People often ask me where I get my motivation to always eat healthy and work out consistently.  Easy. Motivation is derived from wanting to achieve something positive and/or avoid something painful.  In my case, I have looming over me a family history of heart disease. My dad had his first heart attack at the tender age of 35! Then his second heart attack killed him at age 58.  So there’s my motivation! And I’ve spent...

  According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, nearly HALF of American adults currently have high blood pressure, with readings at or above 130/80.  And as if that’s not disturbing enough, hypertension is also affecting our kids!  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 25 kids in the US — about 1.3 million — ages 12 to 19 have hypertension!    Other research estimates that between 4.7...

  A study was conducted by Harvard researchers that established 12 risk factors that were considered to be preventable causes of death.  As you would expect, high blood pressure and smoking were ranked up at the top.  But coming in at a noteworthy number 6 was an Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency!  That may surprise you, but when you look at the many ways Omega-3 fatty acids support your health, it becomes clear that being without...

  I recently saw an article on Facebook that talked about harmful foods that people should avoid.  Of course that caught my attention, and I wanted to see what this doctor saw as “harmful” and why, so I read on.  I agreed with the first few items—soda, processed foods and artificial sweeteners.    Good going so far!  Especially with artificial sweeteners, since I know they are still being pushed by many in the health field as...

  I’ve often been asked why I chose to earn my Master’s degree in Holistic Nutrition versus traditional or mainstream nutrition.  Good question.  And the answer boils down to this:  I wanted to be able to sleep peacefully at night and look at myself in the mirror in the morning.  I also wanted to be able to speak the truth and not be criticized for it.  Here’s what I mean.  The nutrition industry (like many...

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, currently nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, with readings consistently at or above 130/80.

Note that the hypertension population got a big “boost” back in 2017 when the high blood pressure threshold was changed from 140/90 down to 130/80. When that occurred, the percentage of American adults with hypertension jumped from 32 percent under the old guidelines up to nearly 46 percent!