Optimal Wellness Blog

When I started my practice as a primary care physician, I was seeing many patients with inexplicable fatigue, difficulty losing weight, irritable bowel syndrome, thyroid problems, anxiety and depression. Many of them had suffered with symptoms for years. Instead of...

Halloween is the perfect time to get creative, playful and, if you have little ones, go trick or treating! It can also be a hectic time. If you have children, you may be organizing plans for where to go trick or treating. If you have more than one child, you may even...

Now that we are the middle of fall, I was inspired to experiment with new fall recipes for breakfast and healthy snacks. It lead me to creating a healthy comfort food recipe. It may seem like an oxymoron, but you’ll see what I mean when you make these and try them:)...

There is no question that we are in the midst of an obesity epidemic and a public health crisis. As September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, we cannot let this month go without addressing this growing problem. We want to provide those of you who...

Our patients and readers often ask us about how to make nourishing, delicious smoothies. As we all have our preferences, our nutritionist and health coach, Vanessa Kahler, has created this amazing "How to" guide, to make the smoothie making process easy, practical and...