Your Natural Path To Health Clinic

04/02/2026

7 lifestyle factors:

1. Not smoking
2. Eating a diet low in saturated fats and refined carbs
3. Exercising regularly
4. Maintaining a total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL
5. Maintaining blood pressure below 120/80
6. Maintaining fasting glucose below 100mg/dL
7. Maintaining a BMI below 25kg/m2

Fewer than 5% of Americans maintain all seven of these measures throughout adulthood. How about you?

03/30/2026

Repeat your small habits every day—until they become second nature. When consistency takes over, you no longer have to think... you automatically act with excellence. You become excellent at stretching just as you're excellent at brushing your teeth twice a day!

Start your journey to excellence 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. Pick one small habit and keep doing it.

What will excellence look like for 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

03/29/2026

Dr Arthur Brooks is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of 15 books. He teaches that happiness can be learned!

Take his FREE 2-minute PANAS (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) quiz and discover how your positive and negative emotions balance. It's fascinating to learn about how you score relative to the average and how you might achieve better balance.

You can find the quiz at https://www.arthurbrooks.com/quiz/panas

Did your results surprise you? Tell us about it in the comments!

03/26/2026

Look what I found at Costco! Have you tried it yet?

03/22/2026

A new study published in the journal JAMA found that moderate tea and coffee consumption reduced the risk of dementia. The study followed participants for close to 38 years and found a small but significantly lower risk associated with drinking 2-3 cups of coffee or 1-2 cups of tea a day.

Interestingly, decaf coffee or tea did not have a protective effect and drinking larger amounts did not confer greater benefits.

I happen to take great pleasure in my morning cup of coffee and mid-day cup of earl grey... I love it when something I love loves me back!!

03/19/2026

Treat yourself to these low glycemic, high fiber, high protein healthy savory muffins!

Ingredients:
1 pkg fresh spinach (142g), chopped
1 C egg whites
1 C feta cheese, crumbled
1 C almond flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 onion, chopped
1 Tbsp avocado oil (for sautéing)
1 Tbsp sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (optional but highly recommended)
Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350° (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Sauté onion in oil until softened. Add the chopped spinach and cook until wilted, about 2-3 minutes—season with salt & pepper to taste. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
3. In a large bowl, combine the egg whites, spinach mixture, almond flour, baking powder, feta cheese, and tomatoes.
4. Spoon into a muffin tray.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes until slightly golden on the edges.

Enjoy!

03/15/2026

03/06/2026

Consumer Reports recently tested a number of protein powders for lead and cadmium. This is what you should know:

Vegan protein powders carry the risk of much higher heavy metal content than animal-based products. One of the products tested contained 1572% of safe lead levels!
Consider using whole food-based protein sources such as tofu, nuts, seeds, beans, and animal proteins.
Check the Clean Label Project website or Consumer Reports article for clean options if you need to use added protein powders.

https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/
https://cleanlabelproject.org/protein-powder-v2-category-tested-products/

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

03/03/2026

A new study published in the journal Lipid Research looks at why the consumption of soybean oil (more than any other fat) is linked with rising obesity rates.

While this study was performed on mice, it is notable that the single component that has changed the most in the diets of Americans over the last hundred years is the consumption of large amounts of polyunsaturated fats from soybean oil.

It is worthwhile to look at processed foods in your fridge and pantry and try to substitute those made with inflammatory fats (soybean, corn, canola, sunflower seed oils) with those made with anti-inflammatory fats (such as olive oil, avocado oil, and even a little coconut oil and butter or ghee).

02/26/2026

If you’re trying to increase physical activity in the new year, take heart from 2 new studies that show that we need even less activity than previously thought to make a very profound impact on health:

~The study in Lancet Public Health found that 7000 steps a day reduced death from all causes by a whopping 47% (compared with not walking).
~The British Journal of Sports Medicine found that just 4000 steps a day reduced all-cause mortality by 25-40%, depending on how often you do that walking.

Bottom line: Just get started! Any movement is much better than no movement!

02/24/2026

NICE Guidelines (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), based in England, put out this fantastic infographic summarizing breast cancer incidence and risk factors.

A couple of notes:
The baseline case rate for women aged 50-59 is 23 per 1000 women.
Clearly, smoking, high alcohol consumption, and using oral contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer.
Combined estrogen and synthetic progestins increase the risk of breast cancer (the same risk does not apply to bioidentical progesterone).
The most substantial increase in risk comes from being obese.
Exercise significantly reduces your risk.

See the infographic here:https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/01-NEW-INFOGRAPHICS-NOV2025-C.pdf

02/19/2026

Alzheimer’s disease is very common, affecting about 10% of adults in the US above the age of 65.
Unfortunately, the brain changes that lead to Alzheimer’s dementia start decades prior to symptoms and diagnosis.

New lab tests available through most major labs can help to assess the pathological changes in the brain that point to Alzheimer’s disease. If you, or a loved one, have symptoms of MCI, ask your doctor about assessing the marker p-tau in the blood so you can get an early diagnosis!