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Heart for Life

5 Science-Backed Superfoods to Rev Up Your Metabolism AND Fortify Your Heart

Discover 5 science-backed superfoods that both boost your metabolism AND protect heart health, plus get a free guide to maximize their benefits.

Coach's Corner

Unbeatable Beets

A Functional Food for Wellness

Would you like to reduce inflammation, support detoxification, reduce oxidative stress, and slow aging? Then read on to learn how adding this delicious, bright-red functional food to your daily plate can help you meet your health goals.

Lipids & Lipidology

Wisdom for the Heart

Dr. Thomas Dayspring shares insights on lipid management that could transform your approach to heart health.

Prevent Heart Disease with Food

Proactive Prevention for Our Deadliest Disease

Over the last several years, we seem to have lost sight of the most common killer in our country.     Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, accounts for…

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 5

Estrogen: The Younger Sister

There are over 400 critical functions in the body involving estrogen! We need estrogen and tend to feel that powerfully when it’s lacking…

Different fruits and vegetables that are rich in fiber

Coach’s Corner

The Fiber Fix

Using Fiber to Enhance Weight Loss, Heart Health, Blood Sugar Management, and Brain Function with Real Food

Fiber is finally getting the attention it deserves thanks to what we’ve learned about metabolism, lipid management, the gut microbiome, and even brain health.

Straight Talk About Supplements | Part 1

Supplements & Snake Oil

5 Things You Need to Know About Supplements

We love and hate supplements for good reasons: they offer the best of medicine and the worst of human deception.

Dr. Hartman’s Research Accomplishments

Back Aaron Hartman MD MD, MAR, ABAARM, FAAMFM, FAAFP, DABFM, DABIM,DAIHM, IFMCP Research Accomplishments Research Experience Medical Director Virginia Research Center LLC, Midlothian, Virginia January 2010 – current Provide Investigator…

Coach’s Corner: What’s So Great about Flax Seeds?

If you could take a pill that would help balance your hormones, make you more insulin sensitive, and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease AND breast cancer by 25%, would…

Coach’s Corner

DIY Fasting Mimicking Diet for Powerful Results

In Dr. Hartman’s article on the Fasting, he introduces several different methods of fasting, including the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD). Are you intrigued? Reaping the benefits of fasting while still…

Cardiovascular Disease | Part 4

Food as Medicine: Preventing Heart Disease with Diet

Food as Medicine: Preventing Heart Disease with Diet Alone Where’s the proof?   For those who have been following me for more than a few days, the statistic that 50%…

Healthy Heart text with healthy foods

Cardiovascular Disease | Part 3

Nutrients that Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

What does a personalized approach look like when working with an integrative functional medicine practitioner to prevent or treat cardiovascular disease? With the aim of reducing the risk of heart…

Femal Doctor performing checking the BP of a female patient

Cardiovascular Disease | Part 2

Screening for Heart Disease

Last week we started our discussion on cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in our country. We talked about many risk factors and the root causes of heart disease: inflammation,…

Hormone SERIES Estrogen 1 of 3

When we think about women’s hormones, we usually think of estrogen first. While men also need estrogen, as it’s required for critical thinking, in this series we will focus on…