The 5 Pillars of Health & Wellness©
Dr. Cas has spent his career developing, refining and implementing his 5 Pillars of Health and Wellness© to help guide his patients to optimal living. Dr. Cas’ 5 Pillars focus on: Medical Wellness, Physical Wellness, Mental Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, and Aesthetic Wellness. Dive into each pillar by viewing the following articles.
Most recent articles
After Antibiotics: 10 Ways to Rebuild Your Gut Health
Antibiotics are powerful drugs that are used to treat bacterial infections. While they are effective in killing harmful bacteria, they can also have negative effects on the beneficial bacteria that...
Sick of Cleaning? 5 Tips to Clean Up Your House – And Your Health
If you’re like us, you’ve probably uttered the words, “I’m so sick of cleaning!” more than once. But a more accurate statement might be, “Cleaning is making me sick!” While a stylish, sparkling...
The Key to Longevity: Get Moving!
Physical fitness has so many benefits and one of the most important things that we can do for ourselves is to exercise. More importantly, just moving is the key. Studies have shown that, in areas...
Spiritual Wellness Resources
Spiritual wellness isn’t something that typically comes up in a doctor’s appointment, so it’s a new topic for most of my patients to discuss. Plus, spiritual wellness looks different to every single...
Aesthetic Wellness Resources
The aesthetic industry is enormous – estimated at $86.2 billion worldwide in 2020 alone. There are countless products and procedures, all promising to make you look better, younger, fitter. But what...
In the Eye of the Beholder
“Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, aglow, or communicated sense of fineness.” - H. Lawrence The meaning and...
Spirituality – What Does It Mean to You?
Spirituality is something I talk about frequently with the patients in my family medicine practice. Many aspects go into someone’s spirituality, including finding a purpose, feeling strong and...
7 Go-To Mental Wellness Resources
Mental health is one of my 5 Pillars of Health and Wellness©. As a family medicine doctor, I believe that mental health is just as important as our medical, physical, aesthetic and spiritual health....
Mental Illness … More Than Just A Code
“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” - Buddha More than ever, we are seeing more and more cases of depression and anxiety, and more and more medication being prescribed...
The Food … the Bad … and the Ugly
What is your relationship with food? How do you look at food? How does food make you feel? Many of us have asked ourselves these questions throughout our life and still don’t have the answers. Many...
The Power of Conscious Living
One thing I like to address with the patients I see in my family medicine practice is the concept of consciously living. I know, it’s all too easy to get into the bad habit of unconsciously going...
The Importance of Gut Health
As a family medicine doctor, 80% of what I do involves the gut. In my years of working with patients, I have seen firsthand that our G.I. system (aka the gut) is truly the pathway to everything. Our...