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It's not a turnip I don’t fast for religious purposes but I have many religious and semi-religious clients who fast on Yom Kippur. We've been known to suggest non-religious lent so there’s no reason why everyone can't fast or atone. If you do, some tips: Don’t feast before you fast - I get the “last supper” (wrong religion I realize) tendency to feast before you fast but that leaves you feeling gross and, more importantly, makes your fast more difficult. Have a dinner portion you’d call skimpy if you were served it at a restaurant. Fat is your friend - fats take a long time to digest thus providing more staying power. Include avocado (taco Tuesday meets Yom), coconut oil, ghee or tahini in your dinner before you fast. Go green - fat and fiber are the magic combination, have two cups of green vegetables with dinner (just skip asparagus).  Portion your  protein - you can have fish or roasted chicken at dinner but protein uses up a lot of water as it digests, so aim for palm...

It may come as a shock but I’m not a major wine drinker. My desert island cocktail would involve spirits (specifically Mezcal in case you care). I am, however, obsessed with the whole healthier happy hour concept. If we’re going to drink (you can make your own decision but I am going to), what’s the best way to improve the quality, decrease the side effects and just feel better about it? Enter üllo , üllo is basically a Brita for your wine. It’s an easy-to-use filter that sits on top of your wine glass. As you pour the wine, the sulfites are removed. Sulfites are preservatives used in most wine production. They can cause allergic reactions and also headaches. It’s estimated 1 in 10 people have a sulfite sensitivity. Even if you’re not the one, sulfites decrease nutrient availability in food. Specifically, sulfites gobble up B vitamins- how rude! I tested out my Üllo recently for a holiday dinner. Whether it’s bad parenting or not, I had my 12-year-old set it up for me. It was Rosh Hash...

What is Headache? Headache is among the most common medical complaints. The majority of them are not life threatening. They can be classified into four main categories, namely:  1)Tension headaches Chronic tension headaches can come from an overload of stress or from being fatigued, but more often they come from physical problems, from psychological and emotional issues, or from depression. Tension Headaches are the most common type of headaches. 2)Migraine headache Migraines have well-defined attacks with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to lights and sounds. Migraine is a pulsating form of headache which is unilateral associated with vomiting, nausea, depression and sensitivity to sound, light, smell etc. Migraine causes are unknown. Migraine is the most common type of vascular headache, which is characterized by pain which is severe in either or both sides of the brain, blur vision and sometimes an upset stomach. Causes of migraine headache are many and vari...