By Liz Szabo When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin…
Wellness Corner
Bread: A Healthier Approach To Our Favorite Staple Food!
By Anaïs Bailly-Mompoint, LMSW
Ask someone to give up rice for a week and they may effortlessly do so with perhaps just an eye-roll and slight groan. Now ask someone to give up bread for 5 days and you’ve trespassed highly sensitive territory and may not even get to finish your sentence without an earful! Perhaps I’m speaking just for me (and everyone else I personally know). But what if I told you that you don’t necessarily have to give up bread entirely to stay relatively healthy?
Columns, Health & Science, Wellness Corner
4, 8, 9–The Warnings That Produce Sticker Is Trying To Tell You!
Do you see that little sticker on your produce? Before you dismiss it as garbage, read the first number. It…
Health & Science, Wellness Corner
Confronting Diabetes: Free Health Expo to help you get started
By Anaïs Bailly-Mompoint, LMSW
More than 6 percent of the Haitian-American community have Type 2 diabetes. With NYC being one of the top cities with the largest population of Haitian immigrants, it is a matter one cannot ignore.
Columns, Wellness Corner
When In Doubt, Reach Out—Protective Factors To Prevent Child Abuse
By Anaïs Bailly-Mompoint, LMSW
Have you ever noticed that every month there seems to be an announcement about “National Awareness Month of (fill in the blank)? With so many things to be “aware” of, every month has multiple health and social issues that compete for our attention. As a social worker, I could not miss the opportunity to discuss an issue that is present in many communities and one that puts our future at risk.