This holiday season at Rebalance Physical Therapy, we are excited about healthy, sustainable habits and helping our clients learn more about the unique cycles and rhythms of their bodies. Here are a few of our favorite items this year for gift giving:
In Hormone Intelligence, Yale trained and internationally renowned women’s health expert, Dr. Aviva Romm, helps you identify the root causes of your symptoms and guides you through a 6-week proven program to achieve lifelong hormonal and gynecologic health. Using a holistic, dietary and lifestyle changing approach, Hormone Intelligence goes beyond treating symptoms to the deeper factors impacting women’s health, so you can reclaim your body, hormones, and self.
Sleep hygiene is KEY for overall health and healing. Improve your sleep by blocking out distractions.
Honey has a wealth of health benefits, including being high in nutrients, antinflammatories, and antioxidants. Honey is a natural sweetener that can be added to foods and drinks and can also be applied topically to help heal wounds and burns.
- Cook Books
Learn a unique approach to cooking and dieting that will improve your body and brain function, while also remaining sustainable for our planet. Mark Hyman, MD, is the Head of Strategy and Innovation for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, board president for clinical affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine, founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, and host of the leading health podcast, The Doctor’s Farmacy. He is one of our favorite physicians here at Rebalance for nutritional advice.
Pegan Diet 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World
What do you get when you combine the best of paleo with the best of vegan? Pegan! Packed with practical tips and advice, The Pegan Diet offers a balanced and easy-to-follow approach to eating that will help you get, and stay, fit, healthy, focused, and happy—for life.
Institute of Functional Medicine physician Mark Hyman released a cook book in the last year that includes recipes to help you eat clean whole foods. The recipes in Food: What the Heck Should I Cook? highlight the benefits of good fats, fresh veggies, nuts, legumes, and responsibly harvested ingredients of all kinds. Whether you follow a vegan, Paleo, Pegan, grain-free, or dairy-free diet, you’ll find dozens of mouthwatering dishes in this book.
Eat Fat Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health
This is an older book by Dr. Hyman but has more great recipes for eating whole foods and eating to optimize your health.
Support local farms and organizations while receiving delicious, fresh fruits and vegetables!
Save time and money by signing up for a meal delivery service. We love ones that promote organic produce, healthy options to fit a variety of dietary restrictions, and support sustainable farming practices.
Stay tuned for sustainable gifts for the holidays.
Written by Stephanie Muntzer, MPT, PYT, RYT200, CPI, SFMA, FMSc
