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Newsletters

December 2023 Newsletter

  • Wishing all a joyful Christmas and New Year from the Hassell and Ellis team!
  • We love this olive oil . . .
  • Cold, flu, RSV, COVID making you nervous? Respond by buffing up your immunity
  • Some seasonal suggestions
  • The joy factor
  • Mea’s Candied Pecans
  • Open Town Hall: Talking with Lifestyle Champions
  • Speaking events and classes

October 2023 Newsletter

  • Choose a robust immune system: vigorous, vigilant and victorious viral vanquishers
  • Your lifestyle immune defense strategies
  • And in other news. . .Eggs are still looking good for heart health!
  • Listen to the Food as Medicine Podcast!
  • Hot Lemon and Honey Soother
  • Speaking events and classes

April-May 2023 Newsletter

  • Do your part to make surgery go well: Howard’s hip surgery pre-op work pays off!
  • Improving surgical outcomes is no accident!
  • Want less chronic pain?
  • Olive oil is still the only cooking oil with evidence for saving lives!
  • Caesar Dressing
  • Food as Medicine Podcast: Heart Health!
  • Speaking events and classes

September 2022 Newsletter

  • Is your blood pressure optimally managed?
  • Does your health insurance require a gatekeeper?
  • Steps to enhance your natural immunity this fall
  • Longer life, better brain: Consider a racquet or paddle sport!
  • Roasted Beet Salad (with feta and walnuts)
  • Speaking events and classes

March 2022 Newsletter

  • Ready for a fresh start?
  • Let’s sleep like a baby
  • 11 consequences of sleep deprivation
  • Prescription for a better sleep
  • Watch out for “sleeping pills”
  • Let’s move those arms and legs!
  • Coffee and tea: a historically healthy habit
  • Roasted Asparagus
  • Speaking events and classes

December 2021 Newsletter

  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  • Caution! Don’t slip on the icing. . .
  • Hints for healthy holiday habits
  • This could be YOU on New Year’s Eve!
  • Keep Christmas nutty
  • Roasted Umami Almonds
  • 5 reasons to roast your own nuts
  • Nutty gifts from Good Food, Great Medicine (4th edition)

April-July 2021 Newsletter

  • Mike’s rare case of heart failure and its unusual resolution; from hospice to health!
  • Thiamine and heart failure
  • What happened when Mike took thiamine?
  • Simple Sauerkraut
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel!
  • Speaking events and classes

January-March 2021 Newsletter

  • Preventing serious COVID disease beyond vaccines: Buff your immunity!
  • Did Jan have too many falls because of too many pills?
  • Polypharmacy: what it is and how to avoid it
  • Creamy Celery Soup
  • COVID-19 Vaccine for 2021
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel!
  • Speaking events and classes

October-November 2020 Newsletter

  • Dr. Ellis discovered an unusual cause for Steve’s severe neck pain
  • Dr. Hassell and Providence join for podcast
  • Giving thanks for a robust immune system
  • An accurate diagnosis and custom game plan: a valuable gift for a loved one
  • Serve others, live longer!
  • Zucchini Frittata
  • Immune defense strategies
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel!
  • Speaking events and classes

September 2020

  • Jim’s leg pain probably saved his life
  • Stella’s 4 month diabetes reversal!
  • Yep, processed food makes us age faster
  • De-stress maneuver: The COVID pivot
  • Cauliflower Cream Soup (gently curried)
  • Ready to pivot to a new health trajectory?  Consider a 6-month or 1-year plan
  • Subscribe to our YouTube channel!
  • Speaking events and classes

June/July/August 2020

  • Carla looks healthy and 10 years younger than her age but was feeling terrible: Why?
  • Dave reversed his diabetes in 4 months with lifestyle medicine – despite a broken back!
  • Immunity in the age of COVID-19
  • Seductive Soybeans
  • Watch NEW Cooking with Mea! video series
  • Seriously seeking better health? Consider a 6-month or 1-year plan
  • Subscribe to our NEW YouTube channel!
  • Speaking events and classes

May 2020

  • Don’t wait to reverse your risk factors
  • Three happy outcomes in the era of COVID-19
    1. “Heart disease?  In her?” An unlikely case
    2. Reducing weight and BP – long distance
    3. Diabetes reversal by telemedicine
  • Subscribe to our NEW YouTube channel!
  • Health transformation could be yours, too!
  • Tuna and White Bean Salad with fresh fennel
  • Watch NEW Cooking with Mea! video series
  • Speaking events and classes

April 2020

  • The positive response to COVID-19: Use critical thinking to reduce your risk
  • What does insulin resistance have to do with COVID-19, and what should we do about it?
  • What is insulin resistance, and do you have it?
  • If we reverse insulin resistance, do we lower our risk of serious COVID-19 illness?
  • How do we reverse insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in our practice?
  • Do nutritional supplements have a role?
  • Toolbox for reversing insulin resistance
  • Have concerns about flu symptoms and your immune system?
  • Smoooth Butternut Bisque
  • Speaking events and classes

March 2020

  • Reversing type 2, pre-, and gestational diabetes beats managing with medications
  • Studies support type 2 diabetes reversal even when diagnoses are established
  • The “downstream” benefits of reversing type 2 diabetes
  • Let’s talk about medication side effects
  • Toolbox for type 2 diabetes reversal
  • Have any concerns about cold and flu symptoms?
  • Hot Lemon and Honey Soother
  • A Simple, Soothing Chicken Soup
  • Good Food, Great Medicine TYPE 2 DIABETES REVERSAL AND SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT LOSS 2-part class series
  • Speaking events and classes

February 2020

  • Reversing heart disease and stroke risk
  • When the risk is due to blocked arteries
  • Evaluate your risk factors
  • Which lifestyle changes make a difference? Can I avoid taking medications?
  • Build your own bypass before you need one!
  • Blood pressure (BP) and blood sugar control
  • Creamy Mushroom Soup
  • Good Food, Great Medicine TYPE 2 DIABETES REVERSAL AND SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT LOSS 2-part class series
  • Speaking events and classes

January 2020

  • Start a New Year’s revolution!
  • Remember Eric’s health revolution?
  • Could this health transformation be yours?
  • Another reason to keep drinking coffee…
  • Marijuana raises heart disease risk
  • Minestrone soup
  • A Valentine’s Day treat for someone you love: a Good Food, Great Medicine gift box
  • Speaking events and classes

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