by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Food & Mood, Healthy Kids & Parents, Healthy Living, Recipes
Let’s skip the personal essay. I loathe the long essays people write at the introductions of recipes, so I’ll spare you the blatherings about how much my family loves this recipe and how it smells so good baking in the oven, yadda yadda. But I will say...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Depression, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Living
I recently had the honor and good fortune of attending a women’s sweat lodge ceremony. Lead by a woman named JJ Crow, we gathered on a rainy day shortly before the New Year. We came together to sweat, cry, sing, pray, and praise. Having completed my undergraduate...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Dr. Erica Zelfand, Recipes
Hooray for Chanukkah, festival of lights, and excuse to eat latkes! Traditionally, latkes are made from potatoes, which are a starchy, fast-burning carbohydrate. This essentially means that after you eat potatoes, they essentially turn into candy and dramatically...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Food & Mood, Healthy Living
“Happy Holidays!” chimes the rep as she slides a sparkly-wrapped present across my desk, “here’s a little something for you.” After she leaves, I excitedly cut the red shiny ribbon, pull away the green tissue paper, and find myself holding…. (drumroll please)… A box...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Chronic Pain, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Food & Mood, Recipes
The holiday season is a time of magic, festivity, family time, and celebrating miracles both great and small. For some, however, the holidays are also a time of eating things you wouldn’t dare touch the rest of the year and finding yourself hung over on January 1st,...
