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The Curl Experts 

BY CHADWICK & IGOR 

WHAT MAKES OUIDAD SALON UNIQUE? 

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we can customize services that offer solutions to even the trickiest head of curls where 

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What will a client experience at the salon on a typical visit? Most individuals with 

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WHAT ARE TWO WAYS A GIRL CAN CHANGE UP HER CURLS 

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Meg Meeker, MD 

Jose A. Llinas Cepeda, MD 

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Ava Mallory 

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I love New Year’s resolutions. They’re the perfect opportunity to 

begin again. For some, they’re meaningless, empty promises that 

will never come to fruition. But for me, they’re an opportunity for a 

much-needed restart – a chance to grow mentally and spiritually, 

to recharge my body, and to energize my life. Many believe 

immediate changes must be made in order to measure success. It’s 

my belief that small steps in the right direction are a much better 

– doable – approach. Checking small goals off my list teaches me 

patience, courage, and allows me to absorb all the benefits of the 

process. 

When we began planning this January issue, we didn’t set out to 

making sweeping changes. Instead, we made a conscious decision 

to follow the guidelines we put forth in 2016. Soon, those same 

themes and ideas sparked new ideas and led us in a direction we’re 

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CONTENT 

ISSUE 44 

HEALTHY KIDS 

8. 

10. 

WHY YOU SHOULD 

ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS 

TO DREAM BIG 

MARIJUANA 

HEALTHY BODY, MIND & SOUL 

7. 

14. 

16. 

18. 

20. 

22. 

GETTING FIT IN 2017 

JENNIFER LOH,MD - TOP 300 PREMIER SURGEON 

INNOVATORS IN REFRACTIVE CATARACT SURGERY 

HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF TO WAKE UP EARLIER 

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE 

ELIMINATING MALNUTRITION OVER THE HOLIDAYS 

FOOD-FOR-LIFE PARTNERS WITH 9 MILE FESTIVAL 

HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS A DOCTOR’S 

PERSPECTIVE ON A LIFE-ALTERING DIAGNOSIS 

24. 

FITNESS & BEAUTY 

ELECTROMAGNETIC 

DETOXIFICATION AND ANTI- 

STRESS THERAPY 

26. 

5 SIMPLE TRICKS TO STICK TO 

YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOAL 

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30. 

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HEALTHY SOUL 

GETTING 

FIT IN 

2017 

The start of a new year is the perfect 

time for making some commitments 

about fitness. Need to take off a few 

pounds? Need to be more frugal in 

spending and more zealous about saving? 

Need to do some things to enhance your 

business and family life? Want to end 2017 

with more spiritual muscle? 

Making a few changes in your life can really 

make a big difference in your savings and 

retirement. As 2016 draws to a close, for 

example, most financial advisers are telling 

their clients about a higher contribution 

limit for 401(k)s that goes into effect for 

2017. If you discipline your financial life to 

add the extra $500 the law permits – that’s 

$42 per month – it can help your retirement 

prospects. 

Then there are basic suggestions about 

improving your health most of us think 

about at the turn of a new year. If cigarettes 

and alcohol are still part of your lifestyle, 

save yourself the fiscal, health, and social 

problems they cause by eliminating both. 

The same goes with the excessive junk food 

that tempts us all. 

For your life as a leader in your business, 

this is the time to review last year and to 

focus for 2017. Does your company have 

a mission? One that people can recall? 

Articulate? Maybe this is the time to sharpen 

your communication. 

What about your family? Are you finding 

yourself making too many apologies for 

being absent from family events and 

unavailable to the people you love most? Are 

you feeling alienated from your children? 

The start of a new year is a good time to 

reset priorities with your family. And just 

sitting down with them to say out loud what 

you are doing – and to ask their help – may 

help heal some wounds. 

Then don’t forget your spiritual life in 

framing a fitness plan. I once heard a lady 

express admiration for a Bible teacher she 

respected. "I'd give half my life to know the 

Bible so well!" she gushed. "That's about 

what it would take," a bystander replied. I'm 

not sure she got the point. Do you? 

We'd prefer instant Bible knowledge from 

a pill or potion. Most of us would pay well 

for self-control, peace of mind, or power 

in prayer. But spiritual life is like physical 

health or fiscal soundness in one critical 

way: All the positive steps you take, even the 

smallest ones, make a significant difference 

over time. 

The art of change begins with a plan. Even 

the things only God can change in us depend 

on our plan to be open to the work of his 

Holy Spirit. Pounds, pennies, and prayers — 

success with all of them begins with a plan. 

MAY YOU 

LIVE 

WITHIN 

GOD'S 

DAILY GRACE 

IN 2017 

AND HAVE 

A HAPPY 

NEW YEAR 

By Rubel Shelly 

HEALTHY MIAMI / 7

HEALTHY KIDS 

WHY YOU SHOULD 

ENCOURAGE 

YOUR KIDS TO 

DREAM BIG 

Every kid has a dream of what he wants to be when he grows up, 

just like you did when you were a kid. Maybe you had parents 

who encouraged you in that dream or maybe you had parents 

who weren’t so thrilled by your dream and wanted you to do 

something practical instead. 

Whatever your experience was like as a child, you have a choice right 

now to help your kids dream. This is what my podcast is all about this 

week: 

Help your kids dream big and dream right. It sounds like a daunting 

task, but it doesn’t have to be. By doing these three things, you can 

help raise a child who pursues his dreams and succeeds at them. 

1. GET TO KNOW YOUR 

CHILD VERY WELL. 

Spend time with your child in 

order to understand her better. 

Watch for her strengths and 

weaknesses. Listen to what she 

talks about. Listen to what she 

wants to be when she grows up. 

Get to know her. 

Get to know her as she tries out 

different dreams and interests. 

Encourage her to have as 

many dreams as she wants. 

Don’t pigeonhole your child by 

putting her in gymnastics for six 

hours a week at age four. What 

if she wakes up at age 17 and 

realizes she doesn’t actually like 

gymnastics; she’s only doing it 

because that’s the only thing she’s 

ever done? 

Allow her to try many different 

things and get to know her as she 

explores. 

2.ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO 

PURSUE GOODNESS. 

Kids want to grow up knowing 

they have a purpose. They want 

to do something that matters. 

Encourage your kids to not only 

dream but to seek God’s will in 

that dream. Encourage them in 

a path that will help people, or 

to channel their dreams in a way 

that is for the greater good. 

Don’t let them become too 

self-absorbed in their own 

dreams. Work on their character. 

Encourage them to pursue what’s 

good and right, and their dreams 

will follow. 

3. ENCOURAGE THEM TO 

PURSUE DREAMS THAT USE 

THEIR NATURAL GIFTS. 

This is where you as a parent have 

the mostwisdom and guidance 

to offer. As you’re spending time 

with your child and intentionally 

getting to know him, you will 

see his natural gifts rise to the 

surface. Kids can’t 

always recognize 

these. For example, if you have 

an eleven-year-old who wants to 

be a professional athlete but has 

no athletic talent, steer him in a 

direction that is reasonable. Point 

out what he’s really good at and 

find ways for him to use that gift. 

Also, and this is important, 

don’t push your kids to pursue 

your dreams or become good at 

whatyou’ve always wanted to be 

good at. Having a child isn’t your 

opportunity to live vicariously 

through them and achieve your 

own goals. You might see that 

your kid, who you’ve always to 

be a doctor, actually excels at the 

arts. Let her pursue the arts. Or 

vice versa, if she’s leaning toward 

science and hates her piano 

lessons, let her lean into that gift. 

Having a child isn’t your 

opportunity to live vicariously 

through them and achieve your 

own goals. 

I interviewed actor, producer and 

author David A.R. White. You may 

know him from the blockbuster 

God’s Not Dead or as the cofounder 

of PureFlix. David grew up 

in a Mennonite family on a farm 

in Kansas. You can imagine his 

parents’ surprise when he called 

them from college and announced 

he was moving to Hollywood to 

pursue acting. No on in his family 

had ever done this. By the time he 

was 18, he’d only been to a movie 

theater once. 

But instead of freaking out or 

ordering him to come back to the 

farm, David’s parents simply said, 

“As long as you serve the Lord, 

keep him first in whatever you do, 

we support you.” 

Parents, this is the perfect 

example of supporting your 

child’s dreams, even if they don’t 

match your own, even if you don’t 

get them. 

If David’s parents had forced him 

to stay on the farm and live the 

life they were living, the world 

would have missed out on all 

the talent David has brought to 

Hollywood. He writes about his 

storied journey in his new book, 

“Between Heaven & Hollywood.” 

Be supportive of your kids. Get to 

know them and encourage them 

to pursue good, big dreams. Don’t 

let the world miss out on all they 

have to offer. 

By Meg Meeker, MD 

8 / HEALTHY MIAMI

HEALTHY 

KIDS 

8. 

10. 

WHY YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE 

YOUR KIDS TO DREAM BIG 

MARIJUANA


Marijuana is a shredded, green-brown mix of dried 

flowers, stems, and leaves from the plant Cannabis 

sativa. A stronger form of marijuana, called hashish 

(hash), looks like brown or black cakes or balls. 

Marijuana is usually rolled and smoked like a 

cigarette (joints or doobies), or put in hollowedout 

cigars (blunts), pipes (bowls), or water pipes 

(bongs). Some people mix it into food or brew it 

as a tea. 

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS 

The main active chemical in marijuana is THC 

(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). When someone 

smokes marijuana, THC goes from the lungs into the 

bloodstream. From there, it ends up in the brain and 

other organs. 

THC connects with a receptor on nerve cells in the 

brain. When these nerve cells are in the parts of the 

brain that govern sensory perception and pleasure, it 

causes the marijuana "high." 

THC also connects with receptors on nerve cells in 

other parts of the brain. When those parts of the 

brain affect thinking, memory, coordination, and 

concentration, it can cause unwanted side effects, 

including: 

• Difficulty thinking and problem solving 

• Problems with memory and learning 

• Loss of coordination 

• Distorted perception 

People also might notice other short-term side 

effects of using marijuana, such as: 

- An increase in appetite 

- Feeling lightheaded or drowsy 

- A decrease in inhibitions 

LONG-TERM EFFECTS 

Research has found that people who use marijuana over a long 

period of time can have more lasting side effects. For example: 

• Changes in the brain. Marijuana can affect the parts of 

the brain that play a role in our ability to remember, 

multitask, and pay attention. 

• Fertility issues. Animal studies suggest that using a lot 

of marijuana might be linked to decreased sperm count 

in men and delayed ovulation in women. Women who 

use marijuana when they are pregnant may be more 

likely to have babies with developmental and behavioral 

problems. 

• Respiratory problems. People who smoke marijuana a lot 

can develop problems with the respiratory system — like 

more mucus, a chronic cough, and bronchitis. 

• Immune system problems. Using marijuana a lot might 

make it harder for the body to fight off infections. 

• Emotional problems. People who use a lot of marijuana 

are more likely to say they notice signs of depression or 

anxiety. If someone has a condition like schizophrenia 

or bipolar disorder, marijuana can sometimes make 

symptoms worse. 

MARIJUANA 

These side effects 

are temporary, 

but they can make 

it dangerous to 

do things like 

drive while under 

the influence of 

marijuana. 

MEDICAL USE 

OF MARIJUANA 

The U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) has 

approved pills containing THC as 

a way to help relieve pain, nausea, 

muscle stiffness, or problems 

with movement — particularly for 

people with cancer or AIDS. 

There's still a lot of discussion 

about the medical use of 

marijuana, though. So the THC 

pill is only available in some 

states and requires a doctor's 

prescription. 

At the moment, there's not 

enough research to say for sure if 

smoking marijuana is any more 

helpful than taking THC as a pill. 

Scientists are still studying this. 

Reviewed by: Julia Brown Lancaster,MSN, WHNP-BC 

Note: All information on this article is for educational purposes only. 

For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your 

doctor. © 1995-2017 The Nemours Foundation. All rights reserved. 

WHAT IF I WANT TO QUIT? 

People who use marijuana for 

a while can have withdrawal 

symptoms when they try to give 

it up. They may feel irritable, 

anxious, or depressed; have 

trouble sleeping; or not feel like 

eating. 

Marijuana withdrawal can be a 

bit like caffeine withdrawal: It's 

usually worst a day or two after 

someone stops using marijuana. 

After that, withdrawal symptoms 

gradually decrease. They're 

usually gone a week or two after 

the person no longer uses the 

drug. 

If you or someone you know 

wants to stop using marijuana but 

has trouble quitting, it can help 

to talk to a counselor. Studies 

suggest that a combination of 

individual counseling and group 

therapy sessions is the best 

approach for stopping marijuana 

use. 

OTHER PROBLEMS 

Some states are changing their 

laws to make it legal to have 

small amounts of marijuana 

in certain situations (like when 

it's prescribed for medical use). 

But many states still have laws 

against using, growing, or selling 

marijuana — and people caught 

with it could face charges, 

including jail time. 

Here are a few ways marijuana use 

could affect you: 

• Criminal charges. Marijuana 

laws can be confusing. For 

example, a state might 

allow people to have a small 

amount of marijuana with a 

doctor's prescription — but 

the same state's laws make it 

illegal to buy, sell, or grow it. 

• Career problems. People 

charged under marijuana 

laws may end up with 

criminal records that hurt 

their plans for college or 

finding a job. 

• Drug testing. These days, 

employers often test for 

drug use as part of the hiring 

process. Marijuana can show 

up on a drug test for several 

weeks after it was last used. 

So people who use marijuana 

may find they don't get a job 

they want. Some companies 

do routine drug tests on 

employees, so people who 

use marijuana can lose their 

jobs. 


HEALTHY 

BODY 

MIND 

& SOUL 

7. 

14. 

16. 

18. 

20. 

22. 

GETTING FIT IN 2017 

JENNIFER LOH,MD 

- TOP 300 PREMIER 

SURGEON INNOVATORS 

IN REFRACTIVE CATARACT 

SURGERY 

HOW TO MOTIVATE 

YOURSELF TO WAKE UP 

EARLIER 

CONGESTIVE HEART 

FAILURE 

ELIMINATING 

MALNUTRITION OVER THE 

HOLIDAYS FOOD-FOR-LIFE 

PARTNERS WITH 9 MILE 

FESTIVAL 

HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS 

A DOCTOR’S PERSPECTIVE 

ON A LIFE-ALTERING 

DIAGNOSIS

COVER STORY 

Jennifer 

Loh, MD 

TOP 300 PREMIER 

SURGEON Innovators 

in Refractive 

Cataract Surgery 

One doctor’s vision is changing the 

landscape for many in South Florida and 

beyond. 

Everyone aspires to follow their dreams, 

but for Jennifer Loh, MD, her dream brought 

about bigger visions that have positively 

impacted her patients’ lives. Growing up, she 

witnessed her physician father’s dedication 

to medicine. The idea of using science and 

technology to help improve others’ lives 

prompted her to want to pursue the same 

endeavors. 

After completing her Bachelors of Science in 

Chemistry at Butler University, Jennifer went 

on to earn a medical degree and complete 

her residency in Ophthalmology at Indiana 

University. Once her training was done, she 

moved on to South Florida to practice and 

eventually open her own clinic. 


COVER STORY 

Dr. Loh would go 

on to receive awards 

and accolades in her field 

including the Refractive 

Surgery Alliance President’s 

Award for her work with the 

organization in helping to 

grow refractive surgery 

worldwide. 

She also 

received the 

Alcon Outstanding 

Female Leader in 

Ophthalmology, which 

promotes women’s 

success in the formerly 

male-dominated 

surgical specialty 

field. 

Her interest in 

ophthalmology began 

in medical school after 

witnessing the happiness a 

patient received after having 

cataract surgery performed 

by one of her professors. 

Seeing firsthand the impact 

one could have on countless 

lives – improving them for the 

better – was the impetus for 

what would be a steadfast 

commitment to acquiring indepth 

knowledge about eye 

ailments such as cataracts, 

and refractive errors like near 

sightedness, far sightedness, 

and astigmatism, so that she 

could treat them. 

Her quest for knowledge and 

desire to deepen her skills has 

allowed her the opportunities 

to attend conferences, lead 

lectures, and to travel in and 

outside of the United States to 

treat patients from all walks 

of life. Soon, professional 

organizations and committees 

began to take notice. 

Her experiences have 

compounded as medical 

technology has advanced. 

Now, with the aid of advanced 

technologies, including 

specialized implants and 

lasers, medical practitioners 

can perform refractive cataract 

surgery, which allows them to 

customize surgeries for their 

patients’ individual needs. For 

Dr. Loh, the opportunity to 

give patients the ability to see 

well while driving and reading 

without glasses is only one of 

the most satisfying aspects of 

her work. Recently, she was 

fortunate enough to travel to 

India and help perform lifealtering 

surgeries there. 

For her, some of the most 

enjoyable parts of the job are 

the countless opportunities 

to learn from her peers and 

to help teach others as others 

have helped her. This allows 

all involved to remain at the 

forefront of all the amazing 

and innovative technologies 

and procedures in the field 

of ophthalmology. Through 

her work, she’s learned that 

while patients have access 

to corrective surgeries as 

a norm, millions of people 

living in remote areas in many 

other countries do not have 

access to these amenities. 

She believes that by helping 

to train others and to visiting 

places outside of her current 

home base, lives can be 

changed one person at a 

time, and hopefully, become 

the new norm in these often 

impoverished or underserved 

areas of the globe. 

Currently, Dr. Loh makes her 

home in South Florida. Her 

office is conveniently located 

in the Coral Gables/South 

Miami area in the heart of a 

bustling shopping district. 

The lovely people manning 

this state of the art facility are 

always eager to provide muchneeded 

care for their patients. 

Not only can she provide 

routine eye care for adults 

of all ages, but she can also 

screen for sight-threatening 

conditions, treat cataracts, 

perform refractive surgeries, 

and help maximize the benefit 

of one of our greatest gifts in 

life – sight. 

“ 

For Dr. Loh, the 

opportunity to 

give patients 

the ability to 

see well while 

driving and 

reading without 

glasses is only 

one of the 

most satisfying 

aspects of her 

work. 

” 

By Ava Mallory 


HEALTHY MIND 

HEALTHY KIDS 

HOW TO MOTIVATE 

YOURSELF TO 

WAKE UP 

EARLIER 

When you start waking up earlier, 

it really sucks. There, I said it. 

I 

faced my dreaded early bird future a 

couple years ago, knowing it was the 

right way to go, but hating it and wishing 

desperately that I could hold onto my 

beloved night owl lifestyle. 

The evenings were my prime time. Or so I 

thought. At the end of a long day, curling up 

on the couch with my laptop and a glass of 

wine made my heart happy. I would always 

tell myself I was going to be productive and 

knock out a blog post or two, but then get 

hazy and distracted and end up watching 

three hours of Netflix. I’d start to doze off and 

end up wandering to bed around midnight or 

later. 

SOUND FAMILIAR? 

I reached a point where, like the lovely Kat 

Lee says so often, I was waking up TO my kids 

rather than FOR my kids. I woke up to them 

bickering, asking for breakfast, in a hazy fog 

from the late night before. Not my best self, 

I often started the day cranky, sometimes 

yelling - and the mom of the year award goes 

to…anyone else. 

I decided to suck it up and make some 

changes. I had already discovered the beauty 

of simplifying my home and how much freer 

I felt as a mom during my daily routine, so I 

wondered what I could change next. 

I woke up at 5:00 the next morning. I forced 

myself to just do it - stand up and make the 

bed as quickly as possible, then run into 

the kitchen - no chance of climbing back 

under the cozy covers. I was half dead, but 

with some coffee and a few quiet 

moments, I got my laptop out and 

started writing. 

I was pretty productive, but the kids heard 

me tapping the keyboard and kept wanting 

to come out. Then they’d be loud, then they’d 

ask me for breakfast despite the fact that it 

was still dark out and they probably shouldn’t 

even be awake yet. It was frustrating and 

discouraging, but I could see the light. I saw 

how the mornings could go and noticed that 

I was for sure more alert and ready to be 

productive early in the day, unlike nighttime 

when I’m really just DONE and want to veg 

out with my hubby and Netflix. Plus, I liked it, 

to my surprise. 

I decided to adjust and push through, 

tweaking things to eliminate the problems. 

A couple years later, I still wake up around 

5AM. It’s not perfect, and some days I get 

up slightly later and some days even a little 

earlier, depending on lots of things, but I’ve 

figured out how to make this work! And when 

it does, waking up early is pretty amazing and 

highly beneficial to motherhood. 

I want to say before I dive into the deets... 

there are seasons for this. There are seasons 

to not give a crap - like when you’re pregnant 

or sick or have a baby who still wakes up 

randomly. There are people who truly do 

better, more productive work in the evening. 

This post isn’t meant to sway you. If you stay 

up late and get sh*t done, go for it. It works 

for you, great. 

I saw how the 

mornings could go 

and noticed that I was 

for sure more alert and 

ready to be productive 

early in the day 

There are also seasons where 

nighttime really does work better for 

one reason or another. I’ve switched 

back to being a night owl twice in 

the last two years, very temporarily. 

Once because I was creating my 

course. It was very stressful and I 

found that I didn’t sleep well until 

I had poured a heavy amount of 

work into it. The other time is right 

now, in the past week, for a similar 

reason. I’m working on writing my 

book proposal and several other 

large work projects, and when the 

stress level is this high, for some 

reason I change into this nighttime 

productivity machine and just need 

to pour into my work right before I 

call it a day. It’s weird, but it works 

better for me very rarely, so I roll 

with it. 


HEALTHY MIND 

For the most part though, 

I wake up early. It’s now 

a part of my usual routine 

and it’s increased my 

productivity, happiness, 

energy levels, and general 

fulfillment in my life by a lot. 

There are a lot of different reasons being 

dedicated to waking early has you failing or 

deciding you no longer give a crap. Let's hash 

them out, shall we? 

WHEN YOU WAKE EARLY, YOUR 

01 KIDS HEAR YOU NO MATTER 

HOW QUIET YOU ARE, AND COME OUT, 

RUINING YOUR PLAN FOR THE MORNING. 

Hear me, mama. YOU ARE THE PARENT! If 

you need to wake up early and be alone 

for a bit, set the rules and keep them. 

When I saw this being an issue with my 

kids, I made a new house rule that is 

still in place to this day. The kids are not 

allowed to come out of their room (they 

have their own bathroom, otherwise that 

would be the only exception) until their 

alarm clock rings at 8 AM. This gives me 

three solid hours of writing without them 

coming out. 

I set them up with what they need - this 

isn’t a torture chamber. They have a 

snack and water and are allowed to talk, 

read, and play until eight. My oldest gets 

the baby from his crib and helps busy 

him. Sometimes I have to run in and 

give him a fresh diaper, but the it’s right 

back into the room for some quiet play 

because that’s the house rule. 

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Kids, you can fuss all you want, but this 

is a boundary I have for myself, so that I 

can be a more productive, happy, loving 

mama. 

They don’t even try to break this rule now 

because they know it’s set in stone. 

YOU LIKE STAYING UP LATE THE 

02 NIGHT BEFORE WAY TOO MUCH. 

This is your call, girl. It’s just like I say 

when talking about my decluttering 

course…. Do you want to reap the 

benefits of an uncluttered home or not? If 

you want to stop cleaning up all the time 

and be ready for company constantly, you 

have to purge and do the work. 

SAME GOES HERE. 

If you want the energy and productivity 

and good feelings that come from waking 

early and taking on the day, you have to 

make the sacrifice of time. I think so often 

we want a magic wand in life. If somehow 

we could stop loving the quiet of the 

evening and still wake up early magically 

productive, that would be great! Yes, it 

would be great. But you’re on Earth in 

cold hard reality, and it’s your call how 

your life goes down. So pick one. That’s 

the hard truth we need to face if we’re 

ready to stop letting life happen to us and 

start telling it how to go. 

Waking early has massive return on 

investment, but you can’t get the return 

without the investment, yo. 

THE EVENING IS THE ONLY TIME 

03YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND GET TO 

SPEND TOGETHER. 

That’s true for probably almost all of us. 

Have at it! Watch a movie, eat dinner 

together, snuggle up, get freaky… 

whatever your thang is, do it and enjoy 

the time together! Getting up early 

doesn’t have to mean doing nothing at 

night and going to bed when your kids do. 

If you’re so tired that that’s when you 

want to go to bed, it’ll get better as your 

body and sleep schedule adjust, and you 

might want to look at why you’re not 

sleeping heavy enough to feel rested, not 

what time you’re going to bed. 

Brian and I LOVE our evenings together! 

We watch TV, we talk and laugh, it’s the 

best time of the day! Then around 10:30 

or so, we head to bed fulfilled from the 

day and feeling connected from spending 

time together, and I can wake up early 

again. 

Try not to make this seem like such a 

negative thing. It’s really not! Brian and I 

also put our kids to bed pretty early. Bella 

goes to bed around 8:30, and the boys 

go to bed around 7:30. That helps them 

get good rest and it helps us have some 

time alone. Again, boundaries and rules, 

mama. You’re the parents! 

YOU CAN PUSH THROUGH AND 

04 WAKE UP EARLY, AND YOU DO 

FEEL MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN YOU 

DO IT, BUT GETTING THROUGH THE DAY 

WITHOUT CRASHING IS THE PROBLEM. 

Human adults need 6-8 hours of sleep a 

night. Are you getting that? If not, go to 

bed earlier or wake up later. Your call! 

If so, there’s another reason you are so 

fatigued, and you should look into it. 

You’re probably lacking a nutrient or 

something your body really needs. When 

I started taking B6/B12 shots, I was no 

longer dragging around 3:00 every day. 

IT’S DARK AND COLD OUT, AND SO 

05 HARD TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF 

BED WHEN IT FEELS LIKE I’LL FREEZE TO 

DEATH AND BE UNABLE TO GET GOING. 

There are going to be lots of hurdles 

to making this change (or any positive 

change), so it’s up to you to decide how 

bad you want the benefits. 

Nothing good and different 

and better comes easy. 

You can set yourself up for success, but 

you’ve also got to know it isn’t going to be 

perfect and easy all the time. 

Keep a pair of super warm, cozy socks on 

your nightstand that you can quickly put 

on right when you wake up. Write a list of 

the benefits to waking up early and put 

it where you’ll see it when you open your 

eyes. Move your alarm clock so it’s not 

right by your bed and you have to get up 

to turn it off. 

Set rules with yourself and be a 

disciplined person - that’s not something 

you either are or aren’t, it’s something 

you can choose and work hard to 

become. 


HEALTHY BODY 

CONGESTIVE 

HEART FAILURE 

Once known as the silent killer, 

Congestive Heart Failure no 

longer has to be a death sentence. 

For years, medical practitioners have 

used the term congestive heart failure 

to describe a disease process that, in its 

simplest form, means congestive heart 

inefficiency, and not an overall failure for 

most. Once believed to be a verifiable 

death sentence for patients, medical 

science has matured, studied this health 

issue, and through trial and error has 

discovered that many forms of this heart 

inefficiency don’t automatically equate 

to a patient’s demise. On the contrary, 

there are variations in this disease’s 

process of infliction. Those living with 

mild to moderate congestive heart failure 

often times live full and normal lives with 

the help of medication and treatments. 

As is the case with many diseases in 

the world, there are countless myths 

and false claims attached to this one as 

well. To date, what we in the medical 

profession can state as an absolute fact is 

the following: 

p p • CHF is a condition meaning that 

the heart’s pump function doesn’t 

operate adequately to meet the 

body’s basic needs. 

p p • There is no one way to develop 

this condition. Oftentimes it can 

be brought on by other ailments or 

disease processes. 

p p • In general, the overall symptoms 

of CHF vary from person to person, 

but can include a diminished 

exercise capacity, edema (swelling 

in extremities, typically the lower 

extremities). 

p p • CHF is a progressive disease that 

can worsen over time. 

p p • Fatigue is a common occurrence. 

p p • Shortness of breath is common. 

Conditions such as valvular heart disease 

or coronary artery disease can cause 

weakness in the heart and can lead 

to congestive heart failure. When this 

weakness occurs, the heart can’t pump 

blood through the body at a normal 

(regular) rate or speed. This inability to 

function properly causes pressure to 

build up in the heart and its valves, and 

that pressure reduces the flow of oxygenrich 

blood throughout the body. When 

this happens, the fluid becomes stagnant 

and builds up in other organs, such as 

the lungs. As less blood is pumped out of 

the heart muscle, the blood that returns 

doesn’t go back through the appropriate 

channels adequately, which leads to 

more fluid retention. This ends up putting 

more extreme pressure on the heart and 

other organs, and in turn, making this 

whole vicious cycle even worse. 

Patients, long before they are diagnosed 

with congestive heart failure, must be 

proactive when it comes to their health. 

Learning how to identify the signs and 

symptoms of diseases’ processes, such 

as those of this disease will help their 

medical team better treat them should 

the time come. Relaying all information 

to your doctor or healthcare provider will 

help them recognize when something is 

amiss, and eventually, help them build 

a solid treatment plan for you. In most 

cases, the treatment of congestive heart 

failure will include lifestyle modifications 

aimed at circumventing problems or 

reversing detrimental factors. Medication 

is often prescribed for the same. In severe 

(advanced) cases, a heart transplant or 

mechanical therapies may also become 

necessary. 

Congestive Heart Failure functional 

capabilities for patients can be 

classified in the following ways: 

»» 

Class I – Patients with no physical 

mobility issues 

»» 

Class II – Patients with minor 

physical mobility issues 

»» 

Class III – Patients with marked 

limitations (unable to complete 

ordinary tasks) without 

modifications 

»» 

Class IV – Patients who cannot 

complete tasks without extreme 

discomfort 

Understanding that this silent killer often 

accompanies other disease processes 

will help you recognize the signs and 

symptoms before they become lifealtering 

for you. 

Also, keep in mind that serious risks 

increase with age and other related 

health conditions. Fully assess anything 

that seems off with your body. Discuss it 

with your healthcare team and adhere to 

any recommendations they have for you. 

If you are diagnosed, understand that 

there are treatments that can help you 

live normally, and possibly, reverse some 

of the damage that’s already been done. 

By Joaquin N. Diego, MD, FCCP, FACC 


03 11 2017 

www.careresource.org 

Care Resource and the 

Food-for-Life Network, 

Inc. are honored 

to announce their 

partnership with the 9 Mile Music 

Festival in together eliminating 

malnutrition and improving 

upon the health and overall 

quality of life of South Florida’s 

communities in need over the 

holidays. 

In addition to the purchases 

of concert tickets for the 9 

Mile Music Festival happening 

March 11, 2017, an event that 

will feature performances by 

reggae icons Julian Marley, 

Capleton, Sizzla and more, 

concert-goers must first donate 

four non-perishable food items 

such as beans, grits, pastas or 

cans of vegetables to the Food 

For Life Network’s food bank 

located on the second floor of 

Care Resource’s midtown Miami 

office located at 3510 Biscayne 

Boulevard. After the donation, 

the concert attendee will 

receive a token showing that the 

donation was made, to show at 

the entrance of the concert. 

A Subsidiary of Care Resource 

ELIMINATING MALNUTRITION 

OVER THE HOLIDAYS 

ABOUT THE 9 MILE MUSIC FESTIVAL 

The 9 Mile Music Festival began in 1993 as a musical testament by Cedella Marley Booker to the life 

and philosophy of her son, world renowned artist Bob Marley. Though the Festival has changed names 

several times over the last two decades, it remains inclusive and welcoming of all forms of music 

including Reggae, R&B, Urban, Latino and many other various sounds. 

To further promote this initiative 

and to kick off the food-drive, 

Julian Marley, son of reggae 

legend Bob Marley and Grammy 

award nominated, roots-reggae 

musician, singer-songwriter 

and producer already made 

his first donation where he was 

joined by Richard Booker, Bob 

Marley’s Brother and Director of 

Nine Mile Festival. According to 

Marley, “Together we can make 

a difference for those who are 

less fortunate. United we stand, 

divided we fall.” 

“Food-for-Life Network, Inc. serves 

between 30-99 clients a day. 

Grocery packages are provided 

free of charge for our clients. 

Each one contains seven days’ worth of food. Home delivered 

meals and groceries are available for those who qualify. Clients 

with dependent children are provided additional food items to 

allow them to feed their dependent children, ensuring adequate 

food for the HIV infected parent.” - Valjean Brookins, Food Services 

Supervisor with the Food for Life Network. 

“At Care Resource, we are most inspired by the ability to bring 

much needed services to vulnerable families and individuals. Our 

dedicated providers go the extra mile each day to be welcoming, 

thorough and compassionate as they improve health care in our 

community. This unique collaboration helps the agency reach 

greater audiences and further bring meaning to “healthcare 

from the heart” every day.” – Jonathan Welsh, Marketing and 

Development, Care Resource. 



HEALTHY BODY 

As with any disease process in 

the body, one must learn the 

signs and symptoms and be 

proactive in their care. Initially, 

it may be difficult to notice 

specific signs or symptoms of 

Hashimoto’s disease. You might 

experience some minor swelling 

in the front of your throat, but 

might not immediately believe 

it’s anything to worry about. But, 

over time, the disease progresses 

and can lead to chronic thyroid 

damage that will forever 

impact your thyroid hormone 

levels causing them to drop 

dramatically. 

HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS 

A doctor’s perspective on a life-altering diagnosis. 

Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disease in which 

the body’s immune system attacks its organs and 

cells. This disease has many names including chronic 

lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis. 

Under normal conditions, 

the body’s immune systems 

would protect our bodies 

from infections. It does this 

by having the ability to detect 

and accurately identify viruses, 

bacteria, and anything that 

might be at all harmful to the 

body as foreign substances. 

Conversely, in Hashimoto’s 

disease, the body’s immune 

system attacks the thyroid gland. 

This attack causes inflammation 

and interferes with its ability 

to produce thyroid hormones. 

That results in vast numbers of 

white blood cells (lymphocytes) 

to accumulate in the thyroid. 

Those lymphocytes are what 

triggers antibodies to start the 

autoimmune process. As a result 

of this triggered attack on the 

thyroid gland, loss of thyroid 

function (hypothyroidism) can 

occur. 

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is 

the most common cause of 

hypothyroidism in iodinesufficient 

areas of the world. 

This disorder comes about when 

the thyroid doesn’t produce 

enough thyroid hormone to 

meet the body’s needs. These 

hormones are what regulate how 

our bodies store and use energy 

and can have a dramatic effect 

on every major organ in our 

bodies. If we do not have enough 

of this thyroid hormone, the 

body’s functions will slow down; 

thus, wreaking havoc on our 

bodies as a whole. 

Autoimmune diseases don’t have 

one known cause. The cause of 

Hashimoto’s disease is thought 

to be a combination of genetic 

susceptibility and environmental 

factors. Evidence for genetic 

susceptibility to Hashimoto’s 

thyroiditis includes that the 

disease cluster in families, the 

concordance rate in twins is 30- 

60%, the sibling recurrence risk 

is greater than 20%, and occurs 

with increased frequency in 

patients with Down’s syndrome. 

Possible environmental 

precipitating factors include 

infection, stress, sex steroids, 

pregnancy, iodine intake, and 

radiation exposure. 

The usual course of 

Hashimoto’s disease is 

a gradual loss of thyroid 

function. It can be diagnosed 

with a blood test by 

measuring TSH (thyroid 

stimulating hormone), 

free T4, total T4, total T3 

and thyroid antibodies 

such as TPO (thyroid 

peroxidase) antibodies, and 

thyroglobulin antibodies. 

The classic pattern of the 

thyroid function tests seen 

in Hashimoto’s disease is 

an elevation of TSH and 

decreased in the levels of free 

T4, total T4 and total T3. 

SOME SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS TO 

BE AWARE OF INCLUDE: 

 

Fatigue 

 

Pale or extremely dry skin 

 

Puffiness around the face 

 

Increased sensitivity to cold 

 

Brittle nails 

 

Unexplained weight gain 

 

Hair loss 

 

Muscle aches, tenderness 

and stiffness 

 

Constipation 

 

Memory lapses 

 

Enlargement of the tongue 

 

Depression 

Individually, these signs and 

symptoms could be attributed 

to any number of ailments, but 

collectively, they should be 

noted as a cause for concern. Any 

four of them together could be 

an indication that you may have 

an underlying issue that needs to 

be addressed. 

Treatment of Hashimoto’s 

disease varies. It may include 

observation and medications 

like synthetic hormones such 

as Synthroid and Levoxyl to 

replace the thyroid hormone that 

your body is deficient in. It may 

involve monitoring hormone 

levels regularly and using a 

combination of hormones. 

In some cases, alternative 

medicines are used to promote 

proper functioning of the thyroid 

gland. No matter how your 

doctor chooses to proceed, 

always follow medical advice and 

take note of any changes. Longterm 

treatment, if not monitored 

properly, can risk causing harm 

to other organs and systems in 

the body. 

By Jose A. Llinas Cepeda, MD 

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 

Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate 


FITNESS 

& BEAUTY 

24. 

26. 

ELECTROMAGNETIC 

DETOXIFICATION AND ANTI- 

STRESS THERAPY 

5 SIMPLE TRICKS TO STICK 

TO YOUR WEIGHT LOSS 

GOAL


ANTI AGING NATURALLY 

We’ve all been there: looking at 

the mirror wondering "What 

happened?" or "When did I get 

that?" Yet as we go through life, we see 

dozens of examples of people whom never 

seem to age. How is that possible? 

Many of us probably assume that they’ve 

had some work done. While that might 

work for them, going to that extreme can 

be costly and often doesn’t garner the 

desired results. So, what’s the average 

person to do? 

You’ll be surprised to learn that the 

secret to flawless aging naturally 

isn’t such a secret at all. People 

have been doing it for ages. You 

start by doing what you should 

be doing – taking care of yourself 

inside and out. 

Is your lifestyle conducive to 

living a healthy life? If not, now 

might be the time to change 

your mindset and begin to make 

positive changes that will have 

long-lasting implications. But first, 

your body and mind might need a 

reset. Every day we’re inundated 

with a multitude of tasks, chores, 

stressors, and more. That’s not 

to mention how many harmful 

pollutants our bodies come in 

contact with on a daily basis. 

Toxins in the environment are 

near impossible to avoid in most 

instances. All that exposure leaves 

us vulnerable to the harmful effects 

and wreak havoc not only on our 

immune systems but also on our 

bodies inside and out. 

Our bodies are designed to 

absorb substances. In some cases, 

those substances don’t pose a 

remarkable risk, but in others, 

the substances can be extremely 

detrimental to our overall wellbeing. 

How does one rid their bodies of these harmful toxins 

without resorting to costly treatments and procedures? 

DETOX DIETS ARE ONE WAY WE 

CAN SAFELY RID OUR BODIES 

OF DAMAGING POLLUTANTS 

AND TOXINS. 

Cleansing our bodies of harmful 

substances does wonders for 

our bodies starting from the 

inside out. Once you’ve cleared 

trapped toxins from organs like 

your liver, kidney, or colon, you’ll 

start noticing improvements 

with your skin, hair, nails, mental 

clarity and more. Soon, you’ll 

notice that you’re not only more 

alert but that you’re also sleeping 

better. 

EATING RIGHT. 

Yes, it’s that simple. You’ve heard 

it all before – eat your fruits and 

vegetables. While for many of us, 

those were just orders parents 

were required to give their 

children, but now, most of us 

understand the health benefits 

associated with eating heart 

healthy foods. Many fruits and 

vegetables have been proven 

to have anti-cancer benefits. 

While others help ease digestion 

and help you meet your daily 

nutritional needs without adding 

unnecessary fats or calories. 

WEANING YOURSELF 

OFF FAT, GREASY, 

CARBOHYDRATE-RICH 

FOODS. 

Eliminating these foods 

from your diet will help 

with overall digestion. 

Once you’ve cleansed your 

stomach, you’ll begin to 

notice changes in your skin. 

The difference can be night 

and day for many. 

These 

simple fasts 

can have long-lasting 

benefits. Going cold turkey 

isn’t the key here. Making 

small incremental changes and 

continued follow-through will 

soon make a world of difference 

in your life and will help clear 

any brain fog, sluggishness, 

or fatigue you may be 

suffering from. 

By Maydeline Moreno 

www.amethystquantum.com 



We live in a world that’s always touting the 

‘Next Best Thing.' A brand-new fitness 

craze here; A miracle weight loss cure there. 

It’s easy to fall prey to celebrity endorsements, 

million dollar ads, and miraculous before and 

after transformations. Those campaigns have 

their place, and in some cases, might show 

instant results, but the problem with the "instant" 

is that results can vanish almost as quickly as 

they became a possibility. 

Diets take hard work and 

dedication. The concept 

is easy enough to say, but 

executing is a whole other 

story. While it’s true that 

many succeed, it’s also true 

that many more struggle 

to stick to a weight loss 

plan. Temptation lurks 

everywhere. Television 

commercials, billboard 

ads, internet marketing 

campaigns and word of 

mouth works great for 

advertisers, but for dieters, 

they can wreak havoc 

on your motivation. But 

despite all the obstacles we 

face, weight loss experts, 

medical practitioners, and 

those who’ve successfully 

lost weight the right way 

– through hard work and 

dedication – know that there 

are five simple tricks which 

help people stick to their 

weight loss goals. 

1 

Exercise. Of course, you’ll 

want to consult a physician 

before starting an exercise 

routine, but after you’ve 

gotten the all-clear, make 

exercise – any exercise – a 

part of your daily routine. 

Be realistic. If you’ve never 

run a day in your life, you’re 

not going to complete a 

marathon tomorrow, but you 

may be able to walk a block. 

Small steps in the right 

direction are better than 

making no effort at all. 

2 

Take inventory. Look at 

your lifestyle and your 

environment. Are they 

conducive to meeting your 

goals? Are your cabinets 

filled with unhealthy 

options? Are you still using 

your treadmill as a clothing 

rack? Is your family on 

board with the changes 

you’re making? If not, 

explain that what you’re 

doing is for you and ask 

for their support. Chances 

are they’ll want to see you 

succeed and might even be 

inspired to join you. 

3 

Write down your goals. Be 

specific. What is it you want 

to accomplish? In what 

time? Detail step-by-step 

how you plan to get there. 

Studies have shown that 

people who write out their 

goals are more likely to 

succeed because they have 

something for reference 

when their spirits dwindle 

or when life gets tough. 

Give yourself mini-goals 

along the way. You’ll love 

checking those items off 

as you make incremental 

improvements daily. 

5 SIMPLE 

TRICKS 

TO STICK TO YOUR 

WEIGHT LOSS GOAL 

4 

Ditch the scale. Muscle 

weighs more than 

fat. Measure your 

accomplishments by 

assessing the way your 

clothes fit. If you do all the 

above, you’re sure to lose 

inches along the way. Soon, 

it will be time for a new 

wardrobe. 

5 

Reward yourself for small 

achievements. Small 

tokens can be great 

motivators. For example, 

if you meet your first goal, 

why not buy that book 

you’ve been dying to read 

or treat yourself to a new 

blouse? Pat yourself on the 

back for a job well done. 

By Ava Mallory 


HEALTHY 

FOOD 

30. 

33. 

36. 

DAVIDE CASTELLANO 

THE JEWEL OF MIAMI – 

FRESHHEALTHY MIAMI, 

SERVING HEALTHY FOODS 

AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. 

STRESS EATING: GOOD 

STRESS VS BAD STRESS 

PART2 - THE WHY 

NEW YEAR DETOX CARROT 

AND BEET JUICE

HEALTHY FOOD 

DAVIDE CASTELLANO 

South Miami’s Jewel – Freshhealthy Miami: 

Serving healthy foods at an affordable price. 

Like many people, Davide Castellano lived a stressful life. A bad diet, poor eating habits, and a less-thanideal 

lifestyle led to the realization that in order to feel better, he had to do and be better. Understanding 

his obstacles wasn’t the end all be all. He understood that in order to foster change; he had to do his 

research and ensure that what he was doing would have a positive impact on him and others. 

That newfound knowledge came 

in the form of a long career as a 

social educator. After fifteen years 

of providing services for countless 

children between the ages of twomonths-old 

and twelve-years-old, 

he noticed a distinct pattern. Those 

that had better diets did better. 

That sparked in him a desire to 

want to ensure that healthy foods 

were not only available to each and 

every child but were affordable for 

families. 

Soon, he invited clients to join 

his healthy food revolution. His 

goal was to provide children with 

healthy, organic food made by 

professionals. The concept was 

easy enough, but it required client 

education. That education came in 

the form of reaching out to parents 

and inviting them to participate. 

Soon, the invitation extended 

to the community. Nutritionists 

came on board, followed by fitness 

professionals and beyond. 

His simple idea transformed into 

what is now Freshealthy Miami, 

where delicious and nutritious 

meals are served at affordable 

prices. Davide Castellano, a selfproclaimed 

workaholic, has not 

only fostered change by focusing 

on children’s eating habits and 

diets, but also aims at expanding 

his idea and opening other 

installments of his revolutionary 

kitchen in other locations, thus 

spreading his life-changing ideas 

across lands. Castellano doesn’t 

come at this lightly. Born in Italy 

and raised in Luxembourg, France, 

he acquired European and Anglo- 

Saxon values, disciplines, work 

ethic, professionalism, and top-tier 

organizational skills that were the 

precepts to what would become a 

revolutionary idea that could have 

a positive impact on the lives of 

countless children. 

His lessons go beyond simply 

teaching people how to eat 

better. Freshealthy Miami also 

shows parents how to prepare 

healthy meals by holding cooking 

demonstrations and showing 

families how to work together in 

the kitchen. By giving the child 

an opportunity to partake in the 

process, parents foster a love 

for healthy eating. They’ll carry 

those simple lessons with them 

throughout their lives and will 

someday teach their children to do 

the same. 

Through his unique restaurant, he 

has the opportunity to teach and 

educate the young and the old 

and showcase healthy eating in 

individual homes all throughout 

the community. For Castellano, his 

business means nothing if it cannot 

have a positive impact on the 

community at large. 

It is his belief that people today 

are addicted to sugar and 

carbohydrates, and are hence 

more likely to fall ill. He has made 

it his mission to circumvent the 

rising numbers of those suffering 

from preventable illnesses, teach 

them the difference between 

bad carbohydrates and good 

carbohydrates, and show them 

how to live a more healthy life 

by making better choices for 

themselves and those they care 

about. 

Castellano states that his goal 

is to encourage people to start 

eating better one day at a time, 

with fresh and healthy ingredients 

cultivated locally. Families should 

feel like they are in charge of their 

kitchens. By eating healthy foods, 

they are taking a stand against bad 

choices and preventable ailments. 

By choosing healthier options, 

they are doing the absolute best 

for themselves, their children, and 

future generations. 

Miami is only the beginning of what 

Castellano wants to accomplish. 

Soon, he hopes to expand his 

business and change lives across 

the globe, one healthy meal at a 

time. 

By Claudia Portillo 


His lessons 

go beyond 

simply teaching 

people how to 

eat better 


STRESS EATING: 

Good Stress vs Bad Stress 

Part2 - The Why 

This is not about the food or the enjoyment of the food, 

it’s about the chemicals induced by the food. It’s actually 

something your brain is doing to protect you from stress – an 

attempt to soothe the stress hormone – cortisol, when there’s a lot 

of it being released for a dangerous length of time aka CHRONIC 

STRESS. To be uber clear: your compulsions are not related to 

food, they are tied to soothing or resetting something that is 

harmful to your body. This is what motivates the act in the first 

place. Insulin makes you crave fat. High cortisol makes you crave 

dense calories to reduce anxiety and damper the stress response. 

Whether or 

not you suffer from 

stress-eating or emotional 

eating is dictated by your 

particular coping abilities within 

your environment. Your body 

has discovered an effective way 

of coping with a harmful and 

chronic situation. That solution 

unfortunately, is stress-eating. The 

effect is relief – it’s a feeling that is 

just like taking drugs. So you are 

a drug addict in many ways, and 

you must look at this situation 

from a similar perspective. If you’re 

struggling – I don’t blame you! This 

soothing habit creates an extremely 

powerful chemical dependence 

in the brain and body – because it 

effectively gives you relief from the 

stress chemicals. 

Think of stress like a giant fire drill 

in the body. There are two key 

players in your stress response. 

One is called the HPA-axis. One is 

called SAM, or sympathetic-adrenomedullary 

system. For this to sound 

more interesting, I’m going to call 

HPA axis Happa. *I’m allowed to 

say that – I’m half-Asian. I’ll call 

the other – Sam. So there’s Happa 

and Sam, two firemen armed with 

hormones. Happa takes a bit longer 

than Sam – but they both have the 

same goal: help the body deal with 

the crisis at hand. 

Normally Happa gets a bunch of 

hormones to release, the most 

important of which is cortisol, and 

when cortisol is released it gets 

your motor running: it suppresses 

your immune system and gives you 

enough energy to deal with life. 

Once enough is released, some of 

the cortisol makes its way back to 

the hose spigot and Happa turns 

off the hose: the cortisol is shut 

off. “Crisis averted! Shut that hose 

off!” Because if the cortisol keeps 

a’ flowin’ your organs start to 

deteriorate and your emotions and 

sleep cycle get out of whack. Not 

to mention, you store fat, and have 

increased insulin resistance, etc. 

No Bueno. Sam is like the “bro” of 

the two firemen. He’s all agro about 

dealing with the stress fire, he gets 

after it! Sam gives you a burst of 

testosterone and adrenaline and 

also stops your food digestion, to 

help you fight and win this battle. 

Together, Happa and Sam get you 

capable of fighting off the threat 

and confronting the challenging 

situation. However, if you are in a 

chronic state of intense stress, your 

tissues cannot handle it. Sam and 

Happa’s activation can wreak havoc 

on your body, eventually even 

degrading your gene code. 

One very important difference in 

the damage has to do with how 

Happa and Sam receive that call: 

is it a call from a town screaming 

bloody murder? Or is it an adorable 

kitten that won’t come down from 

a tree? In other words, how big the 

stress response depends on the 

way you feel about the stress itself. 

Certain responses to stress won’t 

sound the same amount of alarm 

to both Sam and Happa. There 

are two significant key factors in 

the kind of stress – it’s sometimes 

referred to as “threat stress” vs. 

“challenge stress.” Challenge Stress 

meaning, you experience stress 

as a challenge, but you are not 

experiencing it as a threat to your 

person – Threat Stress meaning, a 

threat to self-image: something you 

feel unable to handle that will hurt 

you socially or that you perceive as 

a personal failure. 

The way they tested this fact was 

done with lab rats – and they are 

cute! And I really wish I didn’t 

see this deck. I was Googling to 

understand the definitions, and 

well, it’s really upsetting. I will add 

links to the end of this article if you 

want to read them, too. Anyhoo 

– the key factors that effect how 

you react to the stress lie in these 

factors: the predictability of the 

stress (which is dictated by your 

genetics, your past experiences) 

and the environment you are 

reacting to (its controllability: type 

of stress, frequency, intensity and 

duration). Both of these dictate 

how you will COPE with stress. AKA 

what that phone call sounds like 

when it gets to Happa and Sam. 

I’ll call this your 

coping style. A 

lot of the way we 

react to stress 

is just a habit: 

regardless of 

how major that 

stressor is, you 

could become 

extremely 

sensitive to it or 

be overwhelmed 

but totally 

handling it. To 

quote another 

study I read, “… 

the value and 

meaning we 

assign to the 

stress stimuli, 

determines 

how ‘harmful’ a 

stressor is…” 


HEALTHY FOOD 

THREAT STRESS: Includes fear – a feeling 

that we cannot cope with the stressor. 

When the “threat stress” includes public 

embarrassment or social failure it’s an even 

bigger response, physiologically. 

Challenge Stress: Includes a feeling that our 

stressor is controllable – that we are capable 

of dealing, and that it’s a demanding BUT not 

fear-inducing situation. 

In short, if you experience your stress as 

threat, where you are fearful, or emotionally 

distressed, you are more likely a stresseater 

than if you experience your stress as 

a challenge. Cortisol stimulates hunger and 

feeding- adrenaline is part of the fight/flight 

response which shuts down digestion. Threat 

stress stimulates eating more than challenge 

stress. Sam, the agro dude is activated by 

challenge stress. Hence the reason most don’t 

overeat from this kind of stress. Challenge 

stress types eat less, on average. 

SO WHAT PREDICTS THE WAY YOU 

EXPERIENCE STRESS AKA YOUR 

STRESS TYPE? 

It’s probably a combination of factors. It 

has a lot to do with your genetics, your life 

experiences and how you cope based on 

those factors. If you were shy as a kid and 

you went through something super scary and 

traumatic at unpredictable times, this would 

exacerbate your stress sensitivity. Regardless 

of how your stress type was set up, it doesn’t 

mean you can’t LEARN better skills and grow 

new abilities to handle stress, now. In my 

experiences, everything is trainable, including 

new reactions to old triggers. Which is what 

we’re going to learn some more about in the 

tools. 

You might also be more effected by the 

food stimuli of your environment – maybe 

because you’re dieting or image-conscious, 

and you are not inclined to self-sooth in 

another fashion. You’re also biologically more 

sensitive to the food soother – maybe you’re 

more vulnerable to the opinions of others, 

like you are especially delicate or fearful of 

disappointing others. Or maybe you’re just 

type-A and feel a heightened need to control 

everything in your environment – even when 

that’s just an illusion. 

People who are stressed have a low-level 

of something called NPY, that causes a high 

level of anxiety. NPY is an anxiolytic peptide, 

leading to decreased anxiety. There are low 

levels of this in people with PTSD – or high 

stress. And Glucocorticoids stimulate NPY 

release, which decreases anxiety. You are 

eating to lessen anxiety! (So part of your 

solution is to attack the anxiety from other 

angles.) 

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME!? 

It’s your brain’s self-protective mechanism 

gone wrong. Your brain is trying to protect 

from the harmful threat-stress response by 

pushing you to eat foods that will release 

opiods. The foods sustain opiod release. It’s 

actually a highly effective coping behavior! 

Your body is smart– only problem is, while it 

solves the other stress hormone problem, the 

brain grows dependent on it. It could easily be 

something else – like cocaine, but once your 

brain finds a way to regulate the danger, it 

grows reliant on it. 

“Opioids decrease activity of the HPA axis 

on different levels in order to terminate and 

attenuate the stress response, providing a 

negative feedback control mechanism.” 

Your body is empowering itself to stop the 

damage of the stress-response. Fatty foods 

release the same chemicals as cocaine in the 

brain reward system (opioid, dopamine and 

endocannabinoid) which creates a powerful 

addiction loop. It also makes you dependent 

on the reward center chemicals– your body’s 

natural morphine, and you can literally go 

through withdrawals from eating lots of fatty/ 

sugary foods to calm yourself. It’s no small 

thing! This shit is potent!! Neurobiological 

adaptations occur from repeated use of this 

drug called “stress-eating,” aka you form new 

muscle memory, so the more you use it, the 

more you’ll increase the compulsiveness of 

your overeating. 

Cortisol/stress stimulates your appetite and 

causes you to crave high-fats more often and 

increase your food intake, while making your 

body less able to process to the sugars, aka 

insulin resistance, which is what happens in 

diabetes. Because your body is in this mode 

of saving sugar and needing sugar you are 

getting hunger signals to your brain while 

storing unused sugars as fat. 

And this becomes an addiction – because it 

alters your neural pathways. It gets stronger 

with each practice – because of how it alters 

your reward system. Because it’s a chemical 

loop, a need for high-fat / high sugar foods 

continues on after the stress has been 

removed. There’s also research that suggests 

stress inhibits your right prefrontal cortex 

activity, which lessens your ability to think 

and control your food intake. 

What else predicts becoming a stress-eater? 

Another MAJOR predictor of whether or not 

you are going to be a stress-eater is whether 

or not you already are a “control eater” or 

restraint eater – meaning, if you’re always on 

a diet. Restraining your food intake makes 

you a ton more susceptible to stress-eating, 

because in part, the withholding of calories 

sets up the downfall. And for what it’s worth – 

people who diet usually eat the same amount 

of calories (and then-some) as those who 

don’t, but in the form of a rollercoaster. Diets 

are usually a longer loop of withholding then 

eventually binging / breaking down: it’s like 

your body’s way of leveling itself to normal, 

again. 

BUT WHY AM I EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL 

WHEN I’M STRESSED? 

Stress-eating also fucks with your emotions 

because it’s tied to all sorts of levers in 

your body, besides your immune system. 

Because fatty and sugary foods mess with 

your glucose, you might experience mood 

swings that make you feel like a baby, crashes 

of depression. Not to mention, messed up 

periods and decreased sex drive from the 

hormone fluctuations. 

MOST IMPORTANTLY: 

In order to help yourself out of this habit, 

you’ve got to tackle the stress and the stresschemicals, 

overall. Not just the symptom 

– which is stress-eating. Tilt the scales in 

your favor. Give yourself a leg up where you 

actually have access to your highest thinking: 

when you’re outside of that habit’s powerful 

loop. 

Once you can build up a rhythm and be 

successful in this soothing, you will naturally 

tend toward that thing: it’s not this hard 

forever. It one day will be a faint memory! You 

will not “be” this person when your chemicals 

are balanced and you have another proven 

method of soothing. This is when you actually 

become addicted to the new, healthy habit. 

It will be something you CRAVE completely 

organically. Like your body will actually say 

to you, “I want salad.” Or “I really need to go 

running.” It’s not just that you’re different 

than other people – this is just what comes 

from creating chemical balance. 

Sarah May Bates 

Founder of Yay With Me a hub of 

practical tools to create change in 

yourself, from Podcaster/Author, 

Sarah May Bates, @sarahmaybee 


HEALTHY FOOD 

NEW YEAR DETOX 

Carrot and Beet Juice 

As we partake in the 

many celebrations of 

December, we begin 

to feel a bit worn down by all 

the unhealthy excesses—food, 

beverages, late nights, etc. Our 

bodies simply can’t adapt to the 

sudden drastic changes they’re 

put through. What our bodies 

are begging for is a fresh start, 

a re-boot. 

Just as caring for the body’s exterior has its 

benefits, cleansing and detoxifying it from the 

inside offers many health benefits as well, no 

matter the time of year. 

Taking care of your insides: 

• Helps remove waste and toxic chemicals 

from the colon and body cells; 

• Improves digestion; 

• Tunes up the intestinal system, which 

gets sluggish without proper fiber and 

water; 

• Increases energy; 

• Promotes well-being; and 

• May increase nutrient absorption. 

A good way to start is with one of my favorite 

detox juice recipes, which has great cleansers 

as ingredients. Cucumber and celery are high 

in vitamins A and C and are natural diuretics. 

Beets and parsley are high in iron and are 

blood and liver cleansers. Carrots are high in 

antioxidants and lemons aid in cleansing the 

entire body.. 

INGREDIENTS 

99 

1 cucumber 

99 

1 beet 

99 

3 carrots 

99 

2 stalks of celery 

99 

1 handful of parsley 

99 

½ lemon 

PREPARATION 

If using an extractor, juice 

all ingredients. 

If using a blender, peel 

and cut cucumber, beet 

and carrots. Add celery 

stalks, parsley and lemon 

juice, and blend. 

By Carolina Portes 


I am Eric Stein - 

The Healthy Chefand 

I've made it my mission 

to go around town to find 

HEALTHY PLACES TO EAT. 

One of the biggest challenges we chefs and 

restauranteurs face on a regular basis is 

trying to figure out how to stay relevant 

in a time and place so ruled by fashion and 

trends. In this new, hyper-fast reality we're living 

in, everything that we used to believe was right 

has been flipped on its head. So how do you stay 

atop what people want from your restaurant? 

This time around, I went to downtown Miami 

looking for some answers and landed on a 

charming casual eatery called NUTREAT which 

seems to have everything figured out. How did 

they do it? Free soup tasting! 

Located in the very core of downtown Miami, the 

place is not just surrounded by the fast-paced 

office workers looking for some good eats on 

their lunch breaks, but tourist groups just trying 

to refuel from their long walks around the area. 

And this restaurant welcomes them with inviting 

aromas of four fresh-made signature kinds of 

soup that you can try. All day, every day. 

With a modern aesthetic to match Miami’s, and 

a conceptual menu that will not make you spend 

too much time reading it, NUTREAT has become 

one of my favorite spots to grab a bite (or a sip) 

when I’m around the area. 

After talking to the owners, I learned that they 

have a very clear idea of what they want from 

their restaurant: To keep true to their vision, 

keep using locally grown and farm raised 

ingredients and always to listen to their clients. 

As I expected, most of the menu can be fully 

customized to your preference to match your 

likings, hunger level or sometimes just the time 

you have to grab a quick bite. From original 

wraps to custom sandwiches and from crisp 

salads to their hearty soups, the menu is 

designed to take you on a quick retreat of fresh 

flavors and textures with each bite. 

And just when I thought I had finished a great 

experience, the owner tells me he is, in fact, a 

tea master and presents me with a hand-picked 

blend of amazing herbal teas that made my day. 

So don’t forget to mention it when you stop by 

because you don’t have to be a tea lover to enjoy 

a good refreshing drink. 

I am personally going to 

spend quite a few afternoons 

there when I’m in the area 

so make sure you say hello if 

you see me there… 

The Heathy Chef 

Eric Stein 

NUTREAT 

100 S Biscayne Blvd 

Miami, FL 33131 

305.416.7577

places to eatTM 

Healthy Magazine presents 

our new directory, loaded with 

local restaurants and grocers 

who have taken the time to 

cater to those looking to form 

healthier dietary habits. We 

hope you enjoy Healthy Places 

to Eat. We sure did and look 

forward to expanding so we 

can continue to better connect 

our readers with healthy 

lifestyle options in their 

communities. 

BEEHIVE 

JUICE BAR 

& SMOOTHIES 

6490 Bird Road 


305.663.1300 

EARTH 

LUNCH, DINNER 

AND DRINKS 

5831 Sunset Drive 


305.397.8678 

GREENG LIFESTYLE 

FRESH FRUIT & VEGGIE BOWLS, 

SMOOTHIES AND JUICE LAB 

@GREENGLIFESTYLE 

222 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 106 

Miami, Florida 33137 

786.300.6545 

THE LAST CARROT 

SANDWICHES, SALADS, 

SMOOTHIES AND JUICES 

3131 Grand Avenue 

Coconut Grove, FL 33133 

305.445.0805 

THE JUICERY BAR 

HOUSE SMOOTHIES , SIGNATURE 

JUICES, SPECIALTY SHOTS, ACAI BOWLS 

635 Brickell Key Dr 


305.350.2277 

17082 W Dixie Hwy 

North Miami Beach, FL 33160 

786.565.9684 

EVOS 

BURGERS, WRAPS 

& SALADS 

9537 S Dixie Hwy. 

Pinecrest, FL 33156 

305.740.3433 

DELIRIO FRESH CO. 

SALAD, PIZZA, JUICE BAR & 

SMOOTHIES 

2475 NW 95th Ave. Unit 8 


305.499.3304 

MIAMI SQUEEZE 

VEGETARIAN, PIZZA, SANDWICHES, 

SMOOTHIES & JUICES 

18315 W Dixie Hwy. 


305.935.9544 

GIARDINO 

GOURMET SALADS 

SALAD, FAST FOOD 

2346 Ponce de Leon Blvd. 

Coral Gables, FL 33134 

305.460.6010 

NORMAN BROTHERS 

JUICE BAR, SMOOTHIES 

& COFFEE 

7621 SW 87th Ave. 


305.274.9363 

PURA VIDA MIAMI 

RAW ORGANIC BOWLS, WRAPS AND 

PITAS, JUICES & SHOTS 

110 Wasington Ave CU2 

Miami Beach Fl, 33139 

754.422.2131 

www.healthyplacestoeat.com 

healthy menu vegetarian non gmo vegan gluten free

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