A New Routine—It’s After the Chagim!
The 23 day period from Rosh HaShanah until Simchas Torah is now behind us. It is a time period that interrupts routine and it is difficult to take care of your...
A New Year with the Same Problems
It’s the New Year of 5778 Habah Aleinu L’Tovah. We have just finished a very hectic three weeks where a lot of eating and sedentary life style have been the rule. ...
Using Exercise to Manage Stress
We all have stress. It’s a fact of life. And it’s a good thing that we all have some stress. Imagine a world with no stress at all. When our kids...
Fat is NOT the Enemy
Every few years, we hear about changes in the dietary guidelines that the government issues as far as what we are supposed to eat in order to be healthy, ward off...
It’s Time to Confront Mental Health in the Orthodox...
It’s time to bring the conversation about mental health to the forefront in our community. It’s time to meet all of the wonderful resources for people in our community whose pain...
Overcoming your Predisposition
We are all created by Hashem with our unique traits as determined by the genes and DNA the He gives us at birth. But does having a “bad” gene for...
What’s it all about?
I think that exercise, activity and good eating habits are some of the most important daily habits in our lives. You already know that. What you might not know is that...
SO, I Was Just Thinking………. (Part 1)
I’ve been doing what I do for almost 20 years now. It was almost 27 years ago that I turned my own life around and said goodbye to overweight and high...
Is Food Enough for Nutrition? (Part 2)
(In part one of this article, we discussed how in the modern diet, getting essential nutrition can be difficult. We also covered how without the right nutrition, many physical ailments as...
Is Food Enough for Nutrition? (Part 1)
Although we have become obsessed with food in regard to weight loss, food is our nutrition and it provides us with the energy we need to function daily. What is it...
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