The Secret of Progressive Resistance Exercise
Throughout my nearly 3 decades of intense weight training, I have been asked numerous times for input on specialized workouts, training ideas, and of course, supplements for muscle growth. However, the purpose of this article is not about supplementation, but to give...
How Alcohol Affects Your Weight Loss Efforts
I have seen more than one of my colleagues and friends overtaken by the powerful effects of alcohol consumption. What may have begun as ‘just a drink or two with work mates’ became a powerful addiction that ended with a slow, torturous death. So is there anything...
5 Steps for Maintaining Healthy Insulin Levels
We often hear about the dangers of elevated and abnormally high blood pressure and BMI (body mass index). Abnormal readings in the aforementioned do indeed promote cause for alarm. Action should be taken to lower each in order to minimize the risk of developing a...
Help! I need to lose a few pounds.
I have been asked at least 100 times (if not 1000) how to lose a few pounds. Before addressing this topic head on, I want to establish a couple of things: Scale weight is a symptom of behavior – either good or bad. If the scale weight declines because of exercise and...
Finding Success with Weight Loss
I have been asked at least 100 times (if not 1000) how to lose a few pounds. Before addressing this topic head on, I want to establish a couple of things: Scale weight is a symptom of behavior – either good or bad. If the scale weight declines because of exercise and...
7 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure
Heart disease is one of the major causes of death and chronic illness. Don't wait any longer, because now is the time to prevent the silent internal damage that wreaks havoc, ending in heart attack, stroke or other chronic disease. High Blood Pressure Defined...
4 Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome
An epidemic is occurring in the United States of America. The growing number of children and adults obesity and metabolic syndrome is astonishing. This syndrome usually end in the chronic disease called diabetes. Diabetes carries many chronic health destroying issues...
Protein Supplements – What kind and how much?
In this day and age, everyone is talking about protein. Wherever I go on my travels, I am asked routinely about protein. Let me preface by saying I will be addressing this from a protein supplement standpoint, not food. What kind of protein should I use? When...
11 Ways to Prevent the Flu + The Flu Shot Explained
When the cold and flu season is upon us, the most important thing is to be well informed. Getting the flu shot is essential if you meet the criteria for its administration. The final decision to receive the flu shot occurs between patient and practitioner. Make sure...
10 Gluten Allergy Symptoms
More than 55 diseases have been linked to gluten, the protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. It’s estimated that 99% of the people who have either gluten intolerance or celiac disease are never diagnosed. It is also estimated that as many as 15% of the US population...
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