You may have heard that the Mediterranean Diet was named the best diet for 2019. Every year, health experts with U.S. News evaluate and rank various diets that are on the market. According to their report “to be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and ...

Have you experienced nausea or cramping in your stomach during an anxious moment? Or felt butterflies in your belly? Researchers are working to better understand this phenomenon and the underlying mechanisms that might also contribute to more serious conditions. It may be that your diet affects your mood, and your mood affects your digestion. “We still don’t quite know how nutritional ...

By: Duke Health & Well-Being Nutrition Team Coming up with different and nutritious food preparation styles that appeal to our household can be stressful. To help simplify the planning process, we highlight seven ways to use a few common and accessible staple foods that you may already have in your kitchen. The Seven Ways: These guides include ways foods can be used ...

By Julie Kosey, MS, PCC, RYT, NBC-HWC We all know the benefits of personal practice. However, it remains challenging for most of us to prioritize it in our full and busy lives. Here are a few tips that might help: Consider your practice. Consider how your mindfulness practice supports your vision of ...

Description of Mindful Walking Mindfulness is an ability that can be practiced at any point in our day, either in stillness or in movement. Sitting still to meditate can be challenging for many, especially with long days of commuting and sitting at work. Though generally performed to get from one place to another, walking is so central to our lives that it ...

With Spring in the air comes the annual desire (need) to do some Spring cleaning. The practice itself supports our health and well-being by helping to detoxify and declutter the air and physical space in which we live. Here are 6 tips to optimize your Spring cleaning in environmentally sustainable ways.

Description of Mindful Eating How many of us have had the experience of eating an entire bag of chips or a pint of ice cream without even realizing it? When this happens, most (if not all) of us notice and appreciate the full taste of our first few bites, but can hardly remember the rest. Mindless eating can happen when we ...

By Janet Stolp, RN, Duke Certified Integrative Health Coach Last month I was asked to give a talk on health coaching to the Duke – Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program. As I spent hours and hours crafting my talk and slides, I found it to be entirely too long. I started to question myself. “Janet, what is it you want ...

Once we have settled into our mid-summer routines, it is common to lose touch with our good intentions to lighten up and eat well. With the abundance of activities, family gatherings, and social outings, we can easily be tempted to pick up quick meals that are missing healthy, supportive nutrients. Summer offers a wide array of colorful and nutritious fruits ...

By Linda Smith, PA, MS Progressive Muscle Relaxation This is an opportunity to positively affect all of your muscles and increase awareness of when they are tense and what it feels like when they are relaxed. For each muscle group, first, bring your awareness to that area and just notice what it feels like. Then do the tightening ...