Do you or someone you know suffer from chronic back pain? Most everyone knows someone who does, or has experienced it themselves. The most common complaint is general back pain and stiffness and as many as eight out of 10 Americans struggle with it…

I was involved in a conversation the other day on fats. We exercise physiologists/fitness therapists have them often. It usually involves one of…

Lately, the idea of giving up your sitting desk for a standing desk has become a popular idea. The early studies on standing desks reveal that they….

You’re sitting in your doctor’s office, fidgeting in your seat awaiting him or her to give you the news about your last health checkup. As you observe the doctor looking down at their notes you wonder whether it is difficult for…

Why is it that we have suddenly (albeit over the past 35 years) come to where we are now in our health? It’s as if we have abandoned our roots and reset our focus on everything else, other than our health. Fact is…

If you knew that doing something on a regular basis could build your bones, help your heart, improve your balance, make you feel like you have more energy, make you look and feel better, help you lose weight and prevent you from being institutionalized due to disease in later life would you do it?

It’s a controversial subject with many experts piping in about the hazards of the microwave oven, while others say they are safe. But the questions and concerns linger on your mind every time you turn one on. Are you hurting your health…

Do you consider yourself healthy? How do you know if you are? There’s no shortage of discussion about the factors that contribute to health and how to optimize and improve it. But what is health, really? How do we define it? And can the way we define health actually influence or direct our experience of it?

For many people who experience unaccountable joint or back pain, their regular doctor offers very little help. Yet there are answers available if you are willing to do the work necessary to eliminate your pain. Obviously, the first step is…

Do you know the most important strategies for having healthy bones? Your doctor will tell you calcium right?…

Do you leak? I’m not talking about your bladder. I’m referring to your gut. Leaky Gut Syndrome today is known as…

It’s hard to imagine that depression could be driven by something other than our perception of stress, but it is true. We often blame stress or our mental state as the cause of our anxiety, depression and fatigue but now we are finding it’s not always the case. Stress and anxiety can….

Bacon weighs in at about 45 calories (one strip). Of the 45 calories, approximately 65 percent comes from fat. Is that bad? Well…

Fat. It’s just there, always on your mind, always tampering with an outfit that you want to wear. You check how you look in the mirror, and you don’t like what you see. Magazines and online searches tell you to…

If you could take one supplement that would make a difference in your life what would it be? It’s a difficult question because there are several that come to mind, especially for me. So in this week’s blog I ask, what makes omega-3 fats so special? And…

If you could put your finger on the very first thing that determined your health and wellness, it might surprisingly be water. Or more specifically, drinking enough of it. It’s not a subject that we thank about much. But it should be. Most of us take it for granted. But have you ever taken a moment to think about how…

Have you ever had heart burn? Most of us have at one time or another, but most of us also took a tums or some other antacid to treat it, right? Acid reflux is an extremely common health problem, affecting as many as…

Imagine that we are walking along a hiking path, enjoying nature, thinking good thoughts, and suddenly, we hear a rustle in the bushes. Our body thinks, bear (or in Paleo times saber toothed tiger-Oh my). Either way, the hike is ruined along with your underwear and you are now faced with a decision…