Eating healthy fats is finally over the last couple years becoming a recognized critical part of our diet. For the past few decades, we’ve heard all about the virtues of a low-fat diet and the dangers of dietary fat and cholesterol. But with the number of overweight and obese people climbing every day and statin […]
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Which Has Better Health Effects THC or CBD in Marijuana?
In a recent study titled “The Association between Cannabis Product Characteristics and Symptom Relief,” published in the journal Scientific Reports, UNM researchers Sarah See Stith, assistant professor in the Department of Economics, and Jacob Miguel Vigil, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, found that THC and CBD contents were the most important factor for optimizing symptom […]
Exercises for Abs
Exercises for abs are an important way to strengthen your midsection, also known as your core, and to give you stability and awesome looking abs. Everyone thinks that there is some kind of a secret but really the best way to build a great set of abs and get that stable core is to diet, […]
How To Avoid Decisions To Improve Your Life
There are a few things that you can do to reduce stress in your life by simplifying your decisions and avoiding something called decision fatigue. I never realized that I was doing a few of these things, but in looking at my life overall I know that a few of my habits can make a […]
What Is A Bulging Disc?
My family have all been going to a local Structural Chiropractor for the last few months and finally a few weeks ago I dove in too. She took some pictures and aligned my body, and sent me for X-rays and finally after all this let me know that I had some real back problems that […]
Lower Back Exercise Using Yoga For Core Strength
Many people looking for core strength neglect lower back exercise while focusing on the abs. This is a huge mistake as the muscles of the back are vital for core strength. If you are undertaking any kind of workout program or even for normal day to day life, the back must be strong to avoid […]
Free Book on how to avoid stress
Tick tick tick The number of days until Christmas is counting down pretty quickly and the stress at this time of year for many people is quite overwhelming. I know it and you probably know it too. I know that when I write to you about fitness it is usually diet and exercise but today […]
Fasting may help your heart
This is about a month old study but I thought that it would be a good idea to give out this info on a study that had to conclude that fasting seems to lower the chance of heart attacks in people that fast one day a month. The anti-fasting people will not like this and […]
FDA says OK to Prilosec and Nexium
Earlier this year there were some stories around about fears that Prilosec and Nexium may not be quite as healthy as they should be for people taking them for dealing with acid reflux disease and that they increased heart attack risk. The FDA is now saying that there are no increased risk of heart attacks […]
Getting Started With Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic Diet, also just known as the Keto diet has gone from being an interesting offshoot from the Atkins diet to a very very popular diet with lots of scientific backing. Did you know the standard American diet (SAD) contains 45-65% of calories from carbohydrate rich food? That’s why there is an epidemic of […]
How often to do core exercises
I find that people either do their ab exercises every day or never. Some people do them a couple of times a week and I thing that that is a good plan but the way that they are done is kind of haphazard and not really in a way that is conducive to reaching your […]
Fruits and Vegetables – The Good Carbs
One interesting line I heard once has stuck with me for years when it comes to carbohydrates, “If it is white, don’t eat it” Well that may be true for a few reasons that I wanted to cover today. When we eat carbs they tend to come in all colors, fruit has all sorts of […]
How To Train Your Core Of Your Body
When doing any kind of exercise and even at times when you are not doing any exercise you will notice your core of your body. Your core is the muscles right around your torso, that is the muscles of your abdominals right around your lower back and everything in between. The muscles of the core […]
Using Exercise for better sleep
The amount of physical exercise that you exert during the day is one of the key ingredients to helping you get a good sleep at night. The more active your body is during the day, the more likely you are to relax at night and fall asleep faster. With regular exercise you’ll notice that your […]
Why do the Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers diets work?
As someone that follows the ebb and flow of diets I get a chance to see a lot of diets as well as the reports as to whether they work or not. Over the last few years there have been probably 100 diets released on an unsuspecting public, some gain traction and others don’t but […]
