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DNA Testing can Reveal Your TRUE Health
Wouldn’t you like to know how to use your unique blueprint? By Venus Gentile At Oasis Integrative Medicine, we are utilizing cutting-edge...
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How to Improve Your Brain Function
By Venus Gentile The brain is a precious organ susceptible to toxins, stress, lack of sleep, illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, smoking,...
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Top 5 Benefits of Chia Seeds
By Venus Gentile Do you remember Chia Pets? It is hard to believe that the original Chia Pet debuted in the late 1970s! Whether or not...
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Please your Palate with Balanced Energetic Cuisine
By Venus Gentile Balancing your cuisine by using energetic foods, enhanced by an array of colors, tastes and textures can help you to...
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8 Best Ways to Avoid Sunburn
Don’t get burnt choosing the wrong sunscreen! Long, warm summer days are on their way and come packed with all sorts of outdoor fun with...
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How One Drop of Blood can Help Save Your Life
Did you know that February is National Heart Month? Inflammation is at the cornerstone of cardiovascular disease, as well as...
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Top 10 Benefits of Drinking Kombucha
Venus and I made this awesome “Pink Goddess of Goodness”, a Guava Kombucha Spritzer to enjoy during our detoxification and weight loss...
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5 Reasons to Cook with Almond Flour
Almond flour has become one of the most popular grain-free, Paleo, Keto, low glycemic and low-carb baking ingredients, and is a fabulous...
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How to Burn More Calories in the Wintertime
Venus and I enjoyed a brisk, healthy walk in the cold, enjoying the swans and ducks along the Mount Sinai harbor, nearby where we live....
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Why You Should be Eating Watercress in 2019
Food is the cornerstone of health. “Let Food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” ...Hippocrates. Watercress is a SUPERHERO in the...
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Sleep Your Way to a Healthier Heart, Body & Mind
Sleep, along with proper nutrition, hydration and exercise is one of the main cornerstones of VITAL health. Just like the three little...
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7 Highly Effective Ninja Back Stretches
I became much more focused on my stretching after shattering my pelvis back in 2011. I realized that without stretching, my pain would be...
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Easy detox tea: Made with 7 powerhouse ingredients you should not live without!
This detox tea is great all year-round, especially in the wintertime when we are more prone to getting sick and often over-indulge around...
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How to Survive the Stress of the Holiday Season
We live in a world of stress and the holiday season is typically more stressful for most people. A Healthline study showed that 62% of...
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18 Healthy Holiday Eating Tips
1) The ‘pre-game’ - exercise, walk, go to the gym, play some touch football, get outside, get active, rake leaves, get the body moving to...
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Is the Ketogenic Diet Right for You?
Ketogenic diets are trending right now in the world of nutritional performance and weight loss. Used with the right group of selected...
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My Top 3 Healthy Cooking Oils
Don't get caught on the slippery slope of choosing the right cooking oil to use. My kitchen trifecta is made up of extra-virgin,...
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When being sick just isn't an option
A few days ago, a patient of mine woke up, got the kids off to school, went to the gym and had a killer workout, but by mid-morning they...
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What your scale tells you is NOT the whole story
Bioimpedance Analysis and Indirect Calorimetry Testing are both important diagnostic components of a medically supervised weight loss...
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What is Autoimmune Disease?
What is known about autoimmune disease is that an autoimmune response develops when the body’s immune system mistakes its own body...
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