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We are on our second week of National Nutrition Month®, and for this week’s bulletin we want to focus on three specific functional foods and how we can incorporate them in our diets.

The so-called sunshine vitamin is necessary to regulate calcium metabolism in the body. Vitamin D deficiency will result in blood calcium levels to decline and therefore, a decrease in bone mineral density will occur resulting in osteoporosis and increased risk of fractures.

By Peyman Gravori, DO and Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN

As a family doctor, I constantly tell others that healthy eating is essential to good health. However, walking the talk was difficult with my busy schedule and my zero cooking skills. Cooking felt like a big task considering I grew up watching my mother spend hours ...

But the health of your brain plays a critical role in almost everything you do: thinking, feeling, remembering, working, playing — and even sleeping.