We all remember the first day as teens that we realized we would need to use deodorant on a daily basis. After all, no one likes to smell bad. For most of us at that age, we chose the most colorful or best scented product we could find without giving it a second thought as […]
Fitness
Cholesterol and Our Kids: Top 10 Facts You Need To Know
The stimulus of this post is a news story out of Medpage titled, U.S. Youth Have Serious Cholesterol Problem. The article discusses the current thoughts of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Dyslipidemia (abnormal cholesterol and fats in blood) in children ages 9-11. When I saw this headline, it reinforced the fear and alarm I […]
How to Win Survival of the Fittest
We have made rapid changes to our environment over the past 200 years⎯most significantly over the past 20-40 years. These changes are causing our bodies to attempt to adapt. However, we are failing to adapt adequately enough, resulting in modern or “neolithic” chronic diseases that are bankrupting societies and causing a type of suffering never seen […]
6 keys to alleviate fitness frustration
Have you purchased a home exercise program? Is it gathering dust? It’s late night; you are lying in bed with your eyes open, wide-awake after just 3 hours of sleep. You know there is no chance of getting back to bed. To save yourself from your internal dialogue driving you mad, you turn on the […]
