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    Green Tea, Anyone?

    I typically prefer black teas, but today I chose green tea for an immune boost.  I tend to avoid green tea due to its high caffeine content which can have a strong effect on the liver, blood pressure, and stress hormones. (35mg in one cup)  However, in moderate amounts, green tea is a powerful antioxidant source.   Several studies show…
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    My Favorite Day of the Week

    Sunday is my favorite day of the week. Most people look forward to the end – Friday, but I typically use Friday evenings to unfurl, and I stay up late binge-watching my favorite TV shows. (Hubby and I are currently obsessed with TNT’s Animal Kingdom, btw.) I actually enjoy the work that comes with preparing for a new week. It…
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    Where I get my work done

    Aside from practicing medicine and trying to start a healthy living consulting business, I also sit on my medical school alumni board, volunteer with my sorority, organize extended family trips, oh, and create content for my blog. Those are just a few assignments I can think of off the top as I write. I am notorious for a running to-do…
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    My Current Top 5 Plant-based Restaurants in Houston

    As you can probably tell by now, I eat a plant-based (PB) diet. I am not vegan or vegetarian. I simply try to make sure that everything I eat is from a whole and natural food. I avoid processed foods, pre-packaged meals, refined sugars, dairy, and meat. To me, a PB diet is not exclusionary but rather densely focused on…
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    Falling For Color

    Today is the first of October.  I’m currently finishing a job assignment in Texas.   Although it is officially fall, the blazing Texas daylight hours and warm nighttime gulf breezes make it hard for me to come to terms with the changing seasons.  Everyone is ordering Pumpkin Spice Lattes and I’m looking for the blackberry lemonade.  Afterall, I’m a New…
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