Health
What Is a Flexitarian?
The Flexitarian Diet is a style of eating that encourages mostly plant-based foods while allowing meat and other animalproducts in moderation. It’s more flexible than fully vegetarian or vegan diets. […]
Ask the Pharmacist: July/August 2021
Q: I tent to get stomachaches more often in the summer after outdoor parties, picnics, and beach days, so I’m afraid to enjoy the food. How can I stay healthy this summer? A: Salmonella can cause an infection of the digestive system called salmonellosis.
Discover Health & Wellness Benefits at Valley Salt Cave
Cofounders Kari and Warren Shulman fell in love near Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, where Kari grew up. After the couple relocated to Los Angeles, Kari began suffering […]
Managing Hangxiety
Who Knew It Was a Real Thing? During the pandemic, more people have turned to overindulging in food and alcohol, often waking up after a night of overindulgence feeling a bit
What is Grounding?
Most of us have heard the expression “keep your feet on the ground.” While it’s meant to be figurative as a reminder to be practical, it may actually have a […]
Goal Get Em Fitness
I want this to be the last time you lose weight! I feel fat! I’m exhausted! I feel awful! Ughhhhh! I’ll never lose this weight! I wish I were 20 […]
Westlake Body Contouring
A natural way to lose fat, heal pain, and more With summer right around the corner, we want to look and feel our best—especially in our bikinis—so we search for […]
Dr. Daniel Rosen
Bringing the Personal Touch Back to Medicine During a year unlike any other, it’s reassuring to know Dr. Daniel Rosen and others still managed to bring a personal touch to […]
Intermittent Fasting
Separating Fact from Fiction A weight-loss concept gaining in popularity, intermittent fasting promotes the notion that if you don’t eat anything for at least 10 hours in a row, you […]
Advice from the Fit Foodie
Don’t count the bites, make the bites count One of the main goals of Mareya Ibrahim, aka The Fit Foodie, is to inspire people to make better choices about what […]
Ask the Pharmacist: Mar/Apr 2021
I am worried about the COVID-19 virus mutations; will the vaccine protect me against these new
strains?
All viruses mutate. Even though the word “mutate” sounds a little scary, not all mutations make viruses stronger. Virus mutations are simply changes viruses make as they make copies of themselves inside of a host. Sometimes, viruses mutate in response to some change in their typical host or environment. But more often,
they mutate as a natural part of the process of making millions of copies of themselves inside of a host.
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