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I have been asked by so many over these past weeks, âhow do I make myself more healthy in the midst of this pandemicâ. I find the question a bit odd since getting healthy doesnât happen overnight. It is a process, a commitment to all aspects of whole health. I realize we all feel the …
I was thinking today that it is often that people donât appreciate what they have until they are challenged to lose what they have. People often donât think about what options they have to make themselves better or healthier until they are faced with losing their livelihood or health status. People often donât take the …
Perspective⊠I think about how that word can give us some strength during this difficult time across the world. How can our perspective help us cope, give us hope, make us stronger? I was listening to several of my teachers who helped remind me that perspective is a choice. We can choose to look at …
Researchers at the US Army Research institute of Environmental Medicine found an association between habitually consuming protein in excess of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) and lower body mass index, a smaller waist, and higher levels of the HDL âthe goodâ cholesterol (1). The findings published in the Journal of Nutrition, are from protein intake …
Dark mornings and early sunsets aren’t just reminders that fall and winter are coming. They also mean itâs time to rebuild vitamin D levels. Because sun exposure is a critical part of getting enough vitamin D, itâs common for levels to drop during fall and winter months, leading to greater risk for health complications. Itâs …
When a slice of pizza or a burrito contains more than a dayâs supply worth of sodium, itâs easy to see how growing teens can get too much. Their ravenous appetites often leave home freezers and pantries empty of these common packaged foods on a weekly basis. Now a new study is finding that, when …
January 24, 2013 Diet plays a key role in preventing age-related muscle loss, or sarcopenia, according to a new review. Those toned abs, pecs, and quads didnât come easy. You put hard work into them week in and week out at the gymâall those sets of crunches, presses, and painful squats! Now youâre getting older …
July 31, 2012 Today, I stumbled across an interesting study published by; The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine named The Use of Household Cleaning Sprays and Adult Asthma. I was amazed by their conclusions – Conclusions: Freque… nt use of common household cleaning sprays may be an important risk factor for adult …
Here is so much amazing information from my friend Dr Michael Colgan. He helps us understand the research in fitness and fat loss. How many of us are wasting our time not training properly? Exercise for Fat Loss If you are exercising to lose body fat, you have to be concerned you have too much …