Anyone who has been to a doctor’s visit has likely had to put their arm in a blood pressure cuff and sit quietly while a healthcare practitioner squeezed the cuff tighter and tighter on their upper arm. With the release of the pressure of the cuff, the practitioner reads off a number – something like …
When you think about your liver, maybe you think about alcohol and how excessive alcohol use can hurt liver function, but you probably don’t think about how other lifestyle and dietary factors (along with family history, ethnicity, genetics, weight history, life stage, etc) can also affect your liver function and could even turn into a …
What can I eat to get enough Iron while pregnant? Even as a registered dietitian, I found it difficult to always remember how much my own body was changing on the inside when it was pregnant. I was acutely aware of how my body looked on the outside and how I was growing into a …
What is kidney disease and why is it important? Kidney disease, when the kidneys lose functionality, affects almost 40 million Americans. As kidney disease progresses, the kidneys could stop working entirely, requiring dialysis and transplant. The main causes of kidney disease are type 2 diabetes and hypertension, but those with heart disease or a family …