by Lisa Armstrong-Culpepper, RN, MSN, NP-C | Apr 12, 2018 | Preventative Medicine
Does what we eat affect our mental state? The answer is yes. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps to control our moods. 95% of all serotonin is made in the gut. So it makes sense that if we have a healthy digestive tract we are more likely will have a healthy psyche. In order to aide your gut to help your brain, nutritional psychiatry recommends diets that are void of processed and refined foods and sugars. This means treating your body like you would treat...
by Lisa Armstrong-Culpepper, RN, MSN, NP-C | Mar 16, 2018 | Preventative Medicine
We all have heard the hype about a sedentary lifestyle being bad for our overall health. It can lead to certain diseases such as osteoporosis, dementia, depression and anxiety, certain cancers, heart disease, and diabetes just to name a few. But what is it about movement that is so healthy and the lack of movement that so detrimental? Prolonged periods of sitting leads to larger waist circumference, increase in fasting triglyceride levels and reduced clearance of...
by Lisa Armstrong-Culpepper, RN, MSN, NP-C | Nov 6, 2017 | Womens Health
Most of us know that October was breast cancer awareness month. Worldwide breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women. It is more common in developed countries and the survival rate are also higher in developed countries due to cancer detection. Outcomes for breast cancer are variable depending on exact type of cancer as well as the extend of the disease. The earlier the detection and subsequent treatment the less extensive the disease and the higher the...
