A Format for Healthy Eating

A Format for Healthy Eating

The new year is always time for a fresh start and many people want to improve their health and eating habits. But instead of providing you with menus and meal plans, I am giving you a meal format to use. This format will help you eat at any restaurant or plan your...
Spring Cleaning the Body

Spring Cleaning the Body

Spring is the time of year for renewal and rebirth. After a long winter of eating heavier and fattier foods, it is time to cleanse and detox our bodies and get them ready for spring. It is important to start this process approximately six weeks prior to the start of...
Eye Exams

Eye Exams

What does “Back to school” mean to you? For most, it means school supplies, backpacks, new clothes or a chance to cheer on your local high school football team. However, for an optometrist, it is a time for diagnosis of vision disorders – perhaps a lazy eye,...
Natural First Aid Remedies For Summer

Natural First Aid Remedies For Summer

Summertime in Southern Idaho means outside, camping, fairs, rodeos, boating and a fun. With an active outdoor lifestyle, bumps and scrapes are bound to happen – especially with the kids. Here are some simple natural remedies to meet some of your first aid needs while...
Beating the System

Beating the System

How to Get the Most out of Your Healthcare. By Dr. Brian Fortuin, MD Our country boasts the most sophisticated healthcare system in the universe, but how does the average person tap into it? Myriad resources exist to guide you through our healthcare system; I would...
As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh

Have you heard these phrases? “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” “That’s karma.” “What goes around comes around.” I’ve heard these sayings all my life, and guess what? They’re true with very real...