Can we get close and personal today?
I’ve been in the health and nutrition field for over 30 years and one thing I can say with full confidence is that people are inherently resistant to change. I can’t tell you the number of times I have consulted with a client and talked about all the wonderful health improvements they can experience… But as soon as I mention changing their diet, I get the doe in the headlights look. Or worse yet,...
What kind of water should you drink?
I think it’s safe to say that the average person at least somewhat realizes that drinking water is good for you. But our understanding that water is good for you is where it ends…because we’re not filling our glasses nearly as often as we should. Although the blanket recommendation for water consumption is eight- 8oz. glasses a day (64 total oz., and that’s a bare bones minimum), we’re falling desperately short. According to the...
- Tags: Healthy Living, hydration, Water
Trouble sleeping? Don’t do this!
Back in the early 70s when I was a kid there was a song by the 5th Dimension called “(Last night) I didn’t get to sleep at all,” sung beautifully by the immensely talented Marilyn McCoo. While the idea behind the song is her inability to sleep because her love interest was on her mind, one line of the song that is particularly intriguing is the one where she sings, “The sleeping pill I...
- Tags: Healthy Living, Immune Health, Medications, Sleep
A very inspiring story that will touch your heart
I think it’s ingrained in us as human beings to embrace an inspiring story and be moved by the same. That’s why I share the story of my own ill health—suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for 15 years and feeling hopeless—until I changed my diet and ended my IBS practically overnight. And I’m thankful to say that I’ve been able to help many others do the same with my Great Taste No Pain...
- Tags: Healthy Eating
Surprising causes (and effective answers) for depression
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), currently 280 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Here in the US, about one out of five of us has reported symptoms of depression, and those numbers are not going down, my friend. The causes and contributing factors behind depression can run the gamut, and include the death of a loved one, job loss, divorce, trauma, being the victim of a crime, nutrient deficiencies or a severe...
- Tags: Brain Health, Depression, Mental Health
This is even worse than sugar for your health!
If you’ve been a reader of mine even for a short while, you probably remember me talking about the dangers of sugar, especially in the toxic form of high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is a driving force behind a whole slew of diseases and conditions including diabetes, insulin resistance, cancer, heart disease, obesity, dementia, immune dysfunction and chronic inflammation, to name a few. And it’s no wonder that our rates of these conditions skyrocketed...
- Tags: Cholesterol, Exercise, Fats, Omega-3 fatty acids