Newtown Internal Medicine

Lengthen Your Healthspan Live Well While Living Longer Our program is designed to provide early diagnosis of age-related changes in your body, including early signs of potential disorders, then provide you with guidance on how to improve or reverse these changes to extend your healthspan and lifespan. Please visit our website https://NIM.health/longevity-medicine to learn more or view our YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yugr3sz-qlQ&t=22s

Longevity Medicine: Live Well while Living Longer

Immune Boosting Nutrients and Simple Recipes anyone can make (see link) - Although we cannot always control if a virus enters our body, we can help support our immune system to better fight off what we encounter. Healthy nutrition is important to keep the body balanced and functioning at its best. Vitamin C: Important for our immune defense and oxidative stress. An insufficient amount can lead to impaired immunity and increased susceptibility to infections (1). Foods high in... vitamin C include: broccoli, peppers, kale, brussels sprouts, kiwi, orange, guava. Zinc: Needed for the development and normal function of immune cells and aids in the fight against infection (2). It helps to decrease inflammation and oxidative stress in the body. Foods high in zinc include: oysters, beef, crab (Alaska king), pork shoulder/tenderloin, lobster, chicken leg, almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, yogurt, chickpeas. Mushrooms: Offer many health benefits, including anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti- microbial properties as well as antioxidants, cholesterol-lowering properties and anti-hypertensive properties (3). They contain prebiotics which support gut health and -glucans which can stimulate the immune system. Probiotic rich foods: With 70 % of the immune system residing in our gut, it is important to provide probiotic rich, fermented foods to support gut and immune health. Probiotic foods include: kefir, yogurt, kombucha, fermented vegetables kimchi, beets, sauerkraut.

Hear from Dr. Val Koganksi about what is Functional Medicine in this short clip... We look for the root causes of disease/symptoms and treat it with a combination of Integrative/Holistic science-based approaches and conventional (allopathic) medicine. If you are based in BUCKS COUNTY or the Greater Philadelphia area and would like to learn more, give us a call at 215-750-7000.