This video was so motivational to me that I had to post it here. It’s the winning entry to a video competition titled “Being 50″. After watching it you’ll see there are a lot of folks out there gettin’ it done. Regardless of their age. Be inspired by all the others that have paved the [Keep Reading]
To say that I love my coffee would be an understatement. Some may even call me a bit of a coffee snob. I buy higher quality whole beans. And I prefer to grind my beans fresh with every brewed pot. A fresh “cup o’ joe” is a real pleasure for me any time of day. [Keep Reading]
I just got the results back from my most recent physical. I’m the picture of health except for 1 little thing – my cholesterol. Now to be completely up front, this isn’t exactly surprising news. My previous checkup was 2 years ago and the doc told me then that my cholesterol was 230. So I [Keep Reading]
I know you’ve done it too. Shopped specifically for foods that are labeled “contains no High Fructose Corn Syrup“. I still do it, but the real question is … Does it really matter? Is HFCS really the evil chemical that every online know-it-all claims? Will it thwart you weight loss efforts? Sure it’s not a [Keep Reading]
My first reaction is “what kind of jack-leg question is that?”. What do you mean – is aging a disease? My reply includes 1 squinted eye and a turned up corner of my mouth. Some researchers and scientists are trying to say it is. Taking that into consideration, the drive to categorize aging as a [Keep Reading]
If you’re a parent struggling with an overweight child, this will be inspiring and motivational. Unfortunately, I can’t get the video to show up. So click here to watch it and read the original news story. A Couple Take Aways The entire family followed the plan. This wasn’t some fad diet that the mom and [Keep Reading]
What do chicken’s, eggs, and fish, have in common? They’re all answers to the “what is protein” question. If you’re like 99.9% of the folks I talk to about nutrition, then you couldn’t care less about the scientific definition of protein or about how many amino acids protein contains and what each one does for [Keep Reading]
You remember watching those Charlie Brown episodes that had their school teacher in ‘em? Every time the teacher spoke it was nothing more than verbal noise. “Wat-wah, wa wa wa waa” I believe that’s exactly what most people hear when they ask a simple health and/or nutrition question and the so-called expert delivers an answer [Keep Reading]
My mom asked me “is coconut oil good for you?” To which I replied “yes it is”. To elaborate just a little, we were hanging out in the kitchen, and as she was putting things away she came across the container of coconut oil (I’d recommended it earlier) and wanted to ask me in front [Keep Reading]
We tend to become much more aware of our wrinkly ol’ face and skin as we approach the 40′s and even more so after the big 4-0. We look at ourselves closely in the mirror wondering how long those crow’s feet have been there and why we haven’t noticed them sooner. We look at pictures [Keep Reading]