Southern Utah Health & Wellness Magazine :: March/April 2026
Building Oral Health On a New Foundation
The Health Department has turned the food pyramid on its head, emphasizing proteins, healthy fats, and plant-based foods over grains. This makes a lot of sense to me. I always keep in mind, however, that in the 1950s some of the best science encouraged smoking during...
Mayor’s Message March/April 2026
On January 17, 2026, our community came together for the grand opening of the new City Hall and the annual Heritage Day Celebration. It was a remarkable day filled with gratitude and reflection as residents explored the expanded City Council Chambers, new parking...
What the Pioneers Knew About Spring Can help You Prepare for Your Harvest
If you’ve lived in Southern Utah long enough, you know something about spring. It’s not just blooming trees and longer evenings. It’s not just warm air rolling across red rock and alfalfa fields waking up. Spring is preparation. Our pioneer ancestors understood this...
Your Thoughts and Emotions Have Changed Your Body: Here’s How You Can Change It Back
Your body believes everything you think. Not emotionally. Not symbolically. Biologically. Every thought you have triggers a small electrical event in the brain. Neurons fire. Neurotransmitters are released. Hormones follow. Chemistry shifts. Muscles subtly tighten or...
Goals That Stick: How To Get Back on Track This Spring
Every January, many of us get swept up in the excitement of new beginnings. We buy planners, write lists, and set ambitious goals, ready to transform our lives. But by the time March rolls around, most of those goals have quietly faded, crowded out by routines,...
Spring Is the Season for Preventitive Care
Spring is often associated with fresh starts: opening windows, clearing out clutter, and spending more time outdoors. It’s also an ideal season to reset something even more important: your health. Preventive care focuses on addressing health needs before they become...
Vista Healthcare is Transforming Specialty Care in Southern Utah
For people living with pain, long waits for specialty care can make an already difficult situation harder to manage. Pain doesn’t stop while you wait for an appointment, and for many patients, delays mean continuing to live with discomfort, limited mobility, and...
Key Components of Strength and Mobility for Longevity
As we age, the movements we perform every day—like sitting, lifting, reaching, and walking—become increasingly important not only for performance but also for independence and quality of life. Functional fitness focuses on training the body to move efficiently and...
Spring Spring Clean Your Schedule: Reclaim Your Life
I recently learned that spring cleaning has been a long-standing tradition throughout the world for thousands of years, with roots in many cross-cultural and religious practices. It is symbolic of spiritual renewal: sweeping out the old and replacing it with purity...
The Day I Stopped Fearing My Body and Started Listening to It
For over a decade, I lived inside a cage made of symptoms. I experienced debilitating autoimmune flares, neurological symptoms, crushing fatigue, and chemical and food sensitivities that shrank my world smaller and smaller. I became a student of my own body. I...
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