Your Nutrient Status
Posted in General, Health, NutritionYour body is a record keeping machine! Much like we use the credit card without thinking, then the bill comes, and wow!, we didn’t realize we spent so much, the body is recording every nutrient (or non-nutrient thing) you put it. We don’t realize it at first because we don’t get a statement every month […]
Give your brain some fuel(from: “Healing Foods”)
Posted in Books, Exercise, Fitness, Food, Health, NutritionHigh quality proteins found in foods like lean mats, fish and yogurt boosts levels of the amino acid tyrosine. Tyrosine is essential to production of two neurotransmitters, dopamine and norepinephrine. Studies have found that these chemicals boost energy, ehance motivation, and speed up quick thinking. The ideal high energy diet consists of complex carbohydrates, for the […]
Prevention
Posted in Fitness, Food, Health, Nutrition, VitaminsAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That has been my motto for quite a few years and I have to say it has served me well. What can you do to protect yourself from foreign invaders to the integrity of you well being. Number one in my book, think good thoughts. […]
Stressed?!!!!
Posted in Health, Nutrition, VitaminsStress, who doesn’t have it? With the busy and demanding lives we lead it is hard to keep stress at a manageable level. Too much stress can affect us in various ways. Our hormone balance can be disrupted.Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the blood to affect specific target cells. It affects our mood, our sleep patterns […]
Eat With Your Head
Posted in Exercise, Food, Health, NutritionMy son and his new wife had the pleasure of going to England for their honeymoon. At one of the restaurants where they ate the food came in some packaging that had a message the above mentioned title that I thought was excellent and wanted to share with you. It was an interview with loads […]
The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup
Posted in Food, Health, NutritionThe new commercial about high fructose corn syrup is leaving out some important truths. The commercial makes you think that high fructose corn syrup is just a natural product and you should be able to consume it without concern. However, Gabe Mirkin, MD can shed some light on the possible negative effects of high fructose […]