Does this sound like you? If so, please listen up.
I’ve been in the health and nutrition field for three decades, so as you can probably surmise, I’ve pretty much heard it all. I’ve seen numerous versions of what people think a “healthy diet” is, I’ve been asked about every diet and weight loss supplement on God’s green earth and have heard every excuse known to man for someone’s lack of exercise. That’s OK, because this is why I do what I do. To...
Don’t get caught up in this hype!
When it comes to selling, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to create an urgent need or problem, then magically provide (i.e.: sell) the solution to said problem. Note that I used the word create here, because many times the need for a specific product is just not there, so the customer must be convinced (or scared into thinking) they need it. At the same time, if other competing products can...
3 Amazingly simple steps to better health
I once consulted with a 45-year-old woman who was overweight, stressed out, always tired, hadn’t exercised in years and had an atrocious diet. And she said something that no other client had ever said to me. She said, “I know what I need to do, but I just look at myself and say, ‘Why bother?’” If this even remotely sounds like you, then read on and see what I explained to this woman. It’s...
This is even worse than sugar for your health!
If you’ve been a reader of mine even for a short while, you probably remember me talking about the dangers of sugar, especially in the toxic form of high fructose corn syrup. Sugar is a driving force behind a whole slew of diseases and conditions including diabetes, insulin resistance, cancer, heart disease, obesity, dementia, immune dysfunction and chronic inflammation, to name a few. And it’s no wonder that our rates of these conditions skyrocketed...
- Tags: Cholesterol, Exercise, Fats, Omega-3 fatty acids
5-part series: 5 Things You Must Do To Avoid An Early Death (Part 3)
Part 3: Engage in Regular Exercise I’m certain that the title of this third installment of my 5-part series “5 Things You Must Do To Avoid An Early Death” caused many an eye to roll. Exercise probably comes in fourth on the list of things that people dread the most, right after public speaking, snakes and spiders. Regardless of your level of affinity (or loathing) for exercise, the fact remains that it is crucial to...
- Tags: Blog, Exercise, Healthy Living
Seven ways you may be raising your cancer risk
There are few words that inspire more fear and dread than: CANCER. I think it’s safe to say that most people wouldn’t cherish the thought of having to face cancer…and would want to do everything they could to avoid having their number come up in the cancer lottery. Problem is that many people are rolling out the red carpet for our number two killer and don’t even know it! Here are seven ways that...
- Tags: Cancer, Exercise, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Sleep, Stress, Sugar