Quick Tips to Achieve Healthier Eating Habits

Quick Tips to Achieve Healthier Eating Habits

By making conscious choices and incorporating wholesome ingredients into your diet, you can fuel your body effectively while supporting your fitness goals. Our Richmond health coach, Gregory Anthony has pulled together a list of small list of quick tips and resources to help you incorporate small ways to optimize your nutrition.

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How WellcomeMD helps ease the primary care crisis

How WellcomeMD helps ease the primary care crisis

Americans have fewer and fewer family medicine or internal medicine doctors to turn to, and the problem is accelerating. WellcomeMD, as a membership-based medical practice, has a special contribution to make, by offering those who have a strong interest in their health an alternative: patient-focused rather than production-focused medicine, made possible by a radically smaller group of patients per doctor. 

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The Importance of Sleep

The Importance of Sleep

 Rest is one of the five basic needs for human beings to function properly. Food, water, shelter, clean air, and sleep. It impacts every fiber of our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual existence. To live a healthier, happier life, we must get proper rest. We must make getting proper sleep a priority in our lives so we can feel our best, do our best, be our best, and give our best.

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Protein Powder: Healthy or Hype?

Protein Powder: Healthy or Hype?

The allure of a quick and convenient source of protein has made protein powder a popular addition to many diets. However, it’s important to remember that protein powder does not replace a healthy diet and exercise routine and there are potential hazards associated with consuming synthetic sources of protein.  

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Small Changes to Live Longer

Small Changes to Live Longer

We’ve all been told 50% of our plates should be stocked with veggies. But did you know that small changes like cutting back on sweets and replacing it with health options like nuts, vegetables, and legumes could add years to your life? To see just how much small changes can impact your life, a team at the University of Bergen, Norway created a model using data from the Global Burden of Diseases study.

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