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You wouldn’t know it today — but for nearly a decade, I suffered from cystic acne.
Different from the whiteheads and blackheads that afflict many a high school teenager’s morning, cystic acne is made of achingly large and swollen bumps that form nodules deep beneath the skin’s surface. You can usually feel one ‘cooking’ for awhile before it jumps out in all its crimson glory, fated to take up residence on your face for so long, I used to joke that I should start charging rent.Read More…
Food Education and self-care techniques to nourish the mind, body, and spirit
Cancer patients need support to nourish their bodies and minds from the moment of diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Join us for a weekend retreat and experience our holistic approach to cancer wellness by learning mind-body techniques and food education in the kitchen.
| ~ Susan Schueffele, EDM, NCC, LPC, comes to us with over 25 years as a nationally certified Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Connecticut. She is a certified facilitator of Mind-Body Skills Groups from The Center For Mind-Body Medicine. |  |
| ~ Marti Wolfson, Culinary Director, is a true educator in the “Food as Medicine” movement. She brings a decade of experience, practical research, and outstanding results in culinary nutrition to her students and clients. A graduate of The Natural Gourmet Institute Chef Training Program, she has been a private chef and facilitated program for patients in cancer treatment. |  |
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Featured in Wine Enthusiast, Serendipity Greenwich, Westchester Magazine, Suzy Said and More… Blum Center for Health, a Westchester County integrative medicine and lifestyle education center, is hosting an organic wine and food event that’s co-sponsored by Wine Enthusiast and Mike’s Organic Delivery on Friday, May 13 beginning at 7 pm.
The event will feature a four-course tasting menu made with ingredients from local Hudson Valley and New Jersey farms. Marti Wolfson, culinary director at Blum Center for Health, together with Mike Geller of Mike’s Organic Delivery and Ben Walmer of Highlands Dinner Club, will prepare organic dishes focused on cheeses, vegetables, seasonal greens, fish and meat that pair with organic wine from Wiemer Vineyards in the Finger Lakes and Cabernet donated by Wine Enthusiast.
Co-Sponsored by Wine Enthusiast & Mike’s Organic Delivery
Friday, May 13th 7:00 – 9:00pm
Join us for a fun filled, educational evening including:
Reserve now – space is limited – $40/person
To sign up please call us at 914-652-7800
Integrative medicine, which draws from Eastern and Western practices for a well-rounded view of health care, has held the wellness spotlight.
But another approach called Functional medicine, popularized by physicians like Frank Lipman, MD, and Mark Hyman, MD (and their best-selling books, Revive and UltraPrevention, respectively), has been generating buzz, and might just be an improvement on the integrative model. So what’s Functional medicine all about? We investigate.Read more:
Last week, I hopped a train outta Grand Central to Rye Brook, to visit Blum Center for Health and gather lots of groovy, wellness-oriented info to file away for future use.
Of course it isn’t surprising that I’d learn so much on my little field trip. Faithful readers of this blog know that I’ve recently featured the center’s founder – integrative doc Susan Blum – as one of my Mama Gurus. Read more:
Blum Center for Health focuses on personalized, comprehensive integration of mind-body-nutrition and functional medicine under one roof in new setting that recently opened in Rye Ridge Plaza.
“Physician, cure yourself” is a well- known medical adage. And Dr. Susan Blum has–healed herself, that is. Blum successfully utilized a technique called Functional Medicine and lifestyle changes to successfully cure herself of a disease called Hashimotos Thyroiditis, an auto-immune thyroid condition.
Blum successfully utilized a technique called Functional Medicine and lifestyle changes to successfully cure herself of a disease called Hashimotos Thyroiditis, an auto-immune thyroid condition.
That life-changing experience led her to found the new and innovative Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook. The center may well be the first integrative medicine and lifestyle education center in Westchester. In addition to treating patients with chronic medical conditions, the center also offers cooking, nutrition, mind/body/spirit classes, cancer prevention, weight loss, medical detoxification and more. Read More…
