If you want to lose weight and keep it off you’ve got to stop counting calories. The key to successful weight loss is to make it an unfair fight for the excess pounds clinging to your frame. Those extra 5, 10, 20, or even 40 pounds of extra body fat would be glad to drop [...]
Excellent hydration is essential for optimal (normal) function.
All of your body’s internal processes are conducted in water. Water is the medium of life on this planet. If you are dehydrated you are functioning at sub-normal levels physically and mentally. Today we’re going to develop some hydration strategies.
What Are Omega 3’s? Omega 3’s are a family of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Polyunsaturated means the carbon chain of these fats have two or more double bonds. Omega 3’s are so named because the first double bond is always 3 carbons away from the end of the fatty acid chain. Omega 3 fatty acids, [...]
Omega 3’s have all but disappeared from our food supply for a number of different reasons, and all of them are tied to the industrialization of our food supply.
A lot of people freak out when we tell them to include more fat in their diet. It is so contrary to the accepted low-fat/no-fat dogma that people’s eyes widen like a deer caught in the headlights. Intelligible speech is inhibited and pupils dilate as pulses quicken… “But I’m so terrified of blowing up.” “I’ve [...]
This post is about grains, humanity’s love affair with them, what they’re doing to our bodies and why you should keep them out of your gut! The simple changes described here will likely yield the greatest gains on your journey towards improved health, performance and well being. We’ve got to take a fresh look at [...]
Article Preview: In this article we will cover the basics of digestion so you can understand how it works (if its too sciency, just skip to the section below) and we’ll cover basic tips you can start using today to decrease digestive stress, improve energy, strengthen immunity and dramatically increase your results from your workouts. [...]
For a lot of parents, it can seem like your kid is always sniffling from one runny nose to another.
If you’ve ever wondered why your kid can’t seem to stay healthy for an extended period of time, don’t blame it on the “other” kids at school or just accept it as the way things are. Your kid should be bright eyed and bushy tailed for the vast majority of the time. Illnesses will come and go, but he shouldn’t be getting a runny nose or a cough every month.
In this series of posts entitled “Why Is My Kid Always Sick?”, we’ll identify the three biggest nutritional threats to the strength of your kid’s immune system and what you can do about them this flu season. You will see that the three biggest threats are interconnected in many ways, and by taking steps to deal with one you will be neutralizing them all.
In this video I tell you what you need to watch out for in all those “health food bars” out there.
Here’s the short list:
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Diabetes, ADD, Weight Gain, The Mid-Day Crash…the list goes on
Corn Syrup: Avoid this and products with other syrups used as added sweetener to cut down on the refined sugars.
Trans Fats: Anything with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated in the title WILL CONTAIN SOME TRANS FATS EVEN IF THE LABEL SAYS OTHERWISE.
Soy: Potent anti-nutrient and hormone disruptor.
Protein Isolates: High temperature drying creates cancer causing compounds like nitrates
MSG & Artificial Sweeteners: The former is a neurotoxic flavor enhancer and the second (aspartame, sucralose, saccharin etc.) haven’t been tested and are known to be toxic.
