Dr. Lisa Belisle

Good Food and Gratitude

By Lisa M. Belisle, MD, MPH
Originally published November 2, 2006, Community Leader

Humans and their food: a complicated subject. We eat for sustenance. We eat for comfort. We eat as a means to share with others. Because there are so many reasons to eat (and in this country, so much food to consume), we often have difficulty regulating our intake. This, of course, has lead to an epidemic of obesity and related diseases in the United States. Fortunately, we do have power over this problem. We can seek to eat mindfully, and well. As we prepare to give thanks for our bounty this November, let us decide to begin a more joyful and rewarding relationship with our food.

Nail Biting

By Lisa M. Belisle, MD, MPH
Originally published November 2006, Parent & Family

My sister laughed when I told her I was planning to write a column on nail biting. She said, “I’m probably going to star in this one, right?” Of course, she was correct. Now a mother of two and a pharmaceutical representative, my younger sibling is always very thoughtfully dressed and well-appointed—right down to her carefully polished nails. This was not always the case. As a kid, those fingers were gnawed almost to the bone: so bloody and raw-looking, it made you cringe. What makes fingernails so tasty to the toddler set, and is there a way to rescue them from the mouths of babes? Read on…