How to Relieve Jaw Pain
Do you suffer from jaw, facial or headache type pain? Temporomandibular disorder (TMD), or temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, is the most common cause of pain in the face. It often occurs after a tooth ache and never goes away. Two TMD Syndromes Muscle-related...
Detoxing: What You Need to Know
Cleansing and detoxing are all the rage. You can have fresh, organic juice cleanses delivered to your door, pick up a detox kit at your local health food store, or follow one of the many do-it-yourself programs endorsed by celebrities such as Dr. Oz and Oprah....
The Best Way to Get a Flat Stomach
Is it crunches? Leg lifts? Sit ups? Is there one best exercise to get a flat stomach? Let me be the first to inform you the answer is an resounding, YES! With that emphatically stated, let me lay out this perfect exercise for flat abdominal muscles and a chiseled...
6 Weight Loss Tips (When You Can’t Find Motivation)
1. Remove "try" from your vocabulary. Just do it! Set one simple daily goal that you will stick with! If it's eat one green vegetable, do it! If it is to walk 10 minutes, do it! If it's avoiding all sugar, do it! Sticking with something day after day ingrains good...
How Hormones Ruin Weight Loss Efforts
One in two Americans have some degree of diabesity (diabetes + obesity). This may be due to a fat-storing hormone known as insulin and the stress-related hormone, cortisol. How Does Insulin Affect Weight Loss? When you’re overweight or skinny fat (normal weight but...
How Your Genes Affect Obesity
Obesity can be related to the genes you carry, not just the blue jeans you wear! There is one particular gene called the Fat Mass and Obesity gene, or FTO gene, that may be part of your propensity to gain weight and resistance to shedding it. What role does the FTO...
11 Signs of Mold Illness
Mold is a big problem in most homes, but many people are unaware of the problem. Of course, everyone looks at the shower curtain, under the sink, or in the basement when he or she think about mold issues, but mold can grow just about anywhere. Mold can be found in...
Dietary Fat: Friend or Foe?
Fat is one of the body’s most basic building blocks. The average person is made up of between 15 and 30 percent fat! Yet, for decades, we’ve unfairly demonized dietary fat. We've diligently followed a low-fat diet that almost always equates into a high-sugar and...
10 Tips for Success in Life
How many of these tips do you have actively working in your life? Work on the weak areas and make everything else stronger. 1. Make it a priority to stay in shape. Losing weight is the top "New Years" resolution for Americans, and combined with “exercise more” and...
Breaking Free from Food Addiction
We are emotionally driven by food. Our brains are biologically driven to seek and devour high-calorie sugary and fatty foods. We have to learn how to control our eating habits or our eating habits will control us. There are things you can do to help you counteract the...