Switching into Yin gear
Welcome! Make sure you download my free gift to you, my podcast and book ‘6 Steps to Change Your Body’ You can grab yours over here!. Thanks for visiting!Sleep is the most under rated element in achieving optimal body composition. Just four days of disrupted sleep will raise your morning blood glucose dramatically. Of course, extended over time, that leads to insulin resistance, high blood pressure, abnormal blood fats, inflammation, etc… Regardless of who the client is, I always ask them to tell me about their sleep. You cannot get lean or…
read moreMinimize Screen Time to be Leaner and Live Longer: Get Rid of Your TV—Seriously!
Minimize the amount of time you spend in front of a screen every day and you will be leaner and live longer. Research shows that leisure screen time, both in front a computer and a TV, is linked to greater risk of death, disease, and a poorer body composition. The relationship between screen time and mortality risk increases dramatically when you spend more than two hours on leisure screen time, and the link is evident for all ages and both genders. The simplest solution is to get rid of your TV and move more. Read more. By Charles…
read moreRisks and Benefits of Soy
Some say its health food and should be consumed regularly, even supplemented, others say its dangerous – hide the children, lock the doors and protect yourself from the soy!!!! Lets look at the recent literature about soy. Soy contains phyto-estrogens, which are the plants hormones that are molecularly very similar to human hormones. They can bind weakly to estrogen receptors in the body. For people with estrogen-sensitive tumors (e.g. some breast cancers of prostate cancer) its not such a good idea to have these receptor sites…
read moreDo Antioxidants Work?
Do antioxidants work? Do you wonder if antioxidants actually prevent disease and slow aging? Some studies show they do, whereas others are speculative at best, and an unfortunate blind eye to what antioxidants actually are and how they work hamper scientific confirmation. Let’s look at what the research tells us. The Natural Antioxidant System The body has a natural antioxidant system that protects it from toxins and free radicals, which are produced by the acute inflammatory response. When functioning at a high level, the natural…
read moreTen Tips To Help You Live A Longer, Healthier Life
Stay young and healthy with a lifestyle that includes the ideal diet, exercise, and a few essential habits that will help you maximize longevity. By taking control of the aging process now, you’ll be able to delay aging and enjoy life today, tomorrow, and many years from now. This article will describe how aging occurs and provide ten strategies for increasing longevity so you can live and perform at your best. Even though I say you can “stay young” with these tips, longevity is not about “not getting old.” Rather, true longevity is…
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