Vivere Healthcare and Wellness

10/08/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday Dr Stacey Palmer! 💚

Today we’re celebrating the heart behind Vivere Healthcare & Wellness!

Dr. Stacey’s passion for helping others live healthier, happier lives is what makes Vivere so special. Her dedication to her patients and our community inspires us every day.

Please join us in wishing Dr. Stacey a very Happy Birthday! 🎂💚

10/07/2026

🚨 WATCH OUT WEDNESDAY with Dr. Stacey

Eating out today? Here are some things I recommend putting on your WATCH OUT list:

🥓 Processed meats
Bacon, sausage, hot dogs, pepperoni, salami and many deli meats.

🥤 Sugary drinks
Soda, sweet tea, lemonade, shakes and sugary coffees.

🍟 The fried-food combo
Fried entrée + fries + sugary drink is one of the easiest meals to leave behind.

🍔 Bacon/cheese-heavy burgers
Red meat + processed meat + saturated fat + sodium can add up quickly.

🍕 Processed-meat pizza
Think pepperoni, sausage and extra cheese.

🥪 The “healthy” deli trap
A sandwich isn’t automatically healthy. Watch the processed meats, cheese, mayo and sodium.

🥗 The salad trap
Crispy chicken, bacon, cheese and creamy dressing can turn a salad into something very different.

🧂 Sauces, dressings & gravies
Some of the biggest sources of hidden sodium, sugar and calories.

My rule of thumb:
The closer your meal looks to actual food, the better.

🌱 Vegetables
🫘 Beans & lentils
🍎 Fruit
🌾 Whole grains
🥜 Nuts & seeds

You don’t have to eat perfectly. But what you eat most of the time matters.

Eat whole foods with fiber.

- Dr. Stacey Palmer
Vivere Healthcare & Wellness

10/03/2026

Another great morning of learning at Vivere! 🌱

Today, Dr. Stacey Palmer presented “Beyond the Label: Shopping for Health & Longevity” - breaking down food labels, marketing claims, ingredients, fiber, added sugars and what really matters when choosing foods.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us! We love helping our community cut through the confusion and make healthier choices with confidence.

🔬 Coming next:
Know Your Numbers: The Labs That Actually Matter
We’ll go beyond the standard lab panel and talk about the numbers that can help us better understand cardiovascular risk, metabolic health and longevity — and what they actually mean.

More details coming soon!

09/30/2026

It’s really that simple 💚

09/28/2026

09/25/2026

Nutrition Minute: It’s Still a Cookie! 🍪

Remember when everything in the ’80s and ’90s was FAT FREE or LOW FAT?

Cookies. Crackers. Snack cakes. Frozen desserts.

Take the fat out, put FAT FREE in big letters on the front, and suddenly it sounded healthy.

Today, we’re doing something very similar, except the magic word is PROTEIN.

15 grams of protein!
High protein!
Protein cookies!
Protein chips!
Protein cereal!

And this is a great example. 15 grams of protein per pack sounds impressive. But… it’s still a cookie!

Adding protein to an ultra-processed food doesn’t automatically turn it into a health food.

Protein is important. But instead of asking, “How much protein does this have?”, also ask:

“What food is the protein coming in?”

Beans, lentils, tofu, tempeh, edamame, nuts, seeds and minimally processed whole foods give you protein along with fiber, vitamins, minerals and other beneficial plant compounds.

So don’t let one big number on the front of a package determine whether something is healthy.

In the ’80s, it was “fat free.” Today, it’s “high protein.”

Sometimes… it’s still a cookie. 🍪

09/21/2026

🌸 MONDAY MOTIVATION 🌸

Menopause changes your hormones.

It does NOT mean you have to accept feeling exhausted, losing strength, gaining weight, sleeping poorly, or simply “not feeling like yourself” as your new normal.

This season of life is a reason to become MORE intentional about your health, not less.

💪 Strength train to protect muscle and bone
🥦 Prioritize whole, nutrient-dense foods
🌱 Get plenty of fiber and adequate protein
😴 Protect your sleep
❤️ Take care of your cardiovascular health
🧘 Manage stress and make time for connection
🩺 Talk with your healthcare provider about symptoms and treatment options, including hormone therapy when appropriate

And remember: the number on the scale is only one piece of the picture.

During and after menopause, maintaining muscle, protecting bone, improving metabolic health, and staying strong for the decades ahead matter tremendously.

Menopause isn’t the end of feeling strong, energetic, confident, or healthy.

It can be the beginning of becoming more intentional about the woman you want to be at 60, 70, 80 and beyond. 💚

At Vivere Healthcare & Wellness, we help women navigate this transition with a personalized approach to menopause - addressing symptoms, hormones, nutrition, body composition, metabolic health, sleep, exercise and healthy aging.

🌸 Ask us about our Vivere Midlife Reset.

Because the goal isn’t to get your “old body” back.

It’s to build the healthiest, strongest version of you for the decades ahead.

09/18/2026

Supporting health while living with Parkinson’s 💚

Dr Stacey Palmer had the privilege of speaking today to the Capital Area Parkinson’s Society (CAPS) about Lifestyle Medicine: Optimizing Health to Support Parkinson’s Disease.

Stacey walked through each of the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: whole-food, plant-predominant nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, positive social connection, and avoidance of risky substances, and discussed practical ways each can help support overall health and quality of life for those living with Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s may be the diagnosis, but there are still many aspects of health we can work to optimize every day.

Thank you to CAPS for the opportunity to spend time with such a wonderful group and for all they do to educate, connect, and support individuals and families affected by Parkinson’s disease.

At Vivere, this is what Lifestyle Medicine is all about: using the things we can influence every day to help people live healthier, longer, and better. 🌱

09/18/2026

🛑 Stop asking, “Where do you get your protein?”

Start asking:

🌱 “Where do you get your FIBER?”

More than 9 out of 10 Americans get enough protein.

But when it comes to fiber?
More than 90% of American adults aren’t getting enough.

And here’s the funny part…

One of my favorite answers to BOTH questions is the same:

🫘 BEANS.

Protein ✔️
Fiber ✔️
Affordable ✔️
Versatile ✔️
Good for your gut ✔️

We spend a lot of time worrying about protein.

Maybe it’s time we started talking more about the nutrient most of us are actually missing.

Eat whole foods with fiber. 🌱

- Dr. Stacey Palmer
Vivere Healthcare & Wellness