Using Exercise to Keep Calm
Has someone ever told you to “go take a walk and cool off”? Hopefully you experienced the benefits of listening to that advice. It is very helpful to understand why these benefits appear. When our emotions are heightened by anxiety, frustration, anger, or fear, it...
Exercise Boosts Brainpower
There’s no doubt that exercise has its benefits. We’ve known that it rebuilds muscle, increases metabolic rates, lowers heart disease risks, improves posture and enhances the overall quality of life. Now a landmark study demonstrates that exercise does even...
What Everybody Ought to Know About Diets
Vitamins, nutrients and nutritional needs are not the same in every person. This is what makes finding a nutritional plan that works for each person can be quite difficult. Have you ever noticed how diets have a high failure rate? This is another indicator that there...
What Everyone Ought to Know About Sugar Alcohols
If you've looked lately at the “Nutrition Facts” panel on a pack of sugar-free gum or candy, you might be surprised to see that it contains “sugar alcohol.” Don't let the name fool you. These ingredients were given this consumer-friendly name because part of their...
Hormones that Keep You Happy
Mother nature has many happy hormones. A couple that deserve mention are serotonin and melatonin. These hormones, when out of balance, can cause of insomnia, depression, anxiety and poor mood. Melatonin - The Natural Sleep Aid Melatonin is a natural sleep regulator...
Does the type of carbohydrate really matter?
As the low-carbohydrate-diet fad slowly loses steam, another may be moving in to take its place: the glycemic index fad. The glycemic index (GI) ranks carbohydrate foods based on how they affect the body's blood glucose levels. "High GI" foods such as corn flakes,...
Simple Steps to Forming Exercise & Nutrition Habits
We have all heard of the cliché ‘practice makes perfect.’ Recently, a colleague added a new twist by saying, “practice not only makes perfect but also permanent.” I immediately thought of how that applies to the formation of habits. We can practice both good and bad...
How Your Feet Affect Your Health
It is often stated that the eyes are the windows into the soul and, while this may be the case, a truth that is often ignored can be found in a soul that is much more concrete: a soul with the durability to carry us more than 70,000 miles over the course of a lifetime...
Say Goodbye to Diets
It is time to abort the concept of dieting and make good nutrition a lifestyle. Health from the inside out does not automatically happen. Once we make up our mind to change the rest falls into line. If we fall off the track, we get back on the train, no regret or...
Do I use steroids?
Throughout my time of being involved in the fitness industry and in bodybuilding, I have routinely been asked the question, “Do you take steroids?” As many that have asked me that question, I am very certain there are many more who simply believe it. Since my...
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