The other day, I was reading through a magazine and came across a somewhat startling statistic- “95% of US healthcare funds go towards treating illness with only 5% going towards disease prevention”. Practicing in a hospital setting, this news is not exactly shocking to me because the majority of my patients have acute illnesses. On [...]
There has been an intense heat wave over New Orleans the past few days. I was told the heat index reached 117 degrees yesterday. During the summer months, I tend to crave cooler foods such as salads, smoothies, and frozen treats. So when I drove past the recently opened Pinkberry the other day, I had [...]
It has been pretty busy over here at the Lopez residence the past few days. First, we finally received our professional wedding photographs shipped from St. Lucia- more on that in a minute! Next, my roommate from college, Nicole, flew in from NYC and stayed with us over the past weekend. She was visiting New [...]
Are you having trouble reaching your daily vegetable goal? I whipped up this delicious veggie sandwich in less than 5 minutes and reached half of my daily vegetable goal in one sitting. For bread, I toasted some whole wheat sandwich thins. Have you tried these yet? The stats are pretty impressive with 5 gm fiber [...]
The thought of zip lining through a St. Lucian Rain Forest just two days before our wedding frightened me. Months prior, I had even made up my mind not to participate just in case something awful happened like getting scratched in the face with a branch or breaking my elbow before our “big day”. But [...]
Bad news- Our laptop crashed last week which will take Best Buy “a couple of weeks” to assess the problem. This is why I haven’t posted in a few days! Good news- We purchased a new touch screen desktop! It is pretty fantastic. The screen is massive (23 inches widescreen) and doubles as a TV [...]
Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. My weekends (and most of my spare time) continue to be filled with wedding parties and wedding planning which is the reason for my once a week postings as of late. With less than one month until we leave for St. Lucia, I feel like my “To [...]
Plenty of food options can be found in school/work cafeterias but healthy options can sometimes be far and few between. My work’s cafeteria has a hot food line, grill line, and salad bar as well as “grab & go” items like fresh fruit, yogurt, and chips. The hot line usually features three entree choices ranging [...]
Hello y’all! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. Things are finally starting to settle down around here. My best friend’s wedding and all the pre-wedding festivities were a blast. She was a beautiful bride! Claudia & I The cake was gorgeous! Cory & I Unfortunately, I was too busy with my [...]
At the grocery store, I noticed that about 25% of my cart was filled with fruits and vegetables. Here is what I came home with… I have found that even though many of my patients like fruits and vegetables, when I evaluate their current eating intake of fruits and vegetables the number of servings [...]
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