How to Create a Healthy Home & NYC Book Signing April 11, 2011

In their newly released book, The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family from Hidden Household Dangers, co-authors Dave Wentz and his microbiologist father, Dr. Myron Wentz, uncover the health hazards lurking in the average home and offer simple, effective ways to create a healthier place to live.

Studies by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicate that indoor air is often two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. “Every second of every day, we face an onslaught of unnecessary dangers—toxic chemicals, negative energies and unforeseen side effects,” advises Dave Wentz. Culprits include chemicals in carpets, paints and common cleaning products, as well as radiation from Wi-Fi, cell phones and other electronic gadgets.

The Healthy Home walks readers room-by-room through a typical house, pointing out hazards—many of them surprising and counterintuitive—and offering easy-to-implement fixes. The book blends science with practical tools and explanations in layman’s terms. Each chapter begins with a quiz that enables readers to assess their current lifestyle; the more points they accrue, the more toxic their home is. Every chapter concludes with a series of simple solutions, including point values that make improvements easy to achieve and measure.

Join authors Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz on April 11, 2011 at Lincoln Center’s, Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway, NYC. Book Signing 6:00-7:00 p.m. and Performance 7:30-9:00 p.m.

The Healthy Home is available at bookstores and online; for information visit MyHealthyHome.com.

Mental Health and Relationship Counseling in White Plains and Now NYC

Dr. Jaz

Dr. Jaz announces the opening of his second  Precision Coaching and Counseling office in the Madison Medical Building in Manhattan. The new Murray Hill location at 161 Madison Avenue and 33rd Street is easy to access, and shares the building with noted anti-aging and metabolic syndrome specialist physician Dr. John Salerno. In this new setting, Dr. Jaz can offer his clients mind and body treatments in a balanced and thorough approach to maximize improvement as quickly as possible. The effects of depression, anxiety, stress and panic severely impact quality of life, he notes, limiting wealth building, and harming families, health and relationships. Dr. Jaz, who already has a practice in White Plains, can now offer more people the chance to become healthier, happier and more successful individuals while improving their relationships in the process.

Dr. Jaz specializes in relieving depression, anxiety, stress and panic. He also helps save relationship and marriages. For a free consultation, call 914.960.2882, email drjaz@doctorjaz.com, or visit doctorjaz.com.

Keeping Vegetarian Families Well Fed

by Linda Lonergan

These days, more children and teens are saying no to meat, either for environmental or ethical reasons. This can leave parents wondering how to ensure that their children receive a balanced and healthy diet. Whether preparing vegetarian meals once a week or every day, knowing how to properly combine foods for adequate nutrition can benefit the entire family.

Complete vs. Incomplete Proteins

An important fact to keep in mind is that the protein from vegetable sources, including grains and legumes, is incomplete in most cases. It has insufficient amounts of one or more essential amino acids (most commonly methionine, tryptophan or lysine), which makes it less efficiently used by the body than protein from animal sources such as meat, fish, or eggs. Thus vegetable proteins must be combined with other foods to complement one another and form the complete set of amino acids that the body requires. Animal proteins such as meat, fish and poultry are called complete proteins.

Combining Foods to Make Complete Proteins

The specific amino acids lacking in a vegetable can be provided by a grain product or another vegetable at the same meal or later in the day. Such combinations are called complementary proteins. Once you have the right knowledge, food combining becomes easy. One familiar example of this is a peanut butter sandwich, which combines complementary proteins from peanuts and whole grain wheat.

Tips for complete proteins

•  Combine eggs or dairy with any vegetable protein

•  Combine legumes (dried beans or peas or peanuts) with grains

•  Contrary to common belief, you do not have to combine complementary foods at the same meal to achieve a complete protein for that day

Variety is key

It takes only a little planning to maintain a vegetarian diet that is nutritionally adequate, healthful and tasty. If you are following any type of vegetarian regimen, the word to remember is variety.  Consume a wide range of foods daily, including vegetables (especially dark green or deep yellow), fruits, whole-grain products, legumes, nuts, seeds, soy products and essential fats.

Beginner vegetarians may wish to consult a clinical nutritionist or certified health professional who can help with designing a program that meets the nutritional needs and tastes of the entire family.

Linda Lonergan is a Clinical Nutritionist and registered dietician who has specialized in helping children and families meet their nutritional needs for 25 years. She has offices in Jefferson Valley and New York City. Call her for a free consult at 914.455.2155.

Sleep Apnea Solutions and At Home Sleep Testing Info from Dr. Michael Gelb

Dr. Michael Gelb, of The Gelb Center in White Plains and NYC

Recent reports say that sleep deprivation and snoring increase inflammation in the body and can lead to heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cholesterol disorders and early aging. At The Gelb Center, a simple diagnosis of breathing related sleep disorders can be made through home sleep testing. Efficient diagnosis and treatment can lead to reduced health risk and, if snoring is the problem, a better relationship with one’s sleep partner.

The Gelb Center offers two affordable, patient-friendly systems to screen, assess and diagnose sleep problems. The Watch-PAT200 system is worn on the wrist and uses a finger mounted probe to measure signals. Recorded signals are stored in a removable memory card and later downloaded to a computer for analysis.

The Apnea Risk Evaluation System (ARES) is a small, sleep-wearable, wireless physiological recorder that’s worn on the forehead. It stores up to four nights of nocturnal data and measures a number of important indicators that assist in diagnosing and establishing treatment protocols for patients. Both systems help doctors at The Gelb Center to successfully treat potentially dangerous sleep problems and restore peace and quiet to the bedroom.

The Gelb Center is located at 12 Old Mamaroneck Road, Suite 1C in White Plains, NY and at 635 Madison Avenue, 19th floor, in New York, NY.  For more information, visit http://www.gelbcenter.com or call 914.686.4528.