Bianco Primary Healthcare Blog
What You Need to Know About Micronutrients
Ready to talk about another healthy eating strategy that isn’t dieting? ME TOO. Especially with 2021 quickly approaching, and the phrase “I’ll worry about my weight in the new year” already circulating this holiday season. Today I’m going to dive into a topic that is...
The Blood Pressure Basics
Hello everyone!! I hope you are having a great week!! Today I would like to address a very common problem in Internal Medicine, Hypertension a.k.a., High Blood Pressure. What is Hypertension? Hypertension puts a strain on your arteries and heart, and can restrict...
What Do Cholesterol Numbers Mean?
Having your cholesterol checked is part of the standard annual labs that we all get every year. It gives important insight into your health. But what does it really mean? What should my numbers be? Do I need to take cholesterol medicine? I want to take a few minutes...
5 Healthy Habits the Nutritionist is Doing this Holiday Season
Last week our Office Manager Eileen and our Nutritionist, Kathryn Terry, had a great conversation about health during the holidays. Eileen thought some of Kathryn's points were important enough to be shared and asked Kathryn to write about 5 habits of her normal...
The Day After Thanksgiving – Healthy Eating Strategies
Thanksgiving Day ~ A day for many of us that is full of buttery casseroles and enough pies to feed an army, despite the honest size of our gathering. Yet, for many Americans following this holiday tradition, the way we fuel ourselves the day after is potentially more...
Sustainable Healthy Eating Strategies That Aren’t Diets
You do not have to diet for the rest of your life to look the way you want to look and feel the way you want to feel. Yep, you read that right. However, I’m acknowledging you can’t eat plates full of processed carbohydrates and drink your teas and diet cokes to your...
What You Need To Know About Inflammation
Inflammation is a hot topic today and seems to show up everywhere when discussing health. We are bombarded by advertisements that tell us to eat certain foods or take certain supplements to “reduce inflammation”, and all this information can be overwhelming. In this...
Certified Nutrition Specialist and Fitness Trainer Joins Bianco Primary Care
In the effort to provide the best health care to its patients, Bianco Primary care has recently brought on board Kathryn Terry, a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Personal Trainer, to be the Bianco Primary Care Nutrition and Fitness Director. Proper nutrition and...
Am I “High Risk” For A Sever Case of COVID-19?
Those individuals that are at higher risk for worsened symptoms, complications or death are those that are age greater than 60 years, those with obesity, high inflammatory markers (CRP or ESR), heart disease, lung disease (including smokers), diabetes and high blood...
How Deadly is COVID-19 And How To Avoid Getting It
The good news here is that the virus is not very deadly from an epidemiological standpoint. The overall death rate (including asymptomatic patients) is certainly less than 1%. That means if you get this virus you have greater than 99% chance of surviving!! I will take...