If the Mediterranean diet is prevention, then the Anti-Inflammatory diet is therapy. We choose it when the body is in a state of “smoldering” systemic inflammation, confirmed clinically (elevated C-reactive protein, ferritin, homocysteine) or symptomatically (persistent weakness, chronic pain of any kind). Biological Mechanism The main goal is to eliminate “molecular mimicry” and dietary triggers…
Many people see the Mediterranean diet as a “vacation on a plate.” But for a physician, it is a clinically proven tool to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 30% and dementia by 40%. It is a highly adherent diet: easy to follow for a lifetime. Biological Significance At its core is a high…
Health bloggers have overwhelmed us with diet recommendations, each with its own name, and each claimed to be the only effective one, to the point that the line between a “healthy plate” and a therapeutic diet has completely blurred in our minds. It is important to clearly distinguish: when we are supporting our resources,…
A woman complains that due to weight gain during pregnancy, flat feet have developed, resulting in foot pain. Exercise Routine to Address This Issue: 1. Strengthening the Short Foot Muscles The goal is to restore the arch by activating the muscles that support it: “Towel scrunches” with the toes (sitting or standing) — 2×10–15 repetitions;…
A healthy back is something we only take for granted in childhood and youth, and even then, not always. As we age, a healthy back becomes both a process and a result. Daily exercise, proper nutrition, ergonomic living spaces (mattress, pillow, desk, chair, monitor height, car seat, etc.), emotional balance, and more are necessary. Usually,…
The working title of this practice is 24×7. I’m not very fond of it, but since I haven’t come up with another name yet — we have to call it something 🙂. The idea is that throughout the day and night, in our everyday life, we make various movements, *“use”* our bodies. And each posture…
When a person lives with chronic pain, even if they are not consciously aware of it — pain itself becomes the center of their life.It decides what they can and cannot do.What they want and what they don’t want.Where they will go and where they won’t.Who they meet, what they do, what they postpone.Pain is…
I am a wolf. A wolf, as you know, is fed by its feet. The life of an adult wolf, a family father, is not a carefree childhood of jumping in puddles and playing tag with sunbeams. Today, I am more interested in live, and well-fed, hares. I am a husband and a father, head…
In a discussion under one of my posts on Facebook, I realized that my readers really don’t know the difference between narcotic and non-narcotic medications. Could it be that all these terrible cases of long-term narcotic drug use are caused by insufficient public awareness? A person truly thinks that since the doctor prescribed a chronic…
We already know that pain can become the center of life — an invisible dispatcher deciding what a person will do and what they will avoid. But there is another contender for this role — anxiety. Like pain, it can control behavior, and very often it is the invisible amplifier and even the root cause…