Working at a desk may be the most dangerous thing that you do… Humans were designed for complex movements, in a variety of planes, in constant motion. Our bodies move freely through series of “tugs-of-war”. In order for movement to take place, one muscle group works as it’s opposite relaxes. For example, when you scratch
There is a lot more to foam rolling than laying on a roller and making it hurt. Foam rolling is a way to do self myofascial release. Our fascia is an endless web of connective tissue that turns from an almost liquid state when we are kids to an almost bone like state when we
Remember, when we talk carbs, we are talking about True Carbs – fruits, veggies, groats and wild rice or things that can be eaten raw. You want to make sure that what you consume right after your event can easily be digested and, therefore, used. This way your body will immediately start working on filling
Pre race: When you are exercising, your body relies on glucose for fuel. Carbohydrates are the best source of glucose. Before we go any further, I would like to explain what we consider to be carbohydrates. True carbohydrates are fruits and veggies, oat or buckwheat groats, quinoa and wild rice. Everything else falls into the
As most of us know, it’s easy to make New Year’s Resolutions and it’s a lot harder to keep them. As therapists, we get to hear a lot of people’s resolutions and over the years we have seen some stick but, honestly, most fall by the wayside within two months. As humans, we all are
Hopefully you have survived the holiday season so far without too much weight gain or worse, the flu. Unfortunately, you’re not out of the woods yet! New Years Eve is upon us and with it comes the last hurrah. If you’re like a lot of people, you are looking at tonight as one last night
One of The Most Common Deficiencies….MAGNESIUM! Magnesium deficiency affects at least 68% of us according to the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. That means two out of every three people suffer from magnesium deficiency. Most people don’t even know it. Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms There are more than 300 biological functions that require magnesium.
Now that you feel the discomfort and guilt from your 2,700 calorie eating spree, you want to know what you can do to feel better about yourself…? For starters, a walk would be a good thing – but an average 150 lb man walking at a normal pace would need to walk for around 11
Thanksgiving day is next week. The holiday that is all about kicking the eating season (sometimes called “flu season”) off in style. When I was growing up, the only meat I liked was turkey and we only had it at Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I have an emotional attachment to Thanksgiving and Turkey. And I
As a performance and wellness consultants, we often get questions about whether milk is good for us or not so when I was asked to write an article on milk I gladly accepted thinking it would be an easy ten-minute story. Tell them how bad milk is and I’m done. Well, here I am after
Webster’s defines nutrition as “the act or process of nourishing or being nourished; specifically: the sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and utilizes food substances”. If nutrition is what supplies energy to the human body then we as humans must ensure that we consume enough, the right kind and
The mind is truly amazing, it never ceases to amaze me, and its influence on our health should not be overlooked. I just watched the finish of the Dubai Marathon and I think it would be safe to say that there wasn’t one participant that didn’t speed up when they saw the finish line. Forty
As Glen Fry said “the heat is on”. Heat can make life miserable and training next to impossible. Fear not. Just because the heat is starting to climb doesn’t mean that you have to abandon all the gains you made during the good weather. In this article we will talk about ways to help
Breakfast is the meal that is intended to break the fast that has occurred while you sleep and as such is considered by many health experts as the most important meal of the day. It is extremely important to break all fasts with the correct foods. Granted, breaking an 8 hour fast while you sleep
This Burger is SAD (Standard American Diet). Guess what? This burger is old. Months old. Yet, it hasn’t decomposed. In fact, the box it came in has started to break down, but the burger itself is still intact! There’s nothing healthy about it – nothing fresh and organic. Can you imagine what this would look
Let’s look at some facts about diabetes and then see how something as simple as eating a healthy lunch can help keep diabetes under control. Defined, DiabetesMellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Here are some of the leading
In Part 1, we touched on general nutrition and its affect on health and its relationship with cancer. As promised in Part 2, we will look deeper into the links between food and cancer. Recent findings in the U.S. state that: 1 in 3 people will be afflicted with cancer 500,000 cancer deaths occur each
There is a wealth of research being presented linking cancer to diet so I’m going to break the nutrition part of this article into two halves. In this article I want to cover general health nutrition. In Part 2, I will talk about nutrition more specific to cancer. So let’s start with a question. Are
