Posts by Dr. Robert Hedaya

Enjoying Your Healthy Lifestyle

Enjoying Your Healthy Lifestyle

May 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Enjoying Your Healthy Lifestyle

By Kat Osorio “I don’t want to make healthy changes to my diet because that means I won’t enjoy my food anymore.” This is a sentiment I’m sure that many of us can identify with, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be true. In fact, you can have your almond flour cake and eat it too! Let’s chat about how. Balance is integral for the success of any healthy lifestyle change. Taking the time to plan out your meals and shop for the ingredients ahead of time insures that you will have healthy options on hand and be
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What should I avoid if I want to reduce inflammation?

What should I avoid if I want to reduce inflammation?

May 22, 2021 | Comments Off on What should I avoid if I want to reduce inflammation?

By Kat Osorio Inflammation is an inevitable part of being human, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. When our bodies are sick or injured, a little bit of inflammation is what we need to heal and repair. It’s when inflammation gets out of check and becomes chronic that we need to take a closer look at our lifestyles for factors that are known to cause inflammation.  Processed foods: Foods that come in a box or bagcontain additives, fillers, and artificial substances that can cause increased levels of inflammation in the body, such as colorings, flavorings, and preservatives. Foods that
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Traumatic Brain Injury in Amateur and Professional Athletes

Traumatic Brain Injury in Amateur and Professional Athletes

April 14, 2021 | Comments Off on Traumatic Brain Injury in Amateur and Professional Athletes

The idea of getting injuries seems par for the course in athletics, but our common idea of the depth of injury may be more desensitized than we think. Athletes, both amateur and professional, are subjected to a substantial amount of risk. One of the worst cases is a Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). The risk for this is very real in any rigorous athletic pursuits, but is heightened in contact sports. It is no simple matter, either, as TBI is considered a major cause of death and disability in the United States. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) notes that
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Covid’s Lasting Effects Deserve Rigorous Study

Covid’s Lasting Effects Deserve Rigorous Study

March 30, 2021 | Comments Off on Covid’s Lasting Effects Deserve Rigorous Study

The risks of over-diagnosing a syndrome are real, but that does not mean that the syndrome does not exist. Jeremy Devine declares that “long Covid” and some other illnesses, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, are not biological disorders, but are psychological, psychosomatic diseases, and mislabeled manifestations of depression or anxiety (“The Dubious Origins of Long Covid,” op-ed, March 23). His clean distinction between psycho and somatic betrays an inaccurate conceptualization. Physicians understand that psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, major depression and others, are usually associated with biological markers, such as inflammatory responses, disrupted neural pathways and neurotransmitter distinctions. Dr. Devine declares
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How to Prevent and Reverse Dementia

How to Prevent and Reverse Dementia

July 24, 2020 | Comments Off on How to Prevent and Reverse Dementia

Dementia is preventable and is reversible when treated early using Functional Medicine and Whole Psychiatry protocols. Dr. Robert Hedaya has successfully treated and reversed dementia in patients who follow his protocol.
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POST-COVID-19 Syndrome

POST-COVID-19 Syndrome

July 8, 2020 | Comments Off on POST-COVID-19 Syndrome

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted what some people (possibly more women than men) are experiencing after they recovered from the acute COVID-19 illness. The symptoms, which may be relapsing and remitting, are similar to dysautonomia, chronic fatigue syndrome–also called myologic encephalitis [ME], or chronic fatigue immune dysfunction [CFID]– (severe fatigue, brain fog, exercise intolerance, rapid heart rate, inflammation) and can also include recurrences of the original illness such as numbness, gastrointestinal illness, headache, breathing issues, and markedly reduced endurance.  While some physicians are attributing these symptoms to anxiety or depression, we believe that is not likely, except to the
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