How does one decide which approach to healthy nutrition they should adopt? Some swear by a vegan or vegetarian approach to promote overall health. Others are convinced that a carnivore approach is necessary to preserve and grow muscle. Intermittent fasting is another approach while others eat every 3-4 hours throughout the entire day. How about…
More In ’24
In the quest for a healthier and more fulfilling life, adopting simple habits can be life changing. Here Is A List of 24 Health Habits That You Can Adopt As You Launch Into 2024 Feel free to focus on just one habit, a few, or many. Some days you may focus on one health habit…
Understanding the Basics of Calories In and Calories Out
As we head into the holiday season of parties, treats and excessive indulging, many people become concerned with the impact on their weight and overall health. It’s helpful to understand the science of caloric intake and calorie output and how the balance impacts whether you lose weight, gain weight or maintain. The term “calorie” is…
Intuitive Eating
The Holiday Season is a wonderful time filled with family, friends, good times, and great foods. Many find themselves stressing over how holiday goodies may affect their health and fitness goals. This is the perfect time to practice the principles of intuitive eating. The first step is to understand we eat because we’re hungry, but…
Increasing Life Expectancy by Learning from Blue Zones
The final episode in the Netflix Series “Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones” asks whether we can change our future based on the wisdom gained from the Blue Zones. These unique pockets where a high concentration of Centenarians exist provide a template for the rest of us to consider our lifestyles and…
The Okinawan Way to Health and Longevity
Anyone who would like to increase their life span and improve their quality of life should watch the Netflix Series “Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones”. Author and travel expert Dan Buettner travels around the world to five communities where concentrations of centenarians are extraordinarily high. His quest is to discover what…
Sundays for Success
What you do on Sundays, or the last day before your typical work week, can either set you up for success or failure in terms of your health and fitness goals. There is a saying that states “If you fail to plan, plan to fail.” Here’s 5 things you can do as you wind down…
Sugar Cleanse
Sugar may be the new smoking! In a large review of 73 meta-analyses — which included 8,601 studies — high consumption of added sugar was associated with significantly higher risks of 45 negative health outcomes, including diabetes, gout, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, cancer, asthma, tooth decay, depression and early death. Sugar addiction…
Spring Tune-Up
It’s spring break for the kids, spring cleaning of our households and baseball spring training is in full swing. It’s common to feel more energized and motivated to reset and ramp up our health and fitness in the spring as well. Some people will tackle a 2-week focused effort, others get dialed in for a…
Understanding Metabolism
Your metabolism refers to all the chemical reactions that occur within your body that keep you alive. It involves the breakdown of food into energy that the body needs to survive. It is the energy required to breathe, digest food, circulate blood, move, repair tissues and cells and for all organs to function. Our basal…