It’s a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don’t: the power of innovation. If you’ve ever marvelled at somebody’s creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed potential; because the […]
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Why doing 90% is not enough
Now that it is College Basketball playoff season and we have passed the sweet 16 and are closing in on the final 4 we get to see a lot of young kids interviewed after games and often they say things like “I gave it 100%” or “I left everything I had on the court” or […]
Dermatologist Recommended Skin Care
If you’re like me, when you look for something like skin care, a recommendation by a professional makes a big difference, right? But what if that recommendation is not all it’s cracked up to be? In other words, what if “Dermatologist Recommended” doesn’t really mean that a skin care product is effective, or even safe […]
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Over the last several years, probably more than 10 years now, professional athletes have been using Hyperbaric chambers to improve healing from bruising and injuries and it has worked fantastically for them. Hyperbaric Oxygen chamber therapy works by a person breathing near 100 percent oxygen intermittently while inside the hyperbaric chamber that is pressurized to […]
30 Tips For Choosing Healthy Fats In Your Diet
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
