Olney Medical Group

12/29/2020

12/21/2020

Olney Medical Group Christmas and New Years 2021 Hours:

December 24, 2020- OPEN 9:30AM - 12:00NN

December 25, 2020 - CLOSED

December 31, 2020 - OPEN 9:30AM - 12:00NN

January 1, 2020 - CLOSED

Normal hours will resume January 4, 2021

09/08/2020

The Olney office is currently open to see patients for primary care and cardiac consultations, annual wellness exams, blood tests, and procedures. As we continually strive to keep our patients and staff healthy, we are offering telemedicine (virtual visits through phone or video) for patients with symptoms related to COVID-19. Neurology consultations still remain completely virtual. Please call our office at 301-774-5260 to schedule your appointment.

07/11/2020

First telenutrition session happened at Olney Medical Group today-- totally seamless and patient benefited completely. Now Nutrition consultation is just one video chat away!! 🤗🎉...Thank you Dr Thaker for supporting Nutrition services for better control of the diseases in the future. 🙌

05/02/2020

04/15/2020

Try this full of antioxidants and zero fats added Apple Kheer!!

Recipe - Apple Kheer 🍎
Today in this social distancing time! I am sure we are not too distant from craving sweets!! So I decided to share my new tried APPLE KHEER!! Low calorie, zero added fat and full of antioxidants!! Please see the recipe below:

Ingredients - (makes 8-12 servings)
Milk - 5 cups ( 4 cups 2% milk and 1 cup whole milk)
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Freshly grated apples- 4 cups
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Mixed nuts - 1/2 cup (almonds and pistachios)
Custard powder - 4 Tbsp

Method:
1. Take 2 non stick pans side by side..add 5 cups of milk in one of the pan and start to boils.
2 . In the second pan, add freshly grated apples and start to cook. Once the apple starts to change color and sizzle, add sugar to it.
3. Add custard powder to the boiling milk. In the other pan, Keep stirring to let the sugar dissolve completely.
4. Now slowly add boiling milk to apple sugar mixture and keep stirring.
5. Once the milk and apple mixture starts to thicken, add cardamom powder and chopped nuts.
6. Refrigerate kheer and serve it chilled.

Nutrition facts - 135 calorie a cup...

Try this and let me how it turned out..I found my low calorie and full of antioxidants kheer..one more way to keep the doctor away..

03/26/2020

03/21/2020

Practice Mindful eating!!

03/13/2020

Due to the rising concerns brought about by COVID-19, we recommend patients with travel history, shortness of breath, and fever symptoms to visit an urgent care or emergency room for proper testing. At Olney Medical Group, we strive to protect both our patients' and staff's health. We can also schedule telemedicine (phone) visits and prescribe medication that can provide relief to the above mentioned symptoms. For questions, please call our office at 301-774-5260 (Olney Location) or 301-881-5858 (Rockville Location)

03/10/2020

Sharing a new recipe for National Nutrition Month! - Date Nuggets!! Full of nutrition and a great substitute to satisfy sugar cravings! Dates are great source of iron, soluble fiber, potassium and natural sugar. With nuts in it, it is a great nutrient dense recipe..

Please see the recipe below:
Ingredients:
Dates chopped - 2 cups
Ghee - 2 Tbsp
Mixed nuts chopped (almonds, walnuts, pistachios) - 3/4-1 cup
Poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
dry coconut - 1/2 cup

Method for preparation:
1. Grind chopped dates in a grinder to a coarse paste
2. Take 1 tsp ghee and roast poppy seeds until golden brow and then remove it in a bowl.
3. Take 1 tbsp ghee and roast the mixed nuts until golden brown.
4. Take remaining ghee and add the coarse date paste, once the dates start to soften up, add the roasted chopped nuts and poppy seeds to it. Mix until entire mixture becomes completely one.
5. Remove it on a plate and after cooling for few minutes make it into logs.Roll the logs on to the dry coconut and then cut the logs in to round or oval.

Try it and let me know if you liked it!!

03/06/2020

March is national kidney month. Quick fact: managing your blood pressure will decrease the likelihood of kidney disease.

Remember prevention is key!

March is National Kidney Month! Did you know high blood pressure is the 2nd leading cause of kidney failure in the U.S. after diabetes? Learn what you can do to manage your blood pressure and protect your kidneys from NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) ). https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/community-health-outreach/national-kidney-month