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I love New Year’s resolutions. They’re the perfect opportunity to<br />
begin again. For some, they’re meaningless, empty promises that<br />
will never come to fruition. But <strong>for</strong> me, they’re an opportunity <strong>for</strong> a<br />
much-needed restart – a chance to grow mentally and spiritually,<br />
to recharge my body, and to energize my life. Many believe<br />
immediate changes must be made in order to measure success. It’s<br />
my belief that small steps in the right direction are a much better<br />
– doable – approach. Checking small goals off my list teaches me<br />
patience, courage, and allows me to absorb all the benefits of the<br />
process.<br />
When we began planning this January issue, we didn’t set out to<br />
making sweeping changes. Instead, we made a conscious decision<br />
to follow the guidelines we put <strong>for</strong>th in 2016. Soon, those same<br />
themes and ideas sparked new ideas and led us in a direction we’re<br />
sure our readers will appreciate and be inspired by.<br />
As part of our ongoing ef<strong>for</strong>t to put <strong>for</strong>th the best material<br />
possible, you, the reader, will recognize the glimmers of inspiration<br />
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EDITORIAL<br />
CONTENT<br />
ISSUE 44<br />
HEALTHY KIDS<br />
8.<br />
10.<br />
WHY YOU SHOULD<br />
ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS<br />
TO DREAM BIG<br />
MARIJUANA<br />
HEALTHY BODY, MIND & SOUL<br />
7.<br />
14.<br />
16.<br />
18.<br />
20.<br />
22.<br />
GETTING FIT IN <strong>2017</strong><br />
JENNIFER LOH,MD - TOP 300 PREMIER SURGEON<br />
INNOVATORS IN REFRACTIVE CATARACT SURGERY<br />
HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF TO WAKE UP EARLIER<br />
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE<br />
ELIMINATING MALNUTRITION OVER THE HOLIDAYS<br />
FOOD-FOR-LIFE PARTNERS WITH 9 MILE FESTIVAL<br />
HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS A DOCTOR’S<br />
PERSPECTIVE ON A LIFE-ALTERING DIAGNOSIS<br />
24.<br />
FITNESS & BEAUTY<br />
ELECTROMAGNETIC<br />
DETOXIFICATION AND ANTI-<br />
STRESS THERAPY<br />
26.<br />
5 SIMPLE TRICKS TO STICK TO<br />
YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOAL<br />
HEALTHY FOOD<br />
30.<br />
33.<br />
36.<br />
DAVIDE CASTELLANO THE JEWEL<br />
OF <strong>MIAMI</strong> – FRESHHEALTHY<br />
<strong>MIAMI</strong>, SERVING HEALTHY FOODS<br />
AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.<br />
STRESS EATING: GOOD STRESS<br />
VS BAD STRESS PART2 - THE WHY<br />
NEW YEAR DETOX CARROT AND<br />
BEET JUICE<br />
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HEALTHY SOUL<br />
GETTING<br />
FIT IN<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
The start of a new year is the perfect<br />
time <strong>for</strong> making some commitments<br />
about fitness. Need to take off a few<br />
pounds? Need to be more frugal in<br />
spending and more zealous about saving?<br />
Need to do some things to enhance your<br />
business and family life? Want to end <strong>2017</strong><br />
with more spiritual muscle?<br />
Making a few changes in your life can really<br />
make a big difference in your savings and<br />
retirement. As 2016 draws to a close, <strong>for</strong><br />
example, most financial advisers are telling<br />
their clients about a higher contribution<br />
limit <strong>for</strong> 401(k)s that goes into effect <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>2017</strong>. If you discipline your financial life to<br />
add the extra $500 the law permits – that’s<br />
$42 per month – it can help your retirement<br />
prospects.<br />
Then there are basic suggestions about<br />
improving your health most of us think<br />
about at the turn of a new year. If cigarettes<br />
and alcohol are still part of your lifestyle,<br />
save yourself the fiscal, health, and social<br />
problems they cause by eliminating both.<br />
The same goes with the excessive junk food<br />
that tempts us all.<br />
For your life as a leader in your business,<br />
this is the time to review last year and to<br />
focus <strong>for</strong> <strong>2017</strong>. Does your company have<br />
a mission? One that people can recall?<br />
Articulate? Maybe this is the time to sharpen<br />
your communication.<br />
What about your family? Are you finding<br />
yourself making too many apologies <strong>for</strong><br />
being absent from family events and<br />
unavailable to the people you love most? Are<br />
you feeling alienated from your children?<br />
The start of a new year is a good time to<br />
reset priorities with your family. And just<br />
sitting down with them to say out loud what<br />
you are doing – and to ask their help – may<br />
help heal some wounds.<br />
Then don’t <strong>for</strong>get your spiritual life in<br />
framing a fitness plan. I once heard a lady<br />
express admiration <strong>for</strong> a Bible teacher she<br />
respected. "I'd give half my life to know the<br />
Bible so well!" she gushed. "That's about<br />
what it would take," a bystander replied. I'm<br />
not sure she got the point. Do you?<br />
We'd prefer instant Bible knowledge from<br />
a pill or potion. Most of us would pay well<br />
<strong>for</strong> self-control, peace of mind, or power<br />
in prayer. But spiritual life is like physical<br />
health or fiscal soundness in one critical<br />
way: All the positive steps you take, even the<br />
smallest ones, make a significant difference<br />
over time.<br />
The art of change begins with a plan. Even<br />
the things only God can change in us depend<br />
on our plan to be open to the work of his<br />
Holy Spirit. Pounds, pennies, and prayers —<br />
success with all of them begins with a plan.<br />
MAY YOU<br />
LIVE<br />
WITHIN<br />
GOD'S<br />
DAILY GRACE<br />
IN <strong>2017</strong><br />
AND HAVE<br />
A HAPPY<br />
NEW YEAR<br />
By Rubel Shelly<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 7
HEALTHY KIDS<br />
WHY YOU SHOULD<br />
ENCOURAGE<br />
YOUR KIDS TO<br />
DREAM BIG<br />
Every kid has a dream of what he wants to be when he grows up,<br />
just like you did when you were a kid. Maybe you had parents<br />
who encouraged you in that dream or maybe you had parents<br />
who weren’t so thrilled by your dream and wanted you to do<br />
something practical instead.<br />
Whatever your experience was like as a child, you have a choice right<br />
now to help your kids dream. This is what my podcast is all about this<br />
week:<br />
Help your kids dream big and dream right. It sounds like a daunting<br />
task, but it doesn’t have to be. By doing these three things, you can<br />
help raise a child who pursues his dreams and succeeds at them.<br />
1. GET TO KNOW YOUR<br />
CHILD VERY WELL.<br />
Spend time with your child in<br />
order to understand her better.<br />
Watch <strong>for</strong> her strengths and<br />
weaknesses. Listen to what she<br />
talks about. Listen to what she<br />
wants to be when she grows up.<br />
Get to know her.<br />
Get to know her as she tries out<br />
different dreams and interests.<br />
Encourage her to have as<br />
many dreams as she wants.<br />
Don’t pigeonhole your child by<br />
putting her in gymnastics <strong>for</strong> six<br />
hours a week at age four. What<br />
if she wakes up at age 17 and<br />
realizes she doesn’t actually like<br />
gymnastics; she’s only doing it<br />
because that’s the only thing she’s<br />
ever done?<br />
Allow her to try many different<br />
things and get to know her as she<br />
explores.<br />
2.ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO<br />
PURSUE GOODNESS.<br />
Kids want to grow up knowing<br />
they have a purpose. They want<br />
to do something that matters.<br />
Encourage your kids to not only<br />
dream but to seek God’s will in<br />
that dream. Encourage them in<br />
a path that will help people, or<br />
to channel their dreams in a way<br />
that is <strong>for</strong> the greater good.<br />
Don’t let them become too<br />
self-absorbed in their own<br />
dreams. Work on their character.<br />
Encourage them to pursue what’s<br />
good and right, and their dreams<br />
will follow.<br />
3. ENCOURAGE THEM TO<br />
PURSUE DREAMS THAT USE<br />
THEIR NATURAL GIFTS.<br />
This is where you as a parent have<br />
the mostwisdom and guidance<br />
to offer. As you’re spending time<br />
with your child and intentionally<br />
getting to know him, you will<br />
see his natural gifts rise to the<br />
surface. Kids can’t<br />
always recognize<br />
these. For example, if you have<br />
an eleven-year-old who wants to<br />
be a professional athlete but has<br />
no athletic talent, steer him in a<br />
direction that is reasonable. Point<br />
out what he’s really good at and<br />
find ways <strong>for</strong> him to use that gift.<br />
Also, and this is important,<br />
don’t push your kids to pursue<br />
your dreams or become good at<br />
whatyou’ve always wanted to be<br />
good at. Having a child isn’t your<br />
opportunity to live vicariously<br />
through them and achieve your<br />
own goals. You might see that<br />
your kid, who you’ve always to<br />
be a doctor, actually excels at the<br />
arts. Let her pursue the arts. Or<br />
vice versa, if she’s leaning toward<br />
science and hates her piano<br />
lessons, let her lean into that gift.<br />
Having a child isn’t your<br />
opportunity to live vicariously<br />
through them and achieve your<br />
own goals.<br />
I interviewed actor, producer and<br />
author David A.R. White. You may<br />
know him from the blockbuster<br />
God’s Not Dead or as the cofounder<br />
of PureFlix. David grew up<br />
in a Mennonite family on a farm<br />
in Kansas. You can imagine his<br />
parents’ surprise when he called<br />
them from college and announced<br />
he was moving to Hollywood to<br />
pursue acting. No on in his family<br />
had ever done this. By the time he<br />
was 18, he’d only been to a movie<br />
theater once.<br />
But instead of freaking out or<br />
ordering him to come back to the<br />
farm, David’s parents simply said,<br />
“As long as you serve the Lord,<br />
keep him first in whatever you do,<br />
we support you.”<br />
Parents, this is the perfect<br />
example of supporting your<br />
child’s dreams, even if they don’t<br />
match your own, even if you don’t<br />
get them.<br />
If David’s parents had <strong>for</strong>ced him<br />
to stay on the farm and live the<br />
life they were living, the world<br />
would have missed out on all<br />
the talent David has brought to<br />
Hollywood. He writes about his<br />
storied journey in his new book,<br />
“Between Heaven & Hollywood.”<br />
Be supportive of your kids. Get to<br />
know them and encourage them<br />
to pursue good, big dreams. Don’t<br />
let the world miss out on all they<br />
have to offer.<br />
By Meg Meeker, MD<br />
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HEALTHY<br />
KIDS<br />
8.<br />
10.<br />
WHY YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE<br />
YOUR KIDS TO DREAM BIG<br />
MARIJUANA
FITNESS & BEAUTY<br />
Marijuana is a shredded, green-brown mix of dried<br />
flowers, stems, and leaves from the plant Cannabis<br />
sativa. A stronger <strong>for</strong>m of marijuana, called hashish<br />
(hash), looks like brown or black cakes or balls.<br />
Marijuana is usually rolled and smoked like a<br />
cigarette (joints or doobies), or put in hollowedout<br />
cigars (blunts), pipes (bowls), or water pipes<br />
(bongs). Some people mix it into food or brew it<br />
as a tea.<br />
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS<br />
The main active chemical in marijuana is THC<br />
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). When someone<br />
smokes marijuana, THC goes from the lungs into the<br />
bloodstream. From there, it ends up in the brain and<br />
other organs.<br />
THC connects with a receptor on nerve cells in the<br />
brain. When these nerve cells are in the parts of the<br />
brain that govern sensory perception and pleasure, it<br />
causes the marijuana "high."<br />
THC also connects with receptors on nerve cells in<br />
other parts of the brain. When those parts of the<br />
brain affect thinking, memory, coordination, and<br />
concentration, it can cause unwanted side effects,<br />
including:<br />
• Difficulty thinking and problem solving<br />
• Problems with memory and learning<br />
• Loss of coordination<br />
• Distorted perception<br />
People also might notice other short-term side<br />
effects of using marijuana, such as:<br />
- An increase in appetite<br />
- Feeling lightheaded or drowsy<br />
- A decrease in inhibitions<br />
LONG-TERM EFFECTS<br />
Research has found that people who use marijuana over a long<br />
period of time can have more lasting side effects. For example:<br />
• Changes in the brain. Marijuana can affect the parts of<br />
the brain that play a role in our ability to remember,<br />
multitask, and pay attention.<br />
• Fertility issues. Animal studies suggest that using a lot<br />
of marijuana might be linked to decreased sperm count<br />
in men and delayed ovulation in women. Women who<br />
use marijuana when they are pregnant may be more<br />
likely to have babies with developmental and behavioral<br />
problems.<br />
• Respiratory problems. People who smoke marijuana a lot<br />
can develop problems with the respiratory system — like<br />
more mucus, a chronic cough, and bronchitis.<br />
• Immune system problems. Using marijuana a lot might<br />
make it harder <strong>for</strong> the body to fight off infections.<br />
• Emotional problems. People who use a lot of marijuana<br />
are more likely to say they notice signs of depression or<br />
anxiety. If someone has a condition like schizophrenia<br />
or bipolar disorder, marijuana can sometimes make<br />
symptoms worse.<br />
MARIJUANA<br />
These side effects<br />
are temporary,<br />
but they can make<br />
it dangerous to<br />
do things like<br />
drive while under<br />
the influence of<br />
marijuana.<br />
MEDICAL USE<br />
OF MARIJUANA<br />
The U.S. Food and Drug<br />
Administration (FDA) has<br />
approved pills containing THC as<br />
a way to help relieve pain, nausea,<br />
muscle stiffness, or problems<br />
with movement — particularly <strong>for</strong><br />
people with cancer or AIDS.<br />
There's still a lot of discussion<br />
about the medical use of<br />
marijuana, though. So the THC<br />
pill is only available in some<br />
states and requires a doctor's<br />
prescription.<br />
At the moment, there's not<br />
enough research to say <strong>for</strong> sure if<br />
smoking marijuana is any more<br />
helpful than taking THC as a pill.<br />
Scientists are still studying this.<br />
Reviewed by: Julia Brown Lancaster,MSN, WHNP-BC<br />
Note: All in<strong>for</strong>mation on this article is <strong>for</strong> educational purposes only.<br />
For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your<br />
doctor. © 1995-<strong>2017</strong> The Nemours Foundation. All rights reserved.<br />
WHAT IF I WANT TO QUIT?<br />
People who use marijuana <strong>for</strong><br />
a while can have withdrawal<br />
symptoms when they try to give<br />
it up. They may feel irritable,<br />
anxious, or depressed; have<br />
trouble sleeping; or not feel like<br />
eating.<br />
Marijuana withdrawal can be a<br />
bit like caffeine withdrawal: It's<br />
usually worst a day or two after<br />
someone stops using marijuana.<br />
After that, withdrawal symptoms<br />
gradually decrease. They're<br />
usually gone a week or two after<br />
the person no longer uses the<br />
drug.<br />
If you or someone you know<br />
wants to stop using marijuana but<br />
has trouble quitting, it can help<br />
to talk to a counselor. Studies<br />
suggest that a combination of<br />
individual counseling and group<br />
therapy sessions is the best<br />
approach <strong>for</strong> stopping marijuana<br />
use.<br />
OTHER PROBLEMS<br />
Some states are changing their<br />
laws to make it legal to have<br />
small amounts of marijuana<br />
in certain situations (like when<br />
it's prescribed <strong>for</strong> medical use).<br />
But many states still have laws<br />
against using, growing, or selling<br />
marijuana — and people caught<br />
with it could face charges,<br />
including jail time.<br />
Here are a few ways marijuana use<br />
could affect you:<br />
• Criminal charges. Marijuana<br />
laws can be confusing. For<br />
example, a state might<br />
allow people to have a small<br />
amount of marijuana with a<br />
doctor's prescription — but<br />
the same state's laws make it<br />
illegal to buy, sell, or grow it.<br />
• Career problems. People<br />
charged under marijuana<br />
laws may end up with<br />
criminal records that hurt<br />
their plans <strong>for</strong> college or<br />
finding a job.<br />
• Drug testing. These days,<br />
employers often test <strong>for</strong><br />
drug use as part of the hiring<br />
process. Marijuana can show<br />
up on a drug test <strong>for</strong> several<br />
weeks after it was last used.<br />
So people who use marijuana<br />
may find they don't get a job<br />
they want. Some companies<br />
do routine drug tests on<br />
employees, so people who<br />
use marijuana can lose their<br />
jobs.<br />
10 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
HEALTHY<br />
BODY<br />
MIND<br />
& SOUL<br />
7.<br />
14.<br />
16.<br />
18.<br />
20.<br />
22.<br />
GETTING FIT IN <strong>2017</strong><br />
JENNIFER LOH,MD<br />
- TOP 300 PREMIER<br />
SURGEON INNOVATORS<br />
IN REFRACTIVE CATARACT<br />
SURGERY<br />
HOW TO MOTIVATE<br />
YOURSELF TO WAKE UP<br />
EARLIER<br />
CONGESTIVE HEART<br />
FAILURE<br />
ELIMINATING<br />
MALNUTRITION OVER THE<br />
HOLIDAYS FOOD-FOR-LIFE<br />
PARTNERS WITH 9 MILE<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS<br />
A DOCTOR’S PERSPECTIVE<br />
ON A LIFE-ALTERING<br />
DIAGNOSIS
COVER STORY<br />
Jennifer<br />
Loh, MD<br />
TOP 300 PREMIER<br />
SURGEON Innovators<br />
in Refractive<br />
Cataract Surgery<br />
One doctor’s vision is changing the<br />
landscape <strong>for</strong> many in South Florida and<br />
beyond.<br />
Everyone aspires to follow their dreams,<br />
but <strong>for</strong> Jennifer Loh, MD, her dream brought<br />
about bigger visions that have positively<br />
impacted her patients’ lives. Growing up, she<br />
witnessed her physician father’s dedication<br />
to medicine. The idea of using science and<br />
technology to help improve others’ lives<br />
prompted her to want to pursue the same<br />
endeavors.<br />
After completing her Bachelors of Science in<br />
Chemistry at Butler University, Jennifer went<br />
on to earn a medical degree and complete<br />
her residency in Ophthalmology at Indiana<br />
University. Once her training was done, she<br />
moved on to South Florida to practice and<br />
eventually open her own clinic.<br />
14 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
COVER STORY<br />
Dr. Loh would go<br />
on to receive awards<br />
and accolades in her field<br />
including the Refractive<br />
Surgery Alliance President’s<br />
Award <strong>for</strong> her work with the<br />
organization in helping to<br />
grow refractive surgery<br />
worldwide.<br />
She also<br />
received the<br />
Alcon Outstanding<br />
Female Leader in<br />
Ophthalmology, which<br />
promotes women’s<br />
success in the <strong>for</strong>merly<br />
male-dominated<br />
surgical specialty<br />
field.<br />
Her interest in<br />
ophthalmology began<br />
in medical school after<br />
witnessing the happiness a<br />
patient received after having<br />
cataract surgery per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
by one of her professors.<br />
Seeing firsthand the impact<br />
one could have on countless<br />
lives – improving them <strong>for</strong> the<br />
better – was the impetus <strong>for</strong><br />
what would be a steadfast<br />
commitment to acquiring indepth<br />
knowledge about eye<br />
ailments such as cataracts,<br />
and refractive errors like near<br />
sightedness, far sightedness,<br />
and astigmatism, so that she<br />
could treat them.<br />
Her quest <strong>for</strong> knowledge and<br />
desire to deepen her skills has<br />
allowed her the opportunities<br />
to attend conferences, lead<br />
lectures, and to travel in and<br />
outside of the United States to<br />
treat patients from all walks<br />
of life. Soon, professional<br />
organizations and committees<br />
began to take notice.<br />
Her experiences have<br />
compounded as medical<br />
technology has advanced.<br />
Now, with the aid of advanced<br />
technologies, including<br />
specialized implants and<br />
lasers, medical practitioners<br />
can per<strong>for</strong>m refractive cataract<br />
surgery, which allows them to<br />
customize surgeries <strong>for</strong> their<br />
patients’ individual needs. For<br />
Dr. Loh, the opportunity to<br />
give patients the ability to see<br />
well while driving and reading<br />
without glasses is only one of<br />
the most satisfying aspects of<br />
her work. Recently, she was<br />
<strong>for</strong>tunate enough to travel to<br />
India and help per<strong>for</strong>m lifealtering<br />
surgeries there.<br />
For her, some of the most<br />
enjoyable parts of the job are<br />
the countless opportunities<br />
to learn from her peers and<br />
to help teach others as others<br />
have helped her. This allows<br />
all involved to remain at the<br />
<strong>for</strong>efront of all the amazing<br />
and innovative technologies<br />
and procedures in the field<br />
of ophthalmology. Through<br />
her work, she’s learned that<br />
while patients have access<br />
to corrective surgeries as<br />
a norm, millions of people<br />
living in remote areas in many<br />
other countries do not have<br />
access to these amenities.<br />
She believes that by helping<br />
to train others and to visiting<br />
places outside of her current<br />
home base, lives can be<br />
changed one person at a<br />
time, and hopefully, become<br />
the new norm in these often<br />
impoverished or underserved<br />
areas of the globe.<br />
Currently, Dr. Loh makes her<br />
home in South Florida. Her<br />
office is conveniently located<br />
in the Coral Gables/South<br />
Miami area in the heart of a<br />
bustling shopping district.<br />
The lovely people manning<br />
this state of the art facility are<br />
always eager to provide muchneeded<br />
care <strong>for</strong> their patients.<br />
Not only can she provide<br />
routine eye care <strong>for</strong> adults<br />
of all ages, but she can also<br />
screen <strong>for</strong> sight-threatening<br />
conditions, treat cataracts,<br />
per<strong>for</strong>m refractive surgeries,<br />
and help maximize the benefit<br />
of one of our greatest gifts in<br />
life – sight.<br />
“<br />
For Dr. Loh, the<br />
opportunity to<br />
give patients<br />
the ability to<br />
see well while<br />
driving and<br />
reading without<br />
glasses is only<br />
one of the<br />
most satisfying<br />
aspects of her<br />
work.<br />
”<br />
By Ava Mallory<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 15
HEALTHY MIND<br />
HEALTHY KIDS<br />
HOW TO MOTIVATE<br />
YOURSELF TO<br />
WAKE UP<br />
EARLIER<br />
When you start waking up earlier,<br />
it really sucks. There, I said it.<br />
I<br />
faced my dreaded early bird future a<br />
couple years ago, knowing it was the<br />
right way to go, but hating it and wishing<br />
desperately that I could hold onto my<br />
beloved night owl lifestyle.<br />
The evenings were my prime time. Or so I<br />
thought. At the end of a long day, curling up<br />
on the couch with my laptop and a glass of<br />
wine made my heart happy. I would always<br />
tell myself I was going to be productive and<br />
knock out a blog post or two, but then get<br />
hazy and distracted and end up watching<br />
three hours of Netflix. I’d start to doze off and<br />
end up wandering to bed around midnight or<br />
later.<br />
SOUND FAMILIAR?<br />
I reached a point where, like the lovely Kat<br />
Lee says so often, I was waking up TO my kids<br />
rather than FOR my kids. I woke up to them<br />
bickering, asking <strong>for</strong> breakfast, in a hazy fog<br />
from the late night be<strong>for</strong>e. Not my best self,<br />
I often started the day cranky, sometimes<br />
yelling - and the mom of the year award goes<br />
to…anyone else.<br />
I decided to suck it up and make some<br />
changes. I had already discovered the beauty<br />
of simplifying my home and how much freer<br />
I felt as a mom during my daily routine, so I<br />
wondered what I could change next.<br />
I woke up at 5:00 the next morning. I <strong>for</strong>ced<br />
myself to just do it - stand up and make the<br />
bed as quickly as possible, then run into<br />
the kitchen - no chance of climbing back<br />
under the cozy covers. I was half dead, but<br />
with some coffee and a few quiet<br />
moments, I got my laptop out and<br />
started writing.<br />
I was pretty productive, but the kids heard<br />
me tapping the keyboard and kept wanting<br />
to come out. Then they’d be loud, then they’d<br />
ask me <strong>for</strong> breakfast despite the fact that it<br />
was still dark out and they probably shouldn’t<br />
even be awake yet. It was frustrating and<br />
discouraging, but I could see the light. I saw<br />
how the mornings could go and noticed that<br />
I was <strong>for</strong> sure more alert and ready to be<br />
productive early in the day, unlike nighttime<br />
when I’m really just DONE and want to veg<br />
out with my hubby and Netflix. Plus, I liked it,<br />
to my surprise.<br />
I decided to adjust and push through,<br />
tweaking things to eliminate the problems.<br />
A couple years later, I still wake up around<br />
5AM. It’s not perfect, and some days I get<br />
up slightly later and some days even a little<br />
earlier, depending on lots of things, but I’ve<br />
figured out how to make this work! And when<br />
it does, waking up early is pretty amazing and<br />
highly beneficial to motherhood.<br />
I want to say be<strong>for</strong>e I dive into the deets...<br />
there are seasons <strong>for</strong> this. There are seasons<br />
to not give a crap - like when you’re pregnant<br />
or sick or have a baby who still wakes up<br />
randomly. There are people who truly do<br />
better, more productive work in the evening.<br />
This post isn’t meant to sway you. If you stay<br />
up late and get sh*t done, go <strong>for</strong> it. It works<br />
<strong>for</strong> you, great.<br />
I saw how the<br />
mornings could go<br />
and noticed that I was<br />
<strong>for</strong> sure more alert and<br />
ready to be productive<br />
early in the day<br />
There are also seasons where<br />
nighttime really does work better <strong>for</strong><br />
one reason or another. I’ve switched<br />
back to being a night owl twice in<br />
the last two years, very temporarily.<br />
Once because I was creating my<br />
course. It was very stressful and I<br />
found that I didn’t sleep well until<br />
I had poured a heavy amount of<br />
work into it. The other time is right<br />
now, in the past week, <strong>for</strong> a similar<br />
reason. I’m working on writing my<br />
book proposal and several other<br />
large work projects, and when the<br />
stress level is this high, <strong>for</strong> some<br />
reason I change into this nighttime<br />
productivity machine and just need<br />
to pour into my work right be<strong>for</strong>e I<br />
call it a day. It’s weird, but it works<br />
better <strong>for</strong> me very rarely, so I roll<br />
with it.<br />
16 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
HEALTHY MIND<br />
For the most part though,<br />
I wake up early. It’s now<br />
a part of my usual routine<br />
and it’s increased my<br />
productivity, happiness,<br />
energy levels, and general<br />
fulfillment in my life by a lot.<br />
There are a lot of different reasons being<br />
dedicated to waking early has you failing or<br />
deciding you no longer give a crap. Let's hash<br />
them out, shall we?<br />
WHEN YOU WAKE EARLY, YOUR<br />
01 KIDS HEAR YOU NO MATTER<br />
HOW QUIET YOU ARE, AND COME OUT,<br />
RUINING YOUR PLAN FOR THE MORNING.<br />
Hear me, mama. YOU ARE THE PARENT! If<br />
you need to wake up early and be alone<br />
<strong>for</strong> a bit, set the rules and keep them.<br />
When I saw this being an issue with my<br />
kids, I made a new house rule that is<br />
still in place to this day. The kids are not<br />
allowed to come out of their room (they<br />
have their own bathroom, otherwise that<br />
would be the only exception) until their<br />
alarm clock rings at 8 AM. This gives me<br />
three solid hours of writing without them<br />
coming out.<br />
I set them up with what they need - this<br />
isn’t a torture chamber. They have a<br />
snack and water and are allowed to talk,<br />
read, and play until eight. My oldest gets<br />
the baby from his crib and helps busy<br />
him. Sometimes I have to run in and<br />
give him a fresh diaper, but the it’s right<br />
back into the room <strong>for</strong> some quiet play<br />
because that’s the house rule.<br />
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Kids, you can fuss all you want, but this<br />
is a boundary I have <strong>for</strong> myself, so that I<br />
can be a more productive, happy, loving<br />
mama.<br />
They don’t even try to break this rule now<br />
because they know it’s set in stone.<br />
YOU LIKE STAYING UP LATE THE<br />
02 NIGHT BEFORE WAY TOO MUCH.<br />
This is your call, girl. It’s just like I say<br />
when talking about my decluttering<br />
course…. Do you want to reap the<br />
benefits of an uncluttered home or not? If<br />
you want to stop cleaning up all the time<br />
and be ready <strong>for</strong> company constantly, you<br />
have to purge and do the work.<br />
SAME GOES HERE.<br />
If you want the energy and productivity<br />
and good feelings that come from waking<br />
early and taking on the day, you have to<br />
make the sacrifice of time. I think so often<br />
we want a magic wand in life. If somehow<br />
we could stop loving the quiet of the<br />
evening and still wake up early magically<br />
productive, that would be great! Yes, it<br />
would be great. But you’re on Earth in<br />
cold hard reality, and it’s your call how<br />
your life goes down. So pick one. That’s<br />
the hard truth we need to face if we’re<br />
ready to stop letting life happen to us and<br />
start telling it how to go.<br />
Waking early has massive return on<br />
investment, but you can’t get the return<br />
without the investment, yo.<br />
THE EVENING IS THE ONLY TIME<br />
03YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND GET TO<br />
SPEND TOGETHER.<br />
That’s true <strong>for</strong> probably almost all of us.<br />
Have at it! Watch a movie, eat dinner<br />
together, snuggle up, get freaky…<br />
whatever your thang is, do it and enjoy<br />
the time together! Getting up early<br />
doesn’t have to mean doing nothing at<br />
night and going to bed when your kids do.<br />
If you’re so tired that that’s when you<br />
want to go to bed, it’ll get better as your<br />
body and sleep schedule adjust, and you<br />
might want to look at why you’re not<br />
sleeping heavy enough to feel rested, not<br />
what time you’re going to bed.<br />
Brian and I LOVE our evenings together!<br />
We watch TV, we talk and laugh, it’s the<br />
best time of the day! Then around 10:30<br />
or so, we head to bed fulfilled from the<br />
day and feeling connected from spending<br />
time together, and I can wake up early<br />
again.<br />
Try not to make this seem like such a<br />
negative thing. It’s really not! Brian and I<br />
also put our kids to bed pretty early. Bella<br />
goes to bed around 8:30, and the boys<br />
go to bed around 7:30. That helps them<br />
get good rest and it helps us have some<br />
time alone. Again, boundaries and rules,<br />
mama. You’re the parents!<br />
YOU CAN PUSH THROUGH AND<br />
04 WAKE UP EARLY, AND YOU DO<br />
FEEL MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN YOU<br />
DO IT, BUT GETTING THROUGH THE DAY<br />
WITHOUT CRASHING IS THE PROBLEM.<br />
Human adults need 6-8 hours of sleep a<br />
night. Are you getting that? If not, go to<br />
bed earlier or wake up later. Your call!<br />
If so, there’s another reason you are so<br />
fatigued, and you should look into it.<br />
You’re probably lacking a nutrient or<br />
something your body really needs. When<br />
I started taking B6/B12 shots, I was no<br />
longer dragging around 3:00 every day.<br />
IT’S DARK AND COLD OUT, AND SO<br />
05 HARD TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF<br />
BED WHEN IT FEELS LIKE I’LL FREEZE TO<br />
DEATH AND BE UNABLE TO GET GOING.<br />
There are going to be lots of hurdles<br />
to making this change (or any positive<br />
change), so it’s up to you to decide how<br />
bad you want the benefits.<br />
Nothing good and different<br />
and better comes easy.<br />
You can set yourself up <strong>for</strong> success, but<br />
you’ve also got to know it isn’t going to be<br />
perfect and easy all the time.<br />
Keep a pair of super warm, cozy socks on<br />
your nightstand that you can quickly put<br />
on right when you wake up. Write a list of<br />
the benefits to waking up early and put<br />
it where you’ll see it when you open your<br />
eyes. Move your alarm clock so it’s not<br />
right by your bed and you have to get up<br />
to turn it off.<br />
Set rules with yourself and be a<br />
disciplined person - that’s not something<br />
you either are or aren’t, it’s something<br />
you can choose and work hard to<br />
become.<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 17
HEALTHY BODY<br />
CONGESTIVE<br />
HEART FAILURE<br />
Once known as the silent killer,<br />
Congestive Heart Failure no<br />
longer has to be a death sentence.<br />
For years, medical practitioners have<br />
used the term congestive heart failure<br />
to describe a disease process that, in its<br />
simplest <strong>for</strong>m, means congestive heart<br />
inefficiency, and not an overall failure <strong>for</strong><br />
most. Once believed to be a verifiable<br />
death sentence <strong>for</strong> patients, medical<br />
science has matured, studied this health<br />
issue, and through trial and error has<br />
discovered that many <strong>for</strong>ms of this heart<br />
inefficiency don’t automatically equate<br />
to a patient’s demise. On the contrary,<br />
there are variations in this disease’s<br />
process of infliction. Those living with<br />
mild to moderate congestive heart failure<br />
often times live full and normal lives with<br />
the help of medication and treatments.<br />
As is the case with many diseases in<br />
the world, there are countless myths<br />
and false claims attached to this one as<br />
well. To date, what we in the medical<br />
profession can state as an absolute fact is<br />
the following:<br />
p p • CHF is a condition meaning that<br />
the heart’s pump function doesn’t<br />
operate adequately to meet the<br />
body’s basic needs.<br />
p p • There is no one way to develop<br />
this condition. Oftentimes it can<br />
be brought on by other ailments or<br />
disease processes.<br />
p p • In general, the overall symptoms<br />
of CHF vary from person to person,<br />
but can include a diminished<br />
exercise capacity, edema (swelling<br />
in extremities, typically the lower<br />
extremities).<br />
p p • CHF is a progressive disease that<br />
can worsen over time.<br />
p p • Fatigue is a common occurrence.<br />
p p • Shortness of breath is common.<br />
Conditions such as valvular heart disease<br />
or coronary artery disease can cause<br />
weakness in the heart and can lead<br />
to congestive heart failure. When this<br />
weakness occurs, the heart can’t pump<br />
blood through the body at a normal<br />
(regular) rate or speed. This inability to<br />
function properly causes pressure to<br />
build up in the heart and its valves, and<br />
that pressure reduces the flow of oxygenrich<br />
blood throughout the body. When<br />
this happens, the fluid becomes stagnant<br />
and builds up in other organs, such as<br />
the lungs. As less blood is pumped out of<br />
the heart muscle, the blood that returns<br />
doesn’t go back through the appropriate<br />
channels adequately, which leads to<br />
more fluid retention. This ends up putting<br />
more extreme pressure on the heart and<br />
other organs, and in turn, making this<br />
whole vicious cycle even worse.<br />
Patients, long be<strong>for</strong>e they are diagnosed<br />
with congestive heart failure, must be<br />
proactive when it comes to their health.<br />
Learning how to identify the signs and<br />
symptoms of diseases’ processes, such<br />
as those of this disease will help their<br />
medical team better treat them should<br />
the time come. Relaying all in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
to your doctor or healthcare provider will<br />
help them recognize when something is<br />
amiss, and eventually, help them build<br />
a solid treatment plan <strong>for</strong> you. In most<br />
cases, the treatment of congestive heart<br />
failure will include lifestyle modifications<br />
aimed at circumventing problems or<br />
reversing detrimental factors. Medication<br />
is often prescribed <strong>for</strong> the same. In severe<br />
(advanced) cases, a heart transplant or<br />
mechanical therapies may also become<br />
necessary.<br />
Congestive Heart Failure functional<br />
capabilities <strong>for</strong> patients can be<br />
classified in the following ways:<br />
»»<br />
Class I – Patients with no physical<br />
mobility issues<br />
»»<br />
Class II – Patients with minor<br />
physical mobility issues<br />
»»<br />
Class III – Patients with marked<br />
limitations (unable to complete<br />
ordinary tasks) without<br />
modifications<br />
»»<br />
Class IV – Patients who cannot<br />
complete tasks without extreme<br />
discom<strong>for</strong>t<br />
Understanding that this silent killer often<br />
accompanies other disease processes<br />
will help you recognize the signs and<br />
symptoms be<strong>for</strong>e they become lifealtering<br />
<strong>for</strong> you.<br />
Also, keep in mind that serious risks<br />
increase with age and other related<br />
health conditions. Fully assess anything<br />
that seems off with your body. Discuss it<br />
with your healthcare team and adhere to<br />
any recommendations they have <strong>for</strong> you.<br />
If you are diagnosed, understand that<br />
there are treatments that can help you<br />
live normally, and possibly, reverse some<br />
of the damage that’s already been done.<br />
By Joaquin N. Diego, MD, FCCP, FACC<br />
18 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
03 11 <strong>2017</strong><br />
www.careresource.org<br />
Care Resource and the<br />
Food-<strong>for</strong>-Life Network,<br />
Inc. are honored<br />
to announce their<br />
partnership with the 9 Mile Music<br />
Festival in together eliminating<br />
malnutrition and improving<br />
upon the health and overall<br />
quality of life of South Florida’s<br />
communities in need over the<br />
holidays.<br />
In addition to the purchases<br />
of concert tickets <strong>for</strong> the 9<br />
Mile Music Festival happening<br />
March 11, <strong>2017</strong>, an event that<br />
will feature per<strong>for</strong>mances by<br />
reggae icons Julian Marley,<br />
Capleton, Sizzla and more,<br />
concert-goers must first donate<br />
four non-perishable food items<br />
such as beans, grits, pastas or<br />
cans of vegetables to the Food<br />
For Life Network’s food bank<br />
located on the second floor of<br />
Care Resource’s midtown Miami<br />
office located at 3510 Biscayne<br />
Boulevard. After the donation,<br />
the concert attendee will<br />
receive a token showing that the<br />
donation was made, to show at<br />
the entrance of the concert.<br />
A Subsidiary of Care Resource<br />
ELIMINATING MALNUTRITION<br />
OVER THE HOLIDAYS<br />
ABOUT THE 9 MILE MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />
The 9 Mile Music Festival began in 1993 as a musical testament by Cedella Marley Booker to the life<br />
and philosophy of her son, world renowned artist Bob Marley. Though the Festival has changed names<br />
several times over the last two decades, it remains inclusive and welcoming of all <strong>for</strong>ms of music<br />
including Reggae, R&B, Urban, Latino and many other various sounds.<br />
To further promote this initiative<br />
and to kick off the food-drive,<br />
Julian Marley, son of reggae<br />
legend Bob Marley and Grammy<br />
award nominated, roots-reggae<br />
musician, singer-songwriter<br />
and producer already made<br />
his first donation where he was<br />
joined by Richard Booker, Bob<br />
Marley’s Brother and Director of<br />
Nine Mile Festival. According to<br />
Marley, “Together we can make<br />
a difference <strong>for</strong> those who are<br />
less <strong>for</strong>tunate. United we stand,<br />
divided we fall.”<br />
“Food-<strong>for</strong>-Life Network, Inc. serves<br />
between 30-99 clients a day.<br />
Grocery packages are provided<br />
free of charge <strong>for</strong> our clients.<br />
Each one contains seven days’ worth of food. Home delivered<br />
meals and groceries are available <strong>for</strong> those who qualify. Clients<br />
with dependent children are provided additional food items to<br />
allow them to feed their dependent children, ensuring adequate<br />
food <strong>for</strong> the HIV infected parent.” - Valjean Brookins, Food Services<br />
Supervisor with the Food <strong>for</strong> Life Network.<br />
“At Care Resource, we are most inspired by the ability to bring<br />
much needed services to vulnerable families and individuals. Our<br />
dedicated providers go the extra mile each day to be welcoming,<br />
thorough and compassionate as they improve health care in our<br />
community. This unique collaboration helps the agency reach<br />
greater audiences and further bring meaning to “healthcare<br />
from the heart” every day.” – Jonathan Welsh, Marketing and<br />
Development, Care Resource.<br />
20 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 21
HEALTHY BODY<br />
As with any disease process in<br />
the body, one must learn the<br />
signs and symptoms and be<br />
proactive in their care. Initially,<br />
it may be difficult to notice<br />
specific signs or symptoms of<br />
Hashimoto’s disease. You might<br />
experience some minor swelling<br />
in the front of your throat, but<br />
might not immediately believe<br />
it’s anything to worry about. But,<br />
over time, the disease progresses<br />
and can lead to chronic thyroid<br />
damage that will <strong>for</strong>ever<br />
impact your thyroid hormone<br />
levels causing them to drop<br />
dramatically.<br />
HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS<br />
A doctor’s perspective on a life-altering diagnosis.<br />
Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disease in which<br />
the body’s immune system attacks its organs and<br />
cells. This disease has many names including chronic<br />
lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis.<br />
Under normal conditions,<br />
the body’s immune systems<br />
would protect our bodies<br />
from infections. It does this<br />
by having the ability to detect<br />
and accurately identify viruses,<br />
bacteria, and anything that<br />
might be at all harmful to the<br />
body as <strong>for</strong>eign substances.<br />
Conversely, in Hashimoto’s<br />
disease, the body’s immune<br />
system attacks the thyroid gland.<br />
This attack causes inflammation<br />
and interferes with its ability<br />
to produce thyroid hormones.<br />
That results in vast numbers of<br />
white blood cells (lymphocytes)<br />
to accumulate in the thyroid.<br />
Those lymphocytes are what<br />
triggers antibodies to start the<br />
autoimmune process. As a result<br />
of this triggered attack on the<br />
thyroid gland, loss of thyroid<br />
function (hypothyroidism) can<br />
occur.<br />
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is<br />
the most common cause of<br />
hypothyroidism in iodinesufficient<br />
areas of the world.<br />
This disorder comes about when<br />
the thyroid doesn’t produce<br />
enough thyroid hormone to<br />
meet the body’s needs. These<br />
hormones are what regulate how<br />
our bodies store and use energy<br />
and can have a dramatic effect<br />
on every major organ in our<br />
bodies. If we do not have enough<br />
of this thyroid hormone, the<br />
body’s functions will slow down;<br />
thus, wreaking havoc on our<br />
bodies as a whole.<br />
Autoimmune diseases don’t have<br />
one known cause. The cause of<br />
Hashimoto’s disease is thought<br />
to be a combination of genetic<br />
susceptibility and environmental<br />
factors. Evidence <strong>for</strong> genetic<br />
susceptibility to Hashimoto’s<br />
thyroiditis includes that the<br />
disease cluster in families, the<br />
concordance rate in twins is 30-<br />
60%, the sibling recurrence risk<br />
is greater than 20%, and occurs<br />
with increased frequency in<br />
patients with Down’s syndrome.<br />
Possible environmental<br />
precipitating factors include<br />
infection, stress, sex steroids,<br />
pregnancy, iodine intake, and<br />
radiation exposure.<br />
The usual course of<br />
Hashimoto’s disease is<br />
a gradual loss of thyroid<br />
function. It can be diagnosed<br />
with a blood test by<br />
measuring TSH (thyroid<br />
stimulating hormone),<br />
free T4, total T4, total T3<br />
and thyroid antibodies<br />
such as TPO (thyroid<br />
peroxidase) antibodies, and<br />
thyroglobulin antibodies.<br />
The classic pattern of the<br />
thyroid function tests seen<br />
in Hashimoto’s disease is<br />
an elevation of TSH and<br />
decreased in the levels of free<br />
T4, total T4 and total T3.<br />
SOME SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS TO<br />
BE AWARE OF INCLUDE:<br />
<br />
Fatigue<br />
<br />
Pale or extremely dry skin<br />
<br />
Puffiness around the face<br />
<br />
Increased sensitivity to cold<br />
<br />
Brittle nails<br />
<br />
Unexplained weight gain<br />
<br />
Hair loss<br />
<br />
Muscle aches, tenderness<br />
and stiffness<br />
<br />
Constipation<br />
<br />
Memory lapses<br />
<br />
Enlargement of the tongue<br />
<br />
Depression<br />
Individually, these signs and<br />
symptoms could be attributed<br />
to any number of ailments, but<br />
collectively, they should be<br />
noted as a cause <strong>for</strong> concern. Any<br />
four of them together could be<br />
an indication that you may have<br />
an underlying issue that needs to<br />
be addressed.<br />
Treatment of Hashimoto’s<br />
disease varies. It may include<br />
observation and medications<br />
like synthetic hormones such<br />
as Synthroid and Levoxyl to<br />
replace the thyroid hormone that<br />
your body is deficient in. It may<br />
involve monitoring hormone<br />
levels regularly and using a<br />
combination of hormones.<br />
In some cases, alternative<br />
medicines are used to promote<br />
proper functioning of the thyroid<br />
gland. No matter how your<br />
doctor chooses to proceed,<br />
always follow medical advice and<br />
take note of any changes. Longterm<br />
treatment, if not monitored<br />
properly, can risk causing harm<br />
to other organs and systems in<br />
the body.<br />
By Jose A. Llinas Cepeda, MD<br />
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism<br />
Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate<br />
22 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
FITNESS<br />
& BEAUTY<br />
24.<br />
26.<br />
ELECTROMAGNETIC<br />
DETOXIFICATION AND ANTI-<br />
STRESS THERAPY<br />
5 SIMPLE TRICKS TO STICK<br />
TO YOUR WEIGHT LOSS<br />
GOAL
FITNESS & BEAUTY<br />
ANTI AGING NATURALLY<br />
We’ve all been there: looking at<br />
the mirror wondering "What<br />
happened?" or "When did I get<br />
that?" Yet as we go through life, we see<br />
dozens of examples of people whom never<br />
seem to age. How is that possible?<br />
Many of us probably assume that they’ve<br />
had some work done. While that might<br />
work <strong>for</strong> them, going to that extreme can<br />
be costly and often doesn’t garner the<br />
desired results. So, what’s the average<br />
person to do?<br />
You’ll be surprised to learn that the<br />
secret to flawless aging naturally<br />
isn’t such a secret at all. People<br />
have been doing it <strong>for</strong> ages. You<br />
start by doing what you should<br />
be doing – taking care of yourself<br />
inside and out.<br />
Is your lifestyle conducive to<br />
living a healthy life? If not, now<br />
might be the time to change<br />
your mindset and begin to make<br />
positive changes that will have<br />
long-lasting implications. But first,<br />
your body and mind might need a<br />
reset. Every day we’re inundated<br />
with a multitude of tasks, chores,<br />
stressors, and more. That’s not<br />
to mention how many harmful<br />
pollutants our bodies come in<br />
contact with on a daily basis.<br />
Toxins in the environment are<br />
near impossible to avoid in most<br />
instances. All that exposure leaves<br />
us vulnerable to the harmful effects<br />
and wreak havoc not only on our<br />
immune systems but also on our<br />
bodies inside and out.<br />
Our bodies are designed to<br />
absorb substances. In some cases,<br />
those substances don’t pose a<br />
remarkable risk, but in others,<br />
the substances can be extremely<br />
detrimental to our overall wellbeing.<br />
How does one rid their bodies of these harmful toxins<br />
without resorting to costly treatments and procedures?<br />
DETOX DIETS ARE ONE WAY WE<br />
CAN SAFELY RID OUR BODIES<br />
OF DAMAGING POLLUTANTS<br />
AND TOXINS.<br />
Cleansing our bodies of harmful<br />
substances does wonders <strong>for</strong><br />
our bodies starting from the<br />
inside out. Once you’ve cleared<br />
trapped toxins from organs like<br />
your liver, kidney, or colon, you’ll<br />
start noticing improvements<br />
with your skin, hair, nails, mental<br />
clarity and more. Soon, you’ll<br />
notice that you’re not only more<br />
alert but that you’re also sleeping<br />
better.<br />
EATING RIGHT.<br />
Yes, it’s that simple. You’ve heard<br />
it all be<strong>for</strong>e – eat your fruits and<br />
vegetables. While <strong>for</strong> many of us,<br />
those were just orders parents<br />
were required to give their<br />
children, but now, most of us<br />
understand the health benefits<br />
associated with eating heart<br />
healthy foods. Many fruits and<br />
vegetables have been proven<br />
to have anti-cancer benefits.<br />
While others help ease digestion<br />
and help you meet your daily<br />
nutritional needs without adding<br />
unnecessary fats or calories.<br />
WEANING YOURSELF<br />
OFF FAT, GREASY,<br />
CARBOHYDRATE-RICH<br />
FOODS.<br />
Eliminating these foods<br />
from your diet will help<br />
with overall digestion.<br />
Once you’ve cleansed your<br />
stomach, you’ll begin to<br />
notice changes in your skin.<br />
The difference can be night<br />
and day <strong>for</strong> many.<br />
These<br />
simple fasts<br />
can have long-lasting<br />
benefits. Going cold turkey<br />
isn’t the key here. Making<br />
small incremental changes and<br />
continued follow-through will<br />
soon make a world of difference<br />
in your life and will help clear<br />
any brain fog, sluggishness,<br />
or fatigue you may be<br />
suffering from.<br />
By Maydeline Moreno<br />
www.amethystquantum.com<br />
24 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
FITNESS & BEAUTY<br />
We live in a world that’s always touting the<br />
‘Next Best Thing.' A brand-new fitness<br />
craze here; A miracle weight loss cure there.<br />
It’s easy to fall prey to celebrity endorsements,<br />
million dollar ads, and miraculous be<strong>for</strong>e and<br />
after trans<strong>for</strong>mations. Those campaigns have<br />
their place, and in some cases, might show<br />
instant results, but the problem with the "instant"<br />
is that results can vanish almost as quickly as<br />
they became a possibility.<br />
Diets take hard work and<br />
dedication. The concept<br />
is easy enough to say, but<br />
executing is a whole other<br />
story. While it’s true that<br />
many succeed, it’s also true<br />
that many more struggle<br />
to stick to a weight loss<br />
plan. Temptation lurks<br />
everywhere. Television<br />
commercials, billboard<br />
ads, internet marketing<br />
campaigns and word of<br />
mouth works great <strong>for</strong><br />
advertisers, but <strong>for</strong> dieters,<br />
they can wreak havoc<br />
on your motivation. But<br />
despite all the obstacles we<br />
face, weight loss experts,<br />
medical practitioners, and<br />
those who’ve successfully<br />
lost weight the right way<br />
– through hard work and<br />
dedication – know that there<br />
are five simple tricks which<br />
help people stick to their<br />
weight loss goals.<br />
1<br />
Exercise. Of course, you’ll<br />
want to consult a physician<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e starting an exercise<br />
routine, but after you’ve<br />
gotten the all-clear, make<br />
exercise – any exercise – a<br />
part of your daily routine.<br />
Be realistic. If you’ve never<br />
run a day in your life, you’re<br />
not going to complete a<br />
marathon tomorrow, but you<br />
may be able to walk a block.<br />
Small steps in the right<br />
direction are better than<br />
making no ef<strong>for</strong>t at all.<br />
2<br />
Take inventory. Look at<br />
your lifestyle and your<br />
environment. Are they<br />
conducive to meeting your<br />
goals? Are your cabinets<br />
filled with unhealthy<br />
options? Are you still using<br />
your treadmill as a clothing<br />
rack? Is your family on<br />
board with the changes<br />
you’re making? If not,<br />
explain that what you’re<br />
doing is <strong>for</strong> you and ask<br />
<strong>for</strong> their support. Chances<br />
are they’ll want to see you<br />
succeed and might even be<br />
inspired to join you.<br />
3<br />
Write down your goals. Be<br />
specific. What is it you want<br />
to accomplish? In what<br />
time? Detail step-by-step<br />
how you plan to get there.<br />
Studies have shown that<br />
people who write out their<br />
goals are more likely to<br />
succeed because they have<br />
something <strong>for</strong> reference<br />
when their spirits dwindle<br />
or when life gets tough.<br />
Give yourself mini-goals<br />
along the way. You’ll love<br />
checking those items off<br />
as you make incremental<br />
improvements daily.<br />
5 SIMPLE<br />
TRICKS<br />
TO STICK TO YOUR<br />
WEIGHT LOSS GOAL<br />
4<br />
Ditch the scale. Muscle<br />
weighs more than<br />
fat. Measure your<br />
accomplishments by<br />
assessing the way your<br />
clothes fit. If you do all the<br />
above, you’re sure to lose<br />
inches along the way. Soon,<br />
it will be time <strong>for</strong> a new<br />
wardrobe.<br />
5<br />
Reward yourself <strong>for</strong> small<br />
achievements. Small<br />
tokens can be great<br />
motivators. For example,<br />
if you meet your first goal,<br />
why not buy that book<br />
you’ve been dying to read<br />
or treat yourself to a new<br />
blouse? Pat yourself on the<br />
back <strong>for</strong> a job well done.<br />
By Ava Mallory<br />
26 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
HEALTHY<br />
FOOD<br />
30.<br />
33.<br />
36.<br />
DAVIDE CASTELLANO<br />
THE JEWEL OF <strong>MIAMI</strong> –<br />
FRESHHEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>,<br />
SERVING HEALTHY FOODS<br />
AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.<br />
STRESS EATING: GOOD<br />
STRESS VS BAD STRESS<br />
PART2 - THE WHY<br />
NEW YEAR DETOX CARROT<br />
AND BEET JUICE
HEALTHY FOOD<br />
DAVIDE CASTELLANO<br />
South Miami’s Jewel – Freshhealthy Miami:<br />
Serving healthy foods at an af<strong>for</strong>dable price.<br />
Like many people, Davide Castellano lived a stressful life. A bad diet, poor eating habits, and a less-thanideal<br />
lifestyle led to the realization that in order to feel better, he had to do and be better. Understanding<br />
his obstacles wasn’t the end all be all. He understood that in order to foster change; he had to do his<br />
research and ensure that what he was doing would have a positive impact on him and others.<br />
That newfound knowledge came<br />
in the <strong>for</strong>m of a long career as a<br />
social educator. After fifteen years<br />
of providing services <strong>for</strong> countless<br />
children between the ages of twomonths-old<br />
and twelve-years-old,<br />
he noticed a distinct pattern. Those<br />
that had better diets did better.<br />
That sparked in him a desire to<br />
want to ensure that healthy foods<br />
were not only available to each and<br />
every child but were af<strong>for</strong>dable <strong>for</strong><br />
families.<br />
Soon, he invited clients to join<br />
his healthy food revolution. His<br />
goal was to provide children with<br />
healthy, organic food made by<br />
professionals. The concept was<br />
easy enough, but it required client<br />
education. That education came in<br />
the <strong>for</strong>m of reaching out to parents<br />
and inviting them to participate.<br />
Soon, the invitation extended<br />
to the community. Nutritionists<br />
came on board, followed by fitness<br />
professionals and beyond.<br />
His simple idea trans<strong>for</strong>med into<br />
what is now Freshealthy Miami,<br />
where delicious and nutritious<br />
meals are served at af<strong>for</strong>dable<br />
prices. Davide Castellano, a selfproclaimed<br />
workaholic, has not<br />
only fostered change by focusing<br />
on children’s eating habits and<br />
diets, but also aims at expanding<br />
his idea and opening other<br />
installments of his revolutionary<br />
kitchen in other locations, thus<br />
spreading his life-changing ideas<br />
across lands. Castellano doesn’t<br />
come at this lightly. Born in Italy<br />
and raised in Luxembourg, France,<br />
he acquired European and Anglo-<br />
Saxon values, disciplines, work<br />
ethic, professionalism, and top-tier<br />
organizational skills that were the<br />
precepts to what would become a<br />
revolutionary idea that could have<br />
a positive impact on the lives of<br />
countless children.<br />
His lessons go beyond simply<br />
teaching people how to eat<br />
better. Freshealthy Miami also<br />
shows parents how to prepare<br />
healthy meals by holding cooking<br />
demonstrations and showing<br />
families how to work together in<br />
the kitchen. By giving the child<br />
an opportunity to partake in the<br />
process, parents foster a love<br />
<strong>for</strong> healthy eating. They’ll carry<br />
those simple lessons with them<br />
throughout their lives and will<br />
someday teach their children to do<br />
the same.<br />
Through his unique restaurant, he<br />
has the opportunity to teach and<br />
educate the young and the old<br />
and showcase healthy eating in<br />
individual homes all throughout<br />
the community. For Castellano, his<br />
business means nothing if it cannot<br />
have a positive impact on the<br />
community at large.<br />
It is his belief that people today<br />
are addicted to sugar and<br />
carbohydrates, and are hence<br />
more likely to fall ill. He has made<br />
it his mission to circumvent the<br />
rising numbers of those suffering<br />
from preventable illnesses, teach<br />
them the difference between<br />
bad carbohydrates and good<br />
carbohydrates, and show them<br />
how to live a more healthy life<br />
by making better choices <strong>for</strong><br />
themselves and those they care<br />
about.<br />
Castellano states that his goal<br />
is to encourage people to start<br />
eating better one day at a time,<br />
with fresh and healthy ingredients<br />
cultivated locally. Families should<br />
feel like they are in charge of their<br />
kitchens. By eating healthy foods,<br />
they are taking a stand against bad<br />
choices and preventable ailments.<br />
By choosing healthier options,<br />
they are doing the absolute best<br />
<strong>for</strong> themselves, their children, and<br />
future generations.<br />
Miami is only the beginning of what<br />
Castellano wants to accomplish.<br />
Soon, he hopes to expand his<br />
business and change lives across<br />
the globe, one healthy meal at a<br />
time.<br />
By Claudia Portillo<br />
30 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
His lessons<br />
go beyond<br />
simply teaching<br />
people how to<br />
eat better<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 31
STRESS EATING:<br />
Good Stress vs Bad Stress<br />
Part2 - The Why<br />
This is not about the food or the enjoyment of the food,<br />
it’s about the chemicals induced by the food. It’s actually<br />
something your brain is doing to protect you from stress – an<br />
attempt to soothe the stress hormone – cortisol, when there’s a lot<br />
of it being released <strong>for</strong> a dangerous length of time aka CHRONIC<br />
STRESS. To be uber clear: your compulsions are not related to<br />
food, they are tied to soothing or resetting something that is<br />
harmful to your body. This is what motivates the act in the first<br />
place. Insulin makes you crave fat. High cortisol makes you crave<br />
dense calories to reduce anxiety and damper the stress response.<br />
Whether or<br />
not you suffer from<br />
stress-eating or emotional<br />
eating is dictated by your<br />
particular coping abilities within<br />
your environment. Your body<br />
has discovered an effective way<br />
of coping with a harmful and<br />
chronic situation. That solution<br />
un<strong>for</strong>tunately, is stress-eating. The<br />
effect is relief – it’s a feeling that is<br />
just like taking drugs. So you are<br />
a drug addict in many ways, and<br />
you must look at this situation<br />
from a similar perspective. If you’re<br />
struggling – I don’t blame you! This<br />
soothing habit creates an extremely<br />
powerful chemical dependence<br />
in the brain and body – because it<br />
effectively gives you relief from the<br />
stress chemicals.<br />
Think of stress like a giant fire drill<br />
in the body. There are two key<br />
players in your stress response.<br />
One is called the HPA-axis. One is<br />
called SAM, or sympathetic-adrenomedullary<br />
system. For this to sound<br />
more interesting, I’m going to call<br />
HPA axis Happa. *I’m allowed to<br />
say that – I’m half-Asian. I’ll call<br />
the other – Sam. So there’s Happa<br />
and Sam, two firemen armed with<br />
hormones. Happa takes a bit longer<br />
than Sam – but they both have the<br />
same goal: help the body deal with<br />
the crisis at hand.<br />
Normally Happa gets a bunch of<br />
hormones to release, the most<br />
important of which is cortisol, and<br />
when cortisol is released it gets<br />
your motor running: it suppresses<br />
your immune system and gives you<br />
enough energy to deal with life.<br />
Once enough is released, some of<br />
the cortisol makes its way back to<br />
the hose spigot and Happa turns<br />
off the hose: the cortisol is shut<br />
off. “Crisis averted! Shut that hose<br />
off!” Because if the cortisol keeps<br />
a’ flowin’ your organs start to<br />
deteriorate and your emotions and<br />
sleep cycle get out of whack. Not<br />
to mention, you store fat, and have<br />
increased insulin resistance, etc.<br />
No Bueno. Sam is like the “bro” of<br />
the two firemen. He’s all agro about<br />
dealing with the stress fire, he gets<br />
after it! Sam gives you a burst of<br />
testosterone and adrenaline and<br />
also stops your food digestion, to<br />
help you fight and win this battle.<br />
Together, Happa and Sam get you<br />
capable of fighting off the threat<br />
and confronting the challenging<br />
situation. However, if you are in a<br />
chronic state of intense stress, your<br />
tissues cannot handle it. Sam and<br />
Happa’s activation can wreak havoc<br />
on your body, eventually even<br />
degrading your gene code.<br />
One very important difference in<br />
the damage has to do with how<br />
Happa and Sam receive that call:<br />
is it a call from a town screaming<br />
bloody murder? Or is it an adorable<br />
kitten that won’t come down from<br />
a tree? In other words, how big the<br />
stress response depends on the<br />
way you feel about the stress itself.<br />
Certain responses to stress won’t<br />
sound the same amount of alarm<br />
to both Sam and Happa. There<br />
are two significant key factors in<br />
the kind of stress – it’s sometimes<br />
referred to as “threat stress” vs.<br />
“challenge stress.” Challenge Stress<br />
meaning, you experience stress<br />
as a challenge, but you are not<br />
experiencing it as a threat to your<br />
person – Threat Stress meaning, a<br />
threat to self-image: something you<br />
feel unable to handle that will hurt<br />
you socially or that you perceive as<br />
a personal failure.<br />
The way they tested this fact was<br />
done with lab rats – and they are<br />
cute! And I really wish I didn’t<br />
see this deck. I was Googling to<br />
understand the definitions, and<br />
well, it’s really upsetting. I will add<br />
links to the end of this article if you<br />
want to read them, too. Anyhoo<br />
– the key factors that effect how<br />
you react to the stress lie in these<br />
factors: the predictability of the<br />
stress (which is dictated by your<br />
genetics, your past experiences)<br />
and the environment you are<br />
reacting to (its controllability: type<br />
of stress, frequency, intensity and<br />
duration). Both of these dictate<br />
how you will COPE with stress. AKA<br />
what that phone call sounds like<br />
when it gets to Happa and Sam.<br />
I’ll call this your<br />
coping style. A<br />
lot of the way we<br />
react to stress<br />
is just a habit:<br />
regardless of<br />
how major that<br />
stressor is, you<br />
could become<br />
extremely<br />
sensitive to it or<br />
be overwhelmed<br />
but totally<br />
handling it. To<br />
quote another<br />
study I read, “…<br />
the value and<br />
meaning we<br />
assign to the<br />
stress stimuli,<br />
determines<br />
how ‘harmful’ a<br />
stressor is…”<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 33
HEALTHY FOOD<br />
THREAT STRESS: Includes fear – a feeling<br />
that we cannot cope with the stressor.<br />
When the “threat stress” includes public<br />
embarrassment or social failure it’s an even<br />
bigger response, physiologically.<br />
Challenge Stress: Includes a feeling that our<br />
stressor is controllable – that we are capable<br />
of dealing, and that it’s a demanding BUT not<br />
fear-inducing situation.<br />
In short, if you experience your stress as<br />
threat, where you are fearful, or emotionally<br />
distressed, you are more likely a stresseater<br />
than if you experience your stress as<br />
a challenge. Cortisol stimulates hunger and<br />
feeding- adrenaline is part of the fight/flight<br />
response which shuts down digestion. Threat<br />
stress stimulates eating more than challenge<br />
stress. Sam, the agro dude is activated by<br />
challenge stress. Hence the reason most don’t<br />
overeat from this kind of stress. Challenge<br />
stress types eat less, on average.<br />
SO WHAT PREDICTS THE WAY YOU<br />
EXPERIENCE STRESS AKA YOUR<br />
STRESS TYPE?<br />
It’s probably a combination of factors. It<br />
has a lot to do with your genetics, your life<br />
experiences and how you cope based on<br />
those factors. If you were shy as a kid and<br />
you went through something super scary and<br />
traumatic at unpredictable times, this would<br />
exacerbate your stress sensitivity. Regardless<br />
of how your stress type was set up, it doesn’t<br />
mean you can’t LEARN better skills and grow<br />
new abilities to handle stress, now. In my<br />
experiences, everything is trainable, including<br />
new reactions to old triggers. Which is what<br />
we’re going to learn some more about in the<br />
tools.<br />
You might also be more effected by the<br />
food stimuli of your environment – maybe<br />
because you’re dieting or image-conscious,<br />
and you are not inclined to self-sooth in<br />
another fashion. You’re also biologically more<br />
sensitive to the food soother – maybe you’re<br />
more vulnerable to the opinions of others,<br />
like you are especially delicate or fearful of<br />
disappointing others. Or maybe you’re just<br />
type-A and feel a heightened need to control<br />
everything in your environment – even when<br />
that’s just an illusion.<br />
People who are stressed have a low-level<br />
of something called NPY, that causes a high<br />
level of anxiety. NPY is an anxiolytic peptide,<br />
leading to decreased anxiety. There are low<br />
levels of this in people with PTSD – or high<br />
stress. And Glucocorticoids stimulate NPY<br />
release, which decreases anxiety. You are<br />
eating to lessen anxiety! (So part of your<br />
solution is to attack the anxiety from other<br />
angles.)<br />
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME!?<br />
It’s your brain’s self-protective mechanism<br />
gone wrong. Your brain is trying to protect<br />
from the harmful threat-stress response by<br />
pushing you to eat foods that will release<br />
opiods. The foods sustain opiod release. It’s<br />
actually a highly effective coping behavior!<br />
Your body is smart– only problem is, while it<br />
solves the other stress hormone problem, the<br />
brain grows dependent on it. It could easily be<br />
something else – like cocaine, but once your<br />
brain finds a way to regulate the danger, it<br />
grows reliant on it.<br />
“Opioids decrease activity of the HPA axis<br />
on different levels in order to terminate and<br />
attenuate the stress response, providing a<br />
negative feedback control mechanism.”<br />
Your body is empowering itself to stop the<br />
damage of the stress-response. Fatty foods<br />
release the same chemicals as cocaine in the<br />
brain reward system (opioid, dopamine and<br />
endocannabinoid) which creates a powerful<br />
addiction loop. It also makes you dependent<br />
on the reward center chemicals– your body’s<br />
natural morphine, and you can literally go<br />
through withdrawals from eating lots of fatty/<br />
sugary foods to calm yourself. It’s no small<br />
thing! This shit is potent!! Neurobiological<br />
adaptations occur from repeated use of this<br />
drug called “stress-eating,” aka you <strong>for</strong>m new<br />
muscle memory, so the more you use it, the<br />
more you’ll increase the compulsiveness of<br />
your overeating.<br />
Cortisol/stress stimulates your appetite and<br />
causes you to crave high-fats more often and<br />
increase your food intake, while making your<br />
body less able to process to the sugars, aka<br />
insulin resistance, which is what happens in<br />
diabetes. Because your body is in this mode<br />
of saving sugar and needing sugar you are<br />
getting hunger signals to your brain while<br />
storing unused sugars as fat.<br />
And this becomes an addiction – because it<br />
alters your neural pathways. It gets stronger<br />
with each practice – because of how it alters<br />
your reward system. Because it’s a chemical<br />
loop, a need <strong>for</strong> high-fat / high sugar foods<br />
continues on after the stress has been<br />
removed. There’s also research that suggests<br />
stress inhibits your right prefrontal cortex<br />
activity, which lessens your ability to think<br />
and control your food intake.<br />
What else predicts becoming a stress-eater?<br />
Another MAJOR predictor of whether or not<br />
you are going to be a stress-eater is whether<br />
or not you already are a “control eater” or<br />
restraint eater – meaning, if you’re always on<br />
a diet. Restraining your food intake makes<br />
you a ton more susceptible to stress-eating,<br />
because in part, the withholding of calories<br />
sets up the downfall. And <strong>for</strong> what it’s worth –<br />
people who diet usually eat the same amount<br />
of calories (and then-some) as those who<br />
don’t, but in the <strong>for</strong>m of a rollercoaster. Diets<br />
are usually a longer loop of withholding then<br />
eventually binging / breaking down: it’s like<br />
your body’s way of leveling itself to normal,<br />
again.<br />
BUT WHY AM I EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL<br />
WHEN I’M STRESSED?<br />
Stress-eating also fucks with your emotions<br />
because it’s tied to all sorts of levers in<br />
your body, besides your immune system.<br />
Because fatty and sugary foods mess with<br />
your glucose, you might experience mood<br />
swings that make you feel like a baby, crashes<br />
of depression. Not to mention, messed up<br />
periods and decreased sex drive from the<br />
hormone fluctuations.<br />
MOST IMPORTANTLY:<br />
In order to help yourself out of this habit,<br />
you’ve got to tackle the stress and the stresschemicals,<br />
overall. Not just the symptom<br />
– which is stress-eating. Tilt the scales in<br />
your favor. Give yourself a leg up where you<br />
actually have access to your highest thinking:<br />
when you’re outside of that habit’s powerful<br />
loop.<br />
Once you can build up a rhythm and be<br />
successful in this soothing, you will naturally<br />
tend toward that thing: it’s not this hard<br />
<strong>for</strong>ever. It one day will be a faint memory! You<br />
will not “be” this person when your chemicals<br />
are balanced and you have another proven<br />
method of soothing. This is when you actually<br />
become addicted to the new, healthy habit.<br />
It will be something you CRAVE completely<br />
organically. Like your body will actually say<br />
to you, “I want salad.” Or “I really need to go<br />
running.” It’s not just that you’re different<br />
than other people – this is just what comes<br />
from creating chemical balance.<br />
Sarah May Bates<br />
Founder of Yay With Me a hub of<br />
practical tools to create change in<br />
yourself, from Podcaster/Author,<br />
Sarah May Bates, @sarahmaybee<br />
34 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
HEALTHY FOOD<br />
NEW YEAR DETOX<br />
Carrot and Beet Juice<br />
As we partake in the<br />
many celebrations of<br />
December, we begin<br />
to feel a bit worn down by all<br />
the unhealthy excesses—food,<br />
beverages, late nights, etc. Our<br />
bodies simply can’t adapt to the<br />
sudden drastic changes they’re<br />
put through. What our bodies<br />
are begging <strong>for</strong> is a fresh start,<br />
a re-boot.<br />
Just as caring <strong>for</strong> the body’s exterior has its<br />
benefits, cleansing and detoxifying it from the<br />
inside offers many health benefits as well, no<br />
matter the time of year.<br />
Taking care of your insides:<br />
• Helps remove waste and toxic chemicals<br />
from the colon and body cells;<br />
• Improves digestion;<br />
• Tunes up the intestinal system, which<br />
gets sluggish without proper fiber and<br />
water;<br />
• Increases energy;<br />
• Promotes well-being; and<br />
• May increase nutrient absorption.<br />
A good way to start is with one of my favorite<br />
detox juice recipes, which has great cleansers<br />
as ingredients. Cucumber and celery are high<br />
in vitamins A and C and are natural diuretics.<br />
Beets and parsley are high in iron and are<br />
blood and liver cleansers. Carrots are high in<br />
antioxidants and lemons aid in cleansing the<br />
entire body..<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
99<br />
1 cucumber<br />
99<br />
1 beet<br />
99<br />
3 carrots<br />
99<br />
2 stalks of celery<br />
99<br />
1 handful of parsley<br />
99<br />
½ lemon<br />
PREPARATION<br />
If using an extractor, juice<br />
all ingredients.<br />
If using a blender, peel<br />
and cut cucumber, beet<br />
and carrots. Add celery<br />
stalks, parsley and lemon<br />
juice, and blend.<br />
By Carolina Portes<br />
36 / HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong>
I am Eric Stein -<br />
The Healthy Chefand<br />
I've made it my mission<br />
to go around town to find<br />
HEALTHY PLACES TO EAT.<br />
One of the biggest challenges we chefs and<br />
restauranteurs face on a regular basis is<br />
trying to figure out how to stay relevant<br />
in a time and place so ruled by fashion and<br />
trends. In this new, hyper-fast reality we're living<br />
in, everything that we used to believe was right<br />
has been flipped on its head. So how do you stay<br />
atop what people want from your restaurant?<br />
This time around, I went to downtown Miami<br />
looking <strong>for</strong> some answers and landed on a<br />
charming casual eatery called NUTREAT which<br />
seems to have everything figured out. How did<br />
they do it? Free soup tasting!<br />
Located in the very core of downtown Miami, the<br />
place is not just surrounded by the fast-paced<br />
office workers looking <strong>for</strong> some good eats on<br />
their lunch breaks, but tourist groups just trying<br />
to refuel from their long walks around the area.<br />
And this restaurant welcomes them with inviting<br />
aromas of four fresh-made signature kinds of<br />
soup that you can try. All day, every day.<br />
With a modern aesthetic to match Miami’s, and<br />
a conceptual menu that will not make you spend<br />
too much time reading it, NUTREAT has become<br />
one of my favorite spots to grab a bite (or a sip)<br />
when I’m around the area.<br />
After talking to the owners, I learned that they<br />
have a very clear idea of what they want from<br />
their restaurant: To keep true to their vision,<br />
keep using locally grown and farm raised<br />
ingredients and always to listen to their clients.<br />
As I expected, most of the menu can be fully<br />
customized to your preference to match your<br />
likings, hunger level or sometimes just the time<br />
you have to grab a quick bite. From original<br />
wraps to custom sandwiches and from crisp<br />
salads to their hearty soups, the menu is<br />
designed to take you on a quick retreat of fresh<br />
flavors and textures with each bite.<br />
And just when I thought I had finished a great<br />
experience, the owner tells me he is, in fact, a<br />
tea master and presents me with a hand-picked<br />
blend of amazing herbal teas that made my day.<br />
So don’t <strong>for</strong>get to mention it when you stop by<br />
because you don’t have to be a tea lover to enjoy<br />
a good refreshing drink.<br />
I am personally going to<br />
spend quite a few afternoons<br />
there when I’m in the area<br />
so make sure you say hello if<br />
you see me there…<br />
The Heathy Chef<br />
Eric Stein<br />
NUTREAT<br />
100 S Biscayne Blvd<br />
Miami, FL 33131<br />
305.416.7577
places to eatTM<br />
Healthy Magazine presents<br />
our new directory, loaded with<br />
local restaurants and grocers<br />
who have taken the time to<br />
cater to those looking to <strong>for</strong>m<br />
healthier dietary habits. We<br />
hope you enjoy Healthy Places<br />
to Eat. We sure did and look<br />
<strong>for</strong>ward to expanding so we<br />
can continue to better connect<br />
our readers with healthy<br />
lifestyle options in their<br />
communities.<br />
BEEHIVE<br />
JUICE BAR<br />
& SMOOTHIES<br />
6490 Bird Road<br />
Miami, FL 33155<br />
305.663.1300<br />
EARTH<br />
LUNCH, DINNER<br />
AND DRINKS<br />
5831 Sunset Drive<br />
Miami, FL 33143<br />
305.397.8678<br />
GREENG LIFESTYLE<br />
FRESH FRUIT & VEGGIE BOWLS,<br />
SMOOTHIES AND JUICE LAB<br />
@GREENGLIFESTYLE<br />
222 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 106<br />
Miami, Florida 33137<br />
786.300.6545<br />
THE LAST CARROT<br />
SANDWICHES, SALADS,<br />
SMOOTHIES AND JUICES<br />
3131 Grand Avenue<br />
Coconut Grove, FL 33133<br />
305.445.0805<br />
THE JUICERY BAR<br />
HOUSE SMOOTHIES , SIGNATURE<br />
JUICES, SPECIALTY SHOTS, ACAI BOWLS<br />
635 Brickell Key Dr<br />
Miami, FL 33131<br />
305.350.2277<br />
17082 W Dixie Hwy<br />
North Miami Beach, FL 33160<br />
786.565.9684<br />
EVOS<br />
BURGERS, WRAPS<br />
& SALADS<br />
9537 S Dixie Hwy.<br />
Pinecrest, FL 33156<br />
305.740.3433<br />
DELIRIO FRESH CO.<br />
SALAD, PIZZA, JUICE BAR &<br />
SMOOTHIES<br />
2475 NW 95th Ave. Unit 8<br />
Miami, FL 33172<br />
305.499.3304<br />
<strong>MIAMI</strong> SQUEEZE<br />
VEGETARIAN, PIZZA, SANDWICHES,<br />
SMOOTHIES & JUICES<br />
18315 W Dixie Hwy.<br />
Miami, FL 33160<br />
305.935.9544<br />
GIARDINO<br />
GOURMET SALADS<br />
SALAD, FAST FOOD<br />
2346 Ponce de Leon Blvd.<br />
Coral Gables, FL 33134<br />
305.460.6010<br />
NORMAN BROTHERS<br />
JUICE BAR, SMOOTHIES<br />
& COFFEE<br />
7621 SW 87th Ave.<br />
Miami, FL 33173<br />
305.274.9363<br />
PURA VIDA <strong>MIAMI</strong><br />
RAW ORGANIC BOWLS, WRAPS AND<br />
PITAS, JUICES & SHOTS<br />
110 Wasington Ave CU2<br />
Miami Beach Fl, 33139<br />
754.422.2131<br />
www.healthyplacestoeat.com<br />
healthy menu vegetarian non gmo vegan gluten free<br />
HEALTHY <strong>MIAMI</strong> / 39