Garrison Center for Healthy Living

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62417431777711866622011-04-21T13:07:25.953-07:00Garrison Center for Healthy LivingYour partners on the journey from obesity to vibrant health.Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-34323245640057278252008-05-12T12:45:00.000-07:002008-05-12T12:49:20.351-07:00Water Works

Do you like the taste of the water from your tap?It’s very important that you enjoy -- not just tolerate -- but really enjoy it! You should be able to look forward to drinking a glass of water, all day, and every day.Water is usually your best choice of beverage. It contains no fat, no calories, no carbs, no sugar and unless you are getting it straight from a softening system- no salt! How

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-57833843514070703622008-05-05T14:53:00.000-07:002008-05-12T12:44:59.861-07:00TV CAN be Good For You

That’s right; if you use it wisely TV can be a very effective educational tool. If you pick your programs carefully and have the strength to turn it off before the next (less healthy) show comes on, or before your seat becomes molded to your bottom, you can get a lot good stuff from your television.Let’s start with this coming Sunday, May 11th. On the Discovery Health Channel @ 9:00pm Eastern

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-2755569747528465082008-04-30T07:59:00.000-07:002008-05-05T15:00:58.768-07:00Spring Cleaning, Part II

Let's say we blow a few more winter cobwebs from our minds!I know you're busy. We've got clubs, kids, jobs and homes to take care of. Some of us are even caretakers to our parents. We have dogs to train, cats to groom and birds to RE-train. Our TV's need watching, our ballgames need cheering, and our papers need reading. Our significant others need cuddling, our kids need hugging, and our buds

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-85266369813841802382008-04-21T12:13:00.000-07:002008-04-30T07:59:09.864-07:00Open Wide (This Won't Hurt a Bit!)

Coming next week: Spring Cleaning, part IIAlex, friend of mine, recently shared with me a trick he has come across to help him curb his snacking habit: Brushing his teeth! Sounds too simple, huh?I know we all brush in the morning and at night. Most of us also brush after a garlicky lunch. But my friend goes one step further. He brushes after every meal and after every snack, because the clean

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-58725888333783605232008-04-16T12:07:00.000-07:002008-04-21T12:05:26.250-07:00Spring has Sprung

Look for next week's blog, Open Wide (This Won't Hurt a Bit), where Toni muses about a new appetite curbing technique you may not have thought of.Ah, spring! Out here in Michigan the tulips are sprouting up and robins are coupling up. It’s time to get outside, people! Enjoy this time while you can. Start by walking. Even if you can only make it to the end of your driveway and back today, by

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-90008966142612523372008-04-11T12:00:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:07:26.438-07:00A Banner Year

Today I’d like to further our journey a little bit more into “Label-Land.” Over the next few weeks we will be diving directly into the fine print of nutrition labels, but for now let’s talk a bit about Banner Labels and, shall we say, miscommunication, to be polite.I’m sure they have caught your attention, sitting there in big bold letters across the front of the packaging promising “Fat Free,’

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-58014185440285366042008-04-08T08:19:00.001-07:002008-04-11T12:00:02.872-07:00Breaking Bread

Let’s talk about bread -- sliced, rolled, loafed, French toasted, bagels, English muffins, crunchy coating, pudding, tortilla, pita pockets -- well, you get the idea. Bread is something that some of us have grown up eating at every meal. But, for many off us, bread is a food we must eat oh, so sparingly, if not a complete no-no!Think about it. Sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers, fried chicken,

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-159282373701762172008-04-04T09:29:00.000-07:002008-04-08T08:19:02.404-07:00Out of Sight, Out of Mind

I'd like to share with you a bad habit of mine that I recently discovered by accident - and it's all your fault! You see, my computers crashed. Both of them. Within the same week. OK, that's not your fault. I blame the death of my computers on my teenagers. Both of them. But after they crashed I got the offer to participate in this Garrison Center blog! So it was off to the library for me. I love

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-60719875415455619022008-03-31T11:41:00.000-07:002008-03-31T11:44:10.137-07:00Oh, Very Young

My daughter, 13 and a solid jock, sits down at the table and in the time it takes the rest of us to enjoy our meal, she has wolfed down twice the amount we eat. Then she spends the balance of the meal rolling her eyes because we eat “SOOOOO slow!” An hour later, she is looking for dessert. Before bedtime you can find her in the pantry cruising for a snack. Yet she has a perfectly proportioned

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-36451874983509825862008-03-25T09:13:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:09:15.303-07:00Rebecca before and after surgery

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-91841084517128376852008-03-24T14:14:00.000-07:002008-03-25T11:53:44.063-07:00Familiar Territories

Have you ever... ...begun to eat but first looked around to see if anyone was watching what you ate?...eaten two, or even three meals in one day from a drive-through?...heard these words from your doctor recently - “pre-diabetic,” “Obese,” “BMI,” “High blood pressure,” “Elevated triglycerides?...been unable to recall what you’d eaten for the better part of your day because there was so much “on

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-21796229698459882892007-12-19T15:12:00.000-08:002007-12-20T13:34:02.328-08:00Welcome to the Garrison Center for Healthy Living

Life is busy! Schedules are hectic! Time is short, but the To-Do list is long! These statements describe the way most of us live today. With all the stresses of everyday life, it’s no wonder that stress, fatigue and depression are so commonplace. Certainly between dropping off the kids at school, picking up prescriptions, and staying awake at work, you took the time to pause, drink a cold

Jordan M. Garrison, Jr., MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340007432058870614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6241743177771186662.post-77846820529227544282007-12-05T11:58:00.000-08:002007-12-05T11:59:18.636-08:00

Welcome to the new Garrison Center Blog by Tami Kamin-Meyer.Look for our first post soon.

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