A couple of weeks ago, I was having a discussion about health on a Facebook thread. It’s not always easy to give health advice by means of social media, but when someone asks my opinion, I do my best to answer. In this particular case, I was advocating the benefits of a healthy diet and what “healthy” [...] Read more »
Caring For The Environment
Regardless of what side of the global warming debate you are on, we can all agree that we always need to be caring for the environment. But as important as the water, air, and earth is to our well-being, caring for our inner environment deserves the same respect and is too often disastrously neglected. What good is saving [...] Read more »
The Race for a Cure
Every year in thousands of cities across America, the search for a cure goes on… A cure for what, you ask? Well, just about every disease known to man, and there are plenty of them to keep us busy. We are walking, running, biking, racing, climbing, playing, and praying for either awareness (as if we [...] Read more »
Winterize Your Body
Toastiest of hellos to everyone… What a sad, sad day it is. Yesterday I brought all of my sweaters out from their summer storage place and hunted down the skullcap I wear around my house on cold nights. My fuzzy slippers are sorrowfully waiting for me by my bedside and the winter coats have been [...] Read more »
Are You Doomed?
For years and years we have been told (and we’ve therefore believed) that our genetic makeup has close to everything to do with our limitations in countless areas of our lives, especially our health. We have been told that we have diabetes because our father and grandfather had diabetes. We believed that our chances of [...] Read more »
Jumpstart Your Health, Part 2
This article is a continuation of Jumpstart Your Health Part 1 Always Be Aware – Have you ever sat down on the couch with a tub of ice cream and a spoon and before you knew what was happening you were scraping the bottom of the carton? Do you feel like you’ve failed every time [...] Read more »
Jumpstart Your Health, Part 1
No matter who you are, there are always steps you can take to live better. If your health goals still elude you, here is a list of 10 ways to jumpstart your health. This article was only supposed to be one post, but it just kept getting longer and longer so I am going to [...] Read more »
Stress is Making You Sick
It’s no mystery that stress will destroy your health. It is well known that stress is a major factor in nearly every degenerative disease in America…and we bury ourselves in it every day. Not many people know, however, exactly how stress will destroy your body. The process will both shock and alarm you. The Stress Response I’m [...] Read more »