Dear Patient,

 

 

As a physician I’d like to spend more time helping you feel your best  but all too often I only see you when you are ill.  This e-letter allows me to share information and research studies on nutrition and well-being while also keeping you updated about what’s happening here at Forest Hills Primary Care.  With your permission, I’d like to send it to you regularly, with my compliments. 

 

We’ve expanded our office hours and are now available for physicals and anything else you need till 7 pm, Tuesday through Thursday.  As always, we’re open Saturdays, 9 am – 1:30 pm as well.

If you have questions and need information, but not an office visit, I’d like to encourage you to email me directly: DrF@foresthillmd.com.  I will respond to all emails within 24 hours.

 

 

Our new online appointment and reminder service has been a big success!  Please continue to call for same-day visits, if you have an emergency or are ill.  Prescription refills can be ordered at rx@foresthillmd.com and appointments can be made at docvist@foresthillmd.com.

 

 

-- Dr. Joel Fleischer

 

 

Research on healthy lifestyle and nutrition is constantly emerging, as scientists all around the world work to learn how to promote health and prevent disease.  Here’s some information on what to eat … morning, noon and night … so you can feel your best and stay healthy.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                        

Whole Grains Work Hard the Whole Day Long …

Swedish researchers have found that eating the right whole grains for breakfast can, quite literally, make your day.  Boiled or in breads (but not ground), barley and rye help maintain concentration throughout the morning … and regulate blood sugar all day long.  This helps protect against diabetes, heart disease and cancer.  Other grains, including wheat and oatmeal, are also healthy though the measurable benefits were not as notable.  For more information … http://www.ebiologynews.com/2874.html

Colors Guard Against Disease

A colorful salad mid day delivers important health-promoting nutrients – and unlike in fashion circles it's best to avoid the monochromatic look.  Brightly colored vegetables are rich in antioxidants and other health-promoting ingredients.  Recent studies have found avocados, grapes and tangerine peels all kill cancer cells in the laboratory setting … scientists are working to further understand how we can put these properties to work in bolstering immunity and staving off debilitating diseases like cancer.  

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2007/nci-31.htm

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6987200.stm

It’s widely known that cranberry juice is helpful to women with urinary tract infections, but their bacterial-busting capabilities go further. 

www.cranberryinstitute.org/healthresearch.htm

Recent news reports stated, on the other hand, that tomatoes aren’t protective against prostate cancer … but there’s another side to that story. 

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/

Insights for Nutrition & Vision

Your eyesight can be helped or harmed by what you eat – recent reports note that bright yellow vegetables, such as zucchini and yellow squash appear to help protect against age-related macular degeneration, which is the most common cause of blindness in adults. Also,  eating lots of high-glycemic carbs (that’s white bread and junk food) increases risk for the disease by about 20%.  

http://www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/static/study44.asp

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=76694&nfid=nl

Sweet Slumber 

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have discovered that a gene responsible for controlling the flow of potassium is what helps maintain normal sleep.  This adds up to yet one more reason why a banana is the perfect bedtime snack … not only are bananas a rich source of potassium, they also contain melatonin, serotonin and magnesium, which is a muscle relaxant.  www.newswise.com/articles/view/530254