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Russell Greenfield, M.D.

Greenfield Integrative Healthcare, PLLC and Greenfield Consulting, LLC

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Russell H. Greenfield, M.D. is the Director of Greenfield Integrative Healthcare (GIH), PLLC and President of Greenfield Consulting (GC), LLC.

 
He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor / UCLA Medical Center and subsequently entered into an administrative / teaching fellowship at the same institution. He moved to Charlotte, NC and became involved in the emergency medicine residency program at Carolinas Medical Center, where he was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. He then became one of the first four physicians worldwide to graduate from the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine under the direct instruction of Dr. Andrew Weil. 


Dr. Greenfield returned to NC to become the founding medical director of Carolinas Integrative Health, a freestanding center in Charlotte owned and operated by the Carolinas HealthCare System. He was a consultant to the Federation of State Medical Boards in the development of national model guidelines for the use of complementary and alternative therapies, and is co-author of Healthy Child, Whole Child (2nd ed. HarperCollins, 2009). 

Dr. Greenfield maintains a private consultative medical practice in Charlotte, consults with media and industry on integrative health initiatives, and lectures widely. He is the editor of Alternative Medicine Alert, a monthly newsletter designed for healthcare professionals. He also directs the creation of wellness information for shoppers for Harris Teeter, Inc. 


Professional affiliations include Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Visiting Assistant Professor at The University of Arizona College of Medicine.


In his spare time he likes nothing more than spending time with his wife and children. His personal interests are baseball and anything related to The Lord of the Rings.

Coffee's Health Benefits and Concerns

Dr. Russell Greenfield discusses reasons coffee can be beneficial to your health, but also cautions drinking too much of the energizing beverage.

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Dr. Russell Greenfield: Recent data suggests that drinking coffee offers some unique health benefits. Let's start with the obvious.

Many people like the taste and smell of coffee and it's a good pick-me-up if not used too late in the day when like any caffeinated beverage it can wreak havoc with nighttime sleep.

Coffee is also a good source of antioxidants and research suggests that coffee may enhance performance of daily activities, help prevent certain forms of cancer, and maybe even protect us against the development of Type-2 diabetes if ingested in large amounts.

But large amounts of coffee have their downside too. Lots of caffeine can translate into the jitters, even anxiety. It can keep us awake at night if ingested within six hours of bed time. Plus unfiltered and decaffeinated forms may increase cholesterol levels.

If you like coffee it's okay, maybe even good to enjoy a cup or two each day, but if you are not a coffee lover consider my preference, green tea where the health benefits are more clearly defined.

I am Dr. Russ. Be well!

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