body. There are limits, of course, to what these tests reveal. How do you know if you need to take a closer look under...
Marcia Wolf’s Journey to a Better Night’s Sleep Marcia Wolf came to Princeton Integrative Health looking for answers—and a better night’s sleep. No matter what sleep remedies she tried, she continued to wake up at the same time every night and could not...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of those things no one likes to talk about but many seem to experience at some point in their lives. At Princeton Integrative Health, we can’t talk enough about IBS and other gastrointestinal conditions. We pay very close...
It's National Nutrition Month, the perfect time to take a look at your relationship with food. Instead of thinking of food choices as what you “should” or “should not” eat, based on the nutrition fad or latest finding of the day, think of food as fuel for...
In recognition of National Heart Month, Dr. Vincent Leonti of Princeton Integrative Health shares his personal story and offers suggestions on living a truly heart-healthy life. A former marathon runner, Dr. Leonti considered himself the “picture of heart...
Once again, the $66 billion dollar weight loss industry is ringing in the new year by ringing in the sales made from “resolutioners” looking for the “secret” to weight loss. Yet it’s no secret that fad diets don’t work, and that new year’s resolutions don’t...
The cat’s been out of the bag for a long time. New Year’s resolutions don’t work. Santa doesn’t come down the chimney either, although he is trying to lose weight and exercise more just like the rest of us. While we love holiday traditions and storytelling,...