How Whole Is Your Milk?Dr. Sneed and I have always been big milk drinkers. We each start off each morning with a glass of milk, and end each evening making sure...
All Eggs are Not Created EqualOne of my earliest culinary memories is that of my middle school best friend teaching me how to fry an egg. We’d spent the night...
Getting Funky with Fermented FoodsI feel I should start this post with a disclaimer: I did not grow up eating this way. My mother’s kitchen probably looked like most...
When is an Orange Not Just an Orange?I know. Not quite as funny as my two-year old’s knock-knock jokes, but just as bewildering! When Dr. Sneed and I first learned about the...
What’s On The Label?While we are firm believers in our own home that the best food comes without labels, even we can’t quite manage to keep them out of the...
Got Milk?It’s a deceptively simple question that is becoming increasingly harder to answer. If the milk you are drinking isn’t coming straight...
What Do You Do When Your Newborn Can’t Nurse?Part of Dr. Sneed’s specialty training in Osteopathic Manipulation focused on using manipulation to help newborns as young as 30 minutes...
Winter is Coming!Sooner or later, Dr. Sneed asks everyone the same question: “Where do you buy your groceries?” Don’t worry if that sounds like an odd...
A Bounty of ChoicesAs winter wraps up and we look forward to Spring, my winter store of root vegetables and canned green beans is running low, and the...
The Real Truth About Fake Sugar"I do drink soda but only diet" I hear this a lot from my patients. And I know that when they tell me this, they mean to say that,...
Is BPA Free All It's Cracked Up to Be? Pick up almost any reusable water bottle these days and the first thing you’re bound to see on the packaging is “BPA-Free.” Sounds great,...
Is Clean Eating Just a Fad?Is all this healthy clean eating just a flash in the pan, or here to stay? It all depends on how you approach it. I’ve seen plenty...
It’s Chicken Season!It’s my favorite time of year, when local foodies and families alike flock to farm stands that are loaded with just-picked lettuce,...
7 Simple Steps towards Holistic HealthAs a holistically minded physician, I often find myself having conversations about changes with my patients. Changes about their weight,...
Beat the Heat with an Unsweetened Treat!Whenever Virginia hits a heat wave, we try and find ways to keep cool while still enjoying the sunshine. We take water bottles with us...