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Locations and Hospital Affiliation
We have 3 office locations to accommodate our patients in the Mercer and Bucks County areas:
123 Franklin Corner Rd.
Suite 214
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
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1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road
Suite 216
Hamilton, NJ 08619
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909 Floral Vale Boulevard
Yardley, PA 19067
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Our physicians and midwives deliver at
Capital Health System's Hopewell Campus
in Pennington, NJ
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Learn About
Lawrence OB/GYN's
Nutritional Services
Nutritional counseling can help you set realistic goals to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Whether you're looking to adopt healthier food choices, understand the nutritional needs of your medical condition or drop those extra pounds, we are here to help!
Individual Nutrition Counseling
Food can affect aspects of well-being. It is truly a key cornerstone of health. An imbalance in food and nutrition is associated with: upset stomach, heartburn, headaches, weight loss or gain, heart disease and cancer risk, blood pressure, allergies, body aches and pain, fatigue, immune function, GI distress, emotional state, and stress.
Our registered dietician will work with you to develop a personalized nutrition plan based on your individual needs, effectively addressing your symptoms and medical circumstances. Your plan will also address the connections between food, eating and emotions. We provide materials and resources to help you incorporate healthy eating seamlessly into your lifestyle including: recipes, menus and meal plans as well as tips on label reading and dietary strategies for determining food sensitivities.
LOB's Complete Weight Loss Program
Are you ready to shed those extra pounds? We have a complete program that includes nutrition information and education to guide you in your everyday choices. This program includes 10 steps that are taught by our registered dietician and will help you lose the weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Contact us today to find out more!
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Healthy Foods for a
Healthy Pregnancy
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Pregnant women often look for "magic" foods that they can eat that will make them -- and their developing babies -- healthy. Frankly, there are no such silver bullets in the food world, but some foods have much higher nutritional value than others. If you're pregnant, aim to choose healthier foods more often than you choose less healthy foods -- this will ensure proper nutrition for you and your baby. Choosing foods from the following list most of the time provides for a healthy diet.
Fruits and Vegetables
All humans -- pregnant women and their babies included -- need carbohydrates to provide for cellular energy needs. Some sources of carbohydrate are healthier than others, however, with fruits and vegetables ranking at the top of the healthy list. Because they are high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, fruits and vegetables provide both you and your baby with lots of nutrition -- plus lots of water -- without lots of calories.
Lean Meats, Beans and Legumes
Pregnant women and their developing babies need more protein than women need when they're not pregnant. If you're pregnant, you use protein to help produce extra blood volume, grow new cells, and provide for your faster metabolism. Your growing baby uses protein to build new cells and grow. Lean sources of protein --those that don't have high quantities of saturated or animal fat -- are best. These include lean meats -- especially cold water fish -- beans and legumes. Including some healthy protein at each meal provides for both you and your baby's needs.
Healthy Fats
While it's not uncommon for people to treat "fat" like a four-letter word when it comes to diet, the human body needs healthy sources of fat. Pregnant women and their developing babies are no exception. Your pregnant body uses healthy fat to maintain your immune system and the health of your hair and nails, as well as to ensure that you have plenty of energy to fuel your metabolism and enough fat to store for later. Your baby needs healthy fat to build its own systems and organs, as well as to store in its body. Plant-based oils, like olive oil, are the best sources of fat.
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Losing Weight
with PCOS
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a health condition associated with weight gain, acne, infertility and abnormal hair growth. According to the website WomensHealth.gov, as many as one in 10 women have PCOS.
Although experts do not know exactly what causes PCOS, many researchers believe it may be related to insulin. Other factors appear to be an imbalance of hormones and heredity, because many women with PCOS also have a mother or sister with the condition. Losing weight quickly with PCOS is difficult, but taking the right steps can help you begin to slim down.
Change your diet. Women with PCOS should not approach dieting the same way as other women trying to lose weight. Because many believe PCOS is linked to insulin resistance, a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may be the most successful for weight loss. Avoid processed carbohydrates, such as pasta, cookies and white bread, and getting plenty of lean meats, dairy, fruits, vegetables and small amounts of whole grains.
Exercise. Regular physical exercise can lead to weight loss and is particularly important for PCOS. Cardiovascular exercise can improve insulin resistance. Combine aerobic exercise, such as walking, swimming and dancing with weight training. Muscle burns more calories even at rest. However, because many women with PCOS have higher testosterone levels than average, use light weights so that you don't get bulky muscles.
Ask your doctor about medications for PCOS. Medications can correct the underlying hormone imbalances or insulin resistance, making it easier to lose weight. According to WomensHealth.gov, doctors may prescribe birth control pills to balance your hormones, or insulin-sensitizing medications, such as glucophage, to treat the insulin resistance.
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March 2013
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March is National Nutrition Month!
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Greetings!
 This month marks the 40th anniversary of National Nutrition Month. This year's theme - "Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day" - encourages personalized healthy eating styles and recognizes that food preferences, lifestyle, cultural traditions and health concerns all impact individual food choices.
Nutrient-rich food provides energy for women's busy lives. A balanced diet filled with whole grains, fruits, vegetables, healthy fats, low-fat dairy and lean protein supports a woman's health and wellness. Nutrition plays different roles during different stages of a woman's life. During childhood, foods fuel growth. Through childbearing years, diet plays a role in fertility, a healthy pregnancy and prevention of chronic disease. In older years, what women eat can help keep minds sharp and bodies strong.
We al l have unique lifestyles, traditions and health concerns. Not to mention tastes! So if you're ready to eat right, give healthy snacks a chance! Most women are looking for fast, easy and good-tasting foods to fit a busy lifestyle. The good news is that there are smart options for you that are just as convenient and will surely satisfy your taste buds. Here are some Tips for Healthy Snacking to help you eat well -- and stay energized - for when you are on-the-go.
For women, menopause is a reality check that your body is changing. This is a time to take care of yourself by making healthy lifestyle choices. Eating well is an important step to help make this midlife transition easier. Find out about our Nutrition for Menopause special we're offering and how it can help you ease symptoms of menopause.
When it comes to a healthy pregnancy, you truly are what you eat. Smart choices about pregnancy nutrition can help you promote your baby's growth and development. During pregnancy, it is important to include a variety of foods in your diet to provide all of the necessary nutrients to your growing baby. Create a healthy menu for pregnancy by treating each meal as an opportunity to combine items from several food groups. Need some ideas? Check out, Healthy Foods for a Healthy Pregnancy.
 Speaking of pregnancy, we are excited to announce our first BABY FAIR to be held on Thursday, Aprill 11th, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in our Lawrenceville office. We will have great gifts and prizes for our expectant moms! To register, please email Melanie Durnien at mdurnien@lawrenceobgyn.com.
We all know that adjusting your food intake is essential if you want to shed some pounds. But cutting calories is only half of the weight loss equation. If you add in some physical activity, whatever diet plan you follow will work better and faster. Weight lifting often gets overlooked for women as an essential part of a successful weight loss strategy. By adding weight lifting, the pounds will not only shed faster, but will be more likely to stay off. If a cardio-fanatic and still not losing weight, then read Why Women Don't Lift Weights... but should, to help get you started.
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder that affects women, causing a variety of symptoms -- including weight gain. In fact, it is estimated that half of all women with polycystic ovary syndrome, known as PCOS, are obese. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that a reduction of 10 percent of a woman's body weight may provide relief from some PCOS symptoms. Although women with PCOS may struggle to lose weight due to the condition, research indicates that even relatively small weight loss can improve the symptoms of PCOS while reducing the associated risks. Losing Weight with PCOS is difficult, but taking the right steps can help you begin to slim down.
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Tips for Healthy Snacking
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 Eating is no longer an activity only experienced around the table with friends and family. Quick, how many times this past week have you eaten on the run? No place is safe either - the car, your desk, maybe even the shower! Our time is strapped and we need food that's easy to grab 'n' go. And during this mad-chaos of finding food on our way out the door, one detail is easy to forget - making sure that the choices we make are healthy.
Here are some tips to help you stay healthy when you're under a snack attack:
1. Give healthy snacks a chance.
If you try some of the healthier snack alternatives out there, you may well find that you enjoy them. If you're one of the many people whose idea of a good snack is something crunchy and salty, know that you can have your crunch and eat smart, too. Here are a few possibilities for more healthful crunchy snack foods:
- Low Fat Kettle Crisps (110 calories, 1.5 grams fat, 0 g saturated fat, and 2 grams fiber per 1 ounce.)
- Baked Tostitos (110 calories, 1 gram fat, 0 g saturated fat, and 2 grams fiber per 1 ounce.)
- Reduced Fat Triscuits (120 calories, 3 grams fat, 0 g saturated fat, and 3 grams fiber per 1 ounce)
- Padrinos Reduced Fat Tortilla Chips (130 calories, 4 grams fat, 0.5 grams saturated fat, and 1 gram fiber per ounce.)
2. Avoid trans fats.
You've no doubt heard of the trouble with trans fats by now (they raise "bad" cholesterol and lower "good" cholesterol). Well, guess which type of food they tend to lurk in? Snack foods - things like crackers, snack cakes and pies, frozen fried microwave snacks, and cookies. Anything with "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" listed among the top three ingredients on the label is suspect. Some manufacturers have done a good job of reformulating products to remove trans fats, but keep an eye out anyway.
3. Be a label detective.
Don't decide whether to buy a food based on the advertising banners on the front of the package. Check out the Nutrition Information label on the back, too. This will tell you what the company calls a portion of that food. Prepare to be amazed: What they say is a serving and what you actually eat may be completely different. The Nutrition Information label lists the calories; grams of fat, saturated fat and trans fat; and, sometimes, grams of sugar. So if the label says a serving is 1 ounce of chips and you eat 2 or 3 ounces, double or triple the nutrition information numbers.
4. Be careful with energy bars.
There are all kinds of "energy" or "power" bars being marketed under the guise of convenience and good nutrition. The truth is, these carry-anywhere bars can come in handy. But a review of many different energy bar labels reveals that choosing a bar is a matter of "picking your poison." That is, deciding what means most to you - taste, fat, fiber, protein, sugars? Generally, if bars are "low in carbs" they're also low in fiber and/or higher in fat. (Some even have quite a bit of saturated fat.) And if a bar tastes pretty good, it probably has at least 12 grams of sugars per serving.
When picking one, look for at least 3 grams of fiber (preferably 5 grams), at least 5 grams of protein (preferably 10 grams), lower amounts of fat with no saturated fat, and fewer than 20 grams of sugar.
5. Don't snack if you aren't really hungry.
Some French researchers studied the effect of two types of snacks (one high in carbohydrate and one high in protein), given a few hours after lunch, on eight lean young men. They concluded that when people who aren't hungry eat a snack -- whether it's high in carbs or protein -- they do not tend to reduce the number of calories they eat at dinner. The researchers believe this is evidence that snacking can play a role in obesity.
So, what if we took some time and ingenuity to make our own healthy snacks portable and easy for on-the-go eating? Check out these suggestions:
- Celery sticks with peanut butter and several raisins on top
- Rice cakes with peanut butter (good for getting a protein punch)
- Low-fat cheese cubes
- Hardboiled eggs
- Deviled egg (wrapped in plastic wrap)
- Fruit yogurt cup (add in some fresh fruits or nuts for a boost
- Trail mix
- Nuts or nut mix (stick to just a handful)
- Vegetable sticks with a little packet of dip (lowfat salad dressing packets found in salad bars work as easy-to-pack dip)
- Broccoli or cauliflower bites
- Half of a turkey or tuna sandwich on whole-wheat bread
- Cucumber slices (lightly salted or with nonfat Italian dressing)
- Yogurt and granola
- Leftover chicken or turkey slices (great to eat cold)
- Healthy fiber-rich or grain cereal (great to eat dry from a baggie)
- Pickles (wrapped in foil or plastic wrap)
- Box of raisins or other dried fruit
- Half a large whole wheat bagel with light cream cheese
- Apples, bananas, strawberries (any fruit works, these are naturally portable)
- Mixed berries (these freeze well in plastic bags)
- Whole-wheat crackers and low-fat string cheese
- Grapes in a baggie
- Fruit smoothie in a thermos
- Tuna and cottage cheese in mini-containers.
The trick here is to be prepared and get creative! Get your fresh fruits and vegetables on the weekend in preparation for the week's snacking. Keep small-sized plastic containers for packing up small portions. Take note of the healthy foods you need to keep stocked in the house for future quick and healthy snack preparation. These will become automatic items for your grocery list. You may find that you start to replace a few nonessential, calorie-wasting items with your new healthy snack list.
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Nutritional Help for Menopause
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 An estimated 50 million women in the United States have reached menopause. Many women, unfortunately, suffer from a variety of menopausal symptoms that can be disruptive to daily living. Some turn to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a way to manage the condition. Proper nutrition can be a natural way to help prevent or reduce menopause symptoms.
Menopause Relief with Lifenol Plus Bone Support
We are proud to offer a natural, first-step alternative to HRT for easing menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats and mood disturbances.
Did you know?
- About 70% of menopausal women suffer from hot flashes;
- Levels of the hormone estrogen drop rapidly during menopause, making bones thin, brittle and more susceptible to osteoporosis.
We are proud to offer our patients a special on Nutrition for Menopause. It includes a 30-minute nutritional consultation with Bonni, our registered dietician, and a box of vitaMedMD™ Menopause Relief, which contains 28 tablets (1 month supply). Normally, a $75 value, we are offering it for only $50.
To find out how you can start to take charge of your menopause symptoms, please contact us today.
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Why Women Don't Lift Weights... but should!
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 Weightlifting is one of the best ways for women to maintain optimal health and minimize the effects of aging. Maintaining your strength by lifting weights will improve the quality of your life, allowing you to tackle your daily chores with ease and have the energy left for hobbies and activities you enjoy.
Despite study after study supporting the benefits of strength training, many women still opt for cardio over weights. Maybe they're worried about "bulking up." Women have seen a few too many beefy men grunting it out in the weight room and fear that if they pick up a dumbbell, they'll suddenly start to resemble a linebacker, too. Fear not... for most women, this just isn't possible. Ladies have too much estrogen in their hormonal makeup.
So what is the secret to looking toned but not tough? Strength training.
Here, nine reasons why women should strength train at least two or three times a week:
1. Your metabolism will soar.
As women age, they naturally lose muscle mass. This causes your metabolism to slow, which means you could start building a spare tire by the time you reach your 30s. When you do weight-bearing exercises, you start revving up your metabolism-and it keeps burning for many hours after your workout.
2. You'll you burn fat.
Muscle tissue is more "active" than fat tissue, with each pound burning about 30 calories a day just to sustain itself. So even if you're sitting on the couch or are stuck at your desk for eight hours a day, the extra muscle mass you develop will burn more calories, helping you finally get rid of that spare tire-and keep it off for good.
3. Your body will get tighter.
While cardio is important and will help melt fat, weights sculpt your body, creating curves and definition right where you want it. They also help fight the effects of gravity, making you much less likely to have arm jiggle in your upper arms.
4. You'll fit into your skinny jeans.
One pound of fat takes up much more space than one pound of muscle. So even though muscle weighs more, what do you want all over your body? Something that's bulky, like body fat, or something that's lean, and takes up less space, like muscle?
5. You'll reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Curbing age-related muscles loss isn't just good for your looks; it can protect your heart and help ward off type 2 diabetes, too. Muscle helps remove glucose and triglycerides from the bloodstream, which reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as hardening of the arteries.
6. Your blood pressure could drop.
Strength training lowers blood pressure for ten to twelve hours after each session, which gives your heart a break. How strength training does this is not completely understood, but it probably has subtle effects on everything from hormones to nervous system regulation.
7. You can do it anytime, anywhere.
You don't need a lot of space or a lot of special equipment to get a great strength workout. Simply using your own bodyweight through the use of pushups, planks, chair dips, squats, and pull-ups is enough to tone and strengthen your entire body. Bonus: You can do it indoors, which means you don't have to weather the cold, freezing temps of winter or the scorching heat of summer.
8. You'll blast loads of calories.
Plyometric strength moves (think squat jumps and burpees) and kettlebell workouts skyrocket your heart rate, which boosts the calorie burn of regular strength training routines. These types of workouts give you cardio, strength, and sculpting all in one, which is a great timesaver, says Freytag.
9. It's good for your bones.
Lifting weights can help counteract age-related bone loss. Strengthening your muscles also improves balance and keeps you as strong as possible which lowers your chances of a fall-related fracture.
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