With two out of three months of the first quarter passed, and one week into the last month, now is a great time to evaluate your New Year’s resolutions! If you’ve fallen off the bandwagon, don’t despair. You are not alone. Many Americans attempt to live healthier lifestyles beginning January 1 of each year. [...]
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Category Archives: Health
The Sex Boost
Straight from the March issue of Prevention Magazine are 7 surprising ways that sex can do your body some good. (and here I thought the article entitled, “Get a Health Boost in Bed” was going to be about catching enough zzz’s!)
1. Sex helps reduce chronic pain. Yep, it triggers the release of endorphins, corticosteroids, and [...]
Clean Up Your Diet, Eat Less Junk, Stay Healthy
Consider this statement from Nutrition doc David Katz, “Eating well is part of the formula that can reduce our risk of ANY major chronic disease by 80%” and you’ll understand the case for natural foods. It’s true, we are what we eat. The average adult loses about 300 BILLION cells each day due to aging [...]
New Habits, New You (summarized from Prevention Magazine)
I read a great article that is perfect for summarization in that I can give you the quick hits in Cliff Notes version without leaving much out!
When making positive changes for your health and longevity, the changes are easier to make and more certain to keep, if they are made in smaller increments. Small steps [...]
2 Simple Tests for Heart Disease
Here are two very simple tests to help determine your heart disease risk:
1. What’s your waiste-to-height ratio? The amount of belly fat might e the best indicator out there of Type 2 diabetes risk. This has been indicated previously in a number of tests, but once again, new Swedish research confirms this link. What’s [...]
A Reason to Enjoy Chocolate–For Your Health!
If you love chocolate like I do, you like to find justifcation for your favorite vice. So just in time for Valentine’s Day, allow me to share a few benefits of indulging in chocolate!
You’ve probably heard the real benefits are found in dark chocolate or cacao…which is loaded with antioxidants. Antioxidants are important because [...]
3 Steps to Stay Younger, Gain Engery & Lower Disease, Part III
Earlier this week we talked about 3 simple steps to help you achieve longevity and health. We talked about steps 1 & 2–moving your body and eating your superfoods. Today, we will talk in more detail about #3–stimulating your mind.
It’s important to stay “mentally agile” and quite fun to do. Simply [...]