Healthy Housecalls With Angel

About Norris: Norris “The Fashionfly Hiker” Atkins  is an encourager, educator, and nature enthusiast. As the founder and CEO of Norris Explores Outdoors (NEO), an Austin-based company, he provides a safe platform for Black individuals to reclaim their ancestral connection with nature. This connection not only enhances their physical health and mental health well-being but also fosters a sense of...

Build A Better Brain: The Key to Thriving in Uncertain Times Welcome to a transformative season of Healthy Housecalls With Angel! In this new season, we’re unpacking one of the most powerful yet overlooked keys to thriving in midlife: your brain health.   Stress, fear, and uncertainty are at an all-time high, but what if I told you that nurturing your brain health could transform how you navigate...

In these complex times, with life moving at such a hurried pace, we all yearn for quick answers and simple solutions to life problems that really aren't all that simple. 'Life hacks' are more prevalent now than ever before. Feeling so overwhelmed with information coming from so many corners, it can be comforting to turn to specialists and experts who appear to have the skills to show us the way. B...

Welcome to Season Three of Healthy Housecalls With Angel. In this episode, we'll be diving into the topic of berberine, a natural compound that has been gaining popularity in the health and wellness community for its many potential benefits. Berberine is a plant alkaloid that has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments. In more recent years, it has g...

Divorce. Death. Loss of a job or trouble with the teenage kids - no matter what, life is filled with change and challenges. Coping with the stress of modern life isn't easy, especially when you're trying to do it alone. Therapy can be the biggest link to finding purpose, passion, and meaning in life again. However, not all therapeutic relationships work out for the best. Furthermore, life changes...

Intermittent fasting is a term used to describe an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and periods of abstaining from food. It has recently gained popularity as a way to improve health, lose weight, and extend lifespan. While intermittent fasting can be beneficial for people of all ages, it may be particularly useful for those over 40 - especially women. As we age, our metabol...

What would it take to feel renewed every day? To not feel the FOMO, frenzy, and the overwhelming 'always-behind-the-eight-ball' feeling of modern life? Instead of waiting all year for a vacation to smooth out the bumps and tensions in life, instead of waiting until Friday night to shed  our weariness, what if we could take time out every day? Live a renewed life every day? Be refreshed, reinvigora...

Food, Mood & Mental Health: Is Your Food Eating Making You Sick? It’s summer. It’s the season of cookouts, weekend grilling and farmer's markets. One of life's biggest pleasures is eating and we have so many delicious and tantalizing foods to choose from. Take one look at social media and you’ll know what I mean — food is everywhere and it looks so good. And it doesn’t stop there. We also see load...

Hormones are chemical messengers for thousands of biological processes in the body. Throughout your life, these messengers play an important role in muscle and skin tone, bone health, sleep, and energy levels. Hormone imbalance can occur at any age and contribute to diseases such as osteoporosis, dementia, cancer, and heart disease. Although hormonal changes can cause significant issues, these can...

Personal development starts by taking 100 percent responsibility for everything in your life. This includes the decisions you make every day about how you organize your day, how you spend your time, where you invest your money and where you focus your energy. In this episode, we unpack the 7 most important decisions you need to make every day to achieve unbeatable success in every area of your lif...

Key Takeaways: 1. What is cholesterol? Answer:    cholesterol is a waxy-fat like substance or molecule that is necessary for normal cellular function. It forms the membrane of our cells and it helps maintain the fluid balance of the cell membrane - so it is found in every cell of the human body. Cholesterol gets a bad reputation, which is quite sad because it’s actually a critical  precursor to vi...

Key Takeaways: 1. Is cardiovascular disease just another name for heart disease? Answer:   No. Cardiovascular disease refers to a group of conditions that includes: coronary artery disease (which refers to disease in the arteries inside your heart), hypertension or high blood pressure (the arteries that lead into and out of your heart), cerebrovascular disease (or stroke the arteries and veins tha...

Maybe you rang in the new year with a commitment to lose weight, become vegetarian, stop smoking or start clocking more steps on your FitBit. And maybe these goals sound familiar — just like the ones you made a year ago and the year before that? So how can you ensure that your determination to get healthier in 2022 sticks around past Valentine's Day?  By shifting your mindset and applying the  how...

Design The Life You Deserve Virtual Vision Board Party January 15, 2022, 7pm-9:30pm ET Has this last year shined a light on burnout, shifted your career outlook or revealed the desire for a healthier, more balanced lifestyle? Join us for a night of lively conversation that will get you on the first step needed to move from vision to victory in the coming year. We'll be talking imagination, inspira...

5 Action Steps to Build Your Own Mood Boosting, Stress Reducing Toolkit   Tune in. Be aware of the clinical signs and symptoms of burnout and when it's important to seek medical and psychological help. Here's a good read to get you started: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/burnout-prevention-and-recovery.htm#:~:text=Burnout%20is%20a%20state%20of,unable%20to%20meet%20constant%20demands. Tu...

In 2015, a group of 18 scientists concluded that “the emerging and compelling evidence for nutrition as a crucial factor in the high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders suggests that diet is as important to psychiatry as it is to cardiology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology.”  In 2017, a study known as the “ SMILES trial ” examined the impact of nutritional support compared with social...

  Episode Notes TOPICS discussed:  What are free radicals? How do molecules become free radicals? Oxidation and Reduction What is Oxidative Stress? How may antioxidants are there? Understanding different types of antioxidants: enzymatic and non-enzymatic Putting the building blocks together: cysteine, methionine + serine Glutathione: the Body's Master Antioxidant - how it's made, where it's stored...

TOPICS discussed:  The history of chronobiology Genetic research in chronobiology Circadian Rhythms 101 Hormones governed by circadian rhythms The mood and metabolism connection to circadian rhythms Oxidative stress markers and questions to ask your healthcare provider Functional medicine testing to investigate root causes and re-set your circadian rhythm New lifestyle habits 5 Action Steps: Start...

Resources  on Coping with Pandemic Re-Entry Anxiety: 1. Why the Pandemic Spurs Anxiety. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/pandemic-end-anxiety   2. Psychological Impact of COVID-19: Know the Signs of Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression and Suicide. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/pandemic-end-anxiety   3. Psychology Help...

Building a better multivitamin step by step. 1. Clarify your own nutritional needs with an annual physical and thorough nutritional assessment. Consider partnering with a practitioner who specializes in functional medicine and functional nutrition or a registered dietician who has advanced education and training in functional nutrition. Check out the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: https://www...

Resources for Finding a CSA Near You: Local Harvest: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ - LocalHarvest connects people looking for good food with the farmers who produce it. "Buying is about enjoying real food, grown yourself or purchased from people you trust. It's about developing strong local economies and producing food on a human scale. It's about eating seasonally, practicing the art of cookin...

People often ask if lifestyle medicine is different from conventional medicine and regular doctor visits and the answer to that is no, not at all. Almost all clinical practice guidelines for the top chronic disease support Lifestyle Medicine as the first line of treatment and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine suggests that as clinicians we start putting as much focus on Lifestyle Medicine...

Happy New Year! Thank you for tuning in! If you'd like to know more about my clinical work in lifestyle medicine and integrative health then jump on over to my website at: http://www.sevahealthgroup.com. If you believe that good health is so much more  than an annual physical, a routine set of labs and the weight on a scale ... If you're ready to make 2021 so much better than 2020 ... If you want...