How Exercise Can Add 3 Years to Your Life
In working with people across the world, I am continually met with the question in regard to physical activity, "What's the use?" I feel compelled to address this head-on. First, the majority of large health organizations recommend, as a minimum, the following: 150...
A Relaxation Technique to Lower Stress
We all know what it feels like when the Sympathetic Nervous System (fight or flight) is aroused – increase in blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, adrenaline, muscle tension, and perspiration. We sometimes “try” to calm down, but find ourselves in much the same...
Skip the Free Chips & Salsa
As I have crisscrossed the country, I have noticed a common theme in our restaurants and cafes. I like to call this “the great grain giveaway.” People seem to like the free bread and/or chips, so restaurants have certainly obliged with the focus on drawing more...
5 Steps to Wellness
There are places and times where a decision must be made. These are sometimes referred to as "forks in the road." One such decision pertains to health. I see numerous people who have experienced the reality of this impending decision with recently discovered internal...
Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers
One of the biggest fears we have is being crippled by the onset of heart disease, heart attack or stroke. Cholesterol can be one of the largest players in bringing on one of the aforementioned conditions. It is imperative to understand what cholesterol is and how it...
What causes obesity?
The simple change in body composition where there is more weight around your middle can lead to serious health destroying consequences. We often pass of a little weight gain as no big deal when all the while it is wrecking havoc on our health. However, for every pound...
Digestive Disorders
Your gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) is the system in the body that digests and absorbs food and then expels waste. The GI tract also contains many immune system cells and serves to protect the body from infection. 85% of your immune system lines your GI tract. All...
Understanding Malnutrition
In today’s busy culture most people do not nourish their bodies to maximize metabolism, but instead just grab something fast in order to control hunger. This causes malnutrition, in which the body is unable to remain healthy or recover from illness or even daily...
Hormone Imbalance and Replacement
Hormones are the chemical messengers in the body that travel the bloodstream to the organs and tissues. They slowly work and affect many of the body’s processes over time. It only takes a small amount of hormones to cause significant...
The Healthy Eating Out Plan
Being a person who really goes to the extreme in nutrition, I sometimes get asked questions that include the following: What do you eat when you go out? Do you ever cheat on your diet? Where do you go when you eat out? Believe it or not, I do eat out at times. I...
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