By: Jerry Preator Certified Health Coach with Take Shape for Life At the Take Shape for Life national convention in Dallas Texas last week our medical director Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson declared the 2000 Health Coaches in attendance all part of Gen H or the Health Generation. We are all part of some diverse generation, [...]

By Jane Schuster, RD, LD, CDE, Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center May I introduce you to a vegetable you may not be familiar with? Jicama, (pronounced “hick” “ah” “ma”), comes from parts of Mexico and South America and has been compared to an apple/potato cross. It is crisp, slightly sweet, juicy, and a good source [...]

By Jeff Clark, ND, True Health Medicine Practice “hara hachi bu” and you’ll live long too! Now that I have your attention, what exactly is “hara hachi bu”? That is the name of the Okinawan practice of eating until you feel 80% full. Besides being much leaner than the typical resident of North America, Okinawans [...]

Title: Regatta Run Location: The Lake at Tualatin Commons Online Registration: http://www.active.com/running/tualatin-or/regatta-run-2011  Online Registration closes at 9:00pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Description: Regatta Run, 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, October 22 in conjunction with the 8th Annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta. It is a fundraising event for the Corporal Matthew Lembke Scholarship Fund. [...]