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Get Stronger - Live Longer

Researchers from the University of South Carolina have found that total body strength correlates to longer life and better health.

Cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, bad cholesterol and insulin resistance are all far less likely to develop in strong, healthy bodies.

Eat Well: Fortify your body with fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, nuts and seeds.

Train Hard: Engage in strength training three to four days a week. Train your cardiovascular system with interval training at least twice a week.

Follow these simple tips to live a longer, healthier and happier life.

To your Good Health!

Evil versus Adversity: Can you tell the Difference?

Don’t confuse evil with adversity.

Evil (however you might define it), is like a wild animal that you cannot kill.

However, if you don’t feed evil -don’t feed into evil, soon it leaves you ….to stalk other prey.

Adversity …..Adversity is a different animal altogether.

Adversity must be attacked with everything you have …and conquered -no matter the cost.

Do not confuse the two.
~The wasted effort will certainly kill you.

Superfood or Super-Scam?

You’ve seen it, I’m sure….

You’ve heard about it -maybe on television, the radio -certainly you’ve been bombarded by the wild outrageous claims as you browse your favorite websites online.

The acai berry (pronounced “ah sigh-EE”) has been featured in countless news articles, television programs, advertisements and web promotions as an absolute super-food; capable of of miraculous healing, improved sexual function and oh yeah….you’ll drop a ton of weight by adding these little beauties to your diet too.

So is it true?

Does this magical Brazilian rain forest berry really do all that they say it does?

~What do you think?

Look, berries are good for you -No Question!

Berries are full of fabulous fiber, anti-aging antioxidants, flavorful flavonoids and all sorts of cancer fighting, waist slimming, colon cleansing goodness.

But the acai berry is no better than any other berry and it certainly isn’t the super food that many are claiming it to be.

It’s tropical, it’s pretty, it tastes good and it’s good for you. Fine, we get it.

But we also have strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, loganberries and they have all of the very same health benefits that the highly acclaimed acai berries have.

In fact, there are an awful lot of fresh fruits and vegetables that have even greater health benefits than the highly touted acai wonder-berry -but so what?

My point is, that while the acai is a wonderful addition to our fresh fruit and vegetable intake -it can’t replace any of the other wonderful whole foods we are eating to improve our health and wellness. And, we certainly shouldn’t be spending a fortune to get our hands on it either!

Eat your fill of wonderful berries, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, lean meats, fresh poultry and seafood.

But don’t look for any wonder-drug, wonder-berry or super-food to improve your health.

You’ll be sadly disappointed if you do.

To your Good Health!

You really gonna eat that?

Soybeans have been in use for over 3,000 years, but they haven’t always been used as food -at least not for humans.

The Chinese first used the soybean as an inexpensive animal feed and to replenish nitrogen in the soil during crop rotation.

Soybeans were later fermented and used to make soy sauce, tempeh and natto -a popular fermented bean-like breakfast food, typically served over rice.

Fermented soybeans have very different nutritional characteristics and are actually quite healthy in comparison to the processed soybean.

Unfortunately, the processed soybeans used in products like tofu and veggie-burgers, Soy Milk and soy-based infant formulas are not very good for us at all!

These types of soy products are created by first adding calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate or magnesium chloride to the coagulated soy-milk, allowing the mixture to curdle then pressing the mixture into blocks.

Aside from the chemical additives (which of course we don’t need), soybeans naturally contain phytates and phytates interfere with nutrient absorption in the human body.

Calcium, zinc, magnesium and iron are all essential nutrients that humans need to survive. Consuming soy inhibits the bioavailability of these essential nutrients, robbing our body of  health and wellness.

Additionally, soybeans contain isoflavones which mimic excess estrogen and can lead to estrogen-toxicity. The nasty little beans also have goitrogenic properties which interfere with proper thyroid function and trypsin inhibitors which stunt human growth.

Soy Milk and soy-based infant formulas have been linked to ADD, ADHD and Autism in infants, children and adults. Soy Milk has also been linked to exaggerated PMS symptoms in women, eczema, hives, swelling of the eyes & eyelids, generalized inflammation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and a whole host of other nasty side-effects.

Soy is often used as an alternative protein source, but again….soy fails to deliver.

Soy protein is missing L-lysine -an essential amino acid -which makes soy protein an incomplete protein and a very poor choice in this regard.

If you seek good health -avoid the soy!

There are no benefits to soy consumption and you just don’t need the nasty side-effects.

To your Good Health!

Here’s a Helpful, Healthful Tip for Better Health and Improved Body Composition:

Stop eating at least three hours before bed.

Your body needs time to rest, recuperate and rebuild.

These important functions occur primarily at night as we sleep, but are inhibited when the body has food to digest.

So let your body do what it needs to do.

Stop eating at least 3 hours before bed and watch your health improve and your waistline shrink!

To your Good Health!

Just like diamonds -our inner strength and endurance are the result of incredible heat, stress and pressure.

Multi-faceted -Hard -Beautiful

But these external forces are not enough….

We provide the raw materials for our own self-creation.

What are you made of?

Is it enough?

Are you satisfied?

You really do control the final creation.

What you ultimately become …is completely up to you.

Sure it’s tough….it’s supposed to be.

Without pressure -without stress -without enormous heat and agonizing strain …..diamonds are never formed.

Embrace the process.

You are Multi-faceted, Hard and Beautiful…..

It took a long time to create you…..now we just need to polish you up a bit

Conventional wisdom seems to advocate that if you want to lose weight and get into shape –all you need to do is eat less and exercise more.

Really?

I’m afraid that just isn’t true.

Not by a long shot.

It’s just not that simple.

I see people every day clinging to that belief and getting nowhere….making zero progress towards their goals. They are working very, very hard and eating less and less and still….they do not have the health or physique they want.

There is something else holding them back.

There is another way….a better way.

You’ve probably heard me say that the human body is an amazing organism…marvelously adapted for survival.

The human body is able to withstand enormous stress, illness, excess and deprivation and still keep on keepin’ on.

Our bodies are Experts of Survival!

We survive because our bodies are very, very efficient at adapting to the environment.

We adapt so well, because our bodies are very, very efficient at maintaining  ……maintaining  ….maintaining

If we eat less….our bodies simply conserve whatever fuel we give them….and maintain the same weight.

If we exercise more our bodies simply conserve their resources…stealing resources from other aspects of our survival if necessary ….and we maintain the same weight.

Here’s the thing though….

If we give the body what it needs not only to survive, but thrive!  -then the body is not in a ‘threatened state’ of survival.

If the body is not ‘preoccupied’ with survival…it will adapt to suit our goals.

Did you happen to see any of the Olympic events televised from China?

Weren’t those athletes spectacular to watch?

Didn’t they have incredible physiques?

Do you think that they “ate less and exercised more” to reach that state of physical and mental preparedness?

I don’t think so either…

Those athletes know that in order to adapt to the demands of their sport, they need to feed their bodies and feed them well.

They also know that they need to exercise specifically in order to excel at their sport.

We can mimic that.

We can take advantage of the human body’s amazing ability to adapt.

Eating less and exercising more doesn’t work

But giving our body what it ‘needs to succeed’ does work and it works very, very well.

Are you giving your body what it needs to succeed?

Let’s do that, shall we?

~To your Good Health!

Is it in you?

Behavioral change and the desire to push one’s self, absolutely MUST come from within.

As a professional trainer and Poliquin BioSignature practitioner, I can help you -guide you and assure that you get the best results possible in less time…

But the decision to win is yours.

Have you decided to Win?

The biggest challenge you will ever face when deciding to make lifestyle changes…is you.

You are your own biggest asset and your own biggest liability.

Your strengths are also your weaknesses.

In the field of brain research the Hebbian Theory states that: “Brain cells that fire together –wire together”

Brain neurons -hard at work -creating actions -creating your life!

All that means is, when we make the same choices over and over -the random chemical reactions in our brains begin to fire as if there is no other alternative -like they are not ‘random’ anymore.

It’s like we no longer have ‘choice.’

We seem to feel that we have to act in these same, predictable patterns, these same predictable ways -making the same predictable unhealthy choices.

So what used to be random…..is now “automatic”

We can also call these are our habits.

But in reality our habits are just the choices we make and the and actions we take…that’s all.  They can be changed.

We really can ‘re-wire’ the neurons in our brains to ‘re-fire’ in different order and in different sequence to create new and different actions, behaviors and habits.

We have that power! -It’s true!

I get all ‘goose-bumpy’ just thinking about it! (I am such a nerd)

So new habits may be difficult to get into and you may not ‘think’ you’re enjoying them but there’s more going on inside that head of yours than you may realize.

You’re fighting with yourself and there is a battle going on inside your brain.

Remember…..

“Brain cells that fire together –wire together”

Just start ‘firing’ new experiences and eventually those experiences will become habit and then……

–The sky is the limit!

You can ultimately do whatever you want to do.

(See? -now YOU have the goosebumps!)

To your good health!

You gonna eat that?

Follow this tip for better health:

Do not eat anything from a box, a bag, a tube, a can or a wrapper.  Avoid eating anything processed, preserved and anything with ingredients label. Sound harsh?  Think again.

Take a look at a typical ingredient label. Would you eat each and every one of those ingredients all by themselves? Could you even get your hands on each one of those ingredients? Not likely, not unless you’re a chemist working in a lab.

Do you know what sodium benzoate is? It’s a food preservative. It’s an ingredient in countless food items at your local grocery or convenience store. –Just look on a label –you’ll see it. Sodium benzoate keeps prepackaged food from going rotten for a long…long….long…time.

Rocket Fuel in your Food?

Sodium benzoate is also an active ingredient used in the production of fireworks. It’s packed into the business-end of rockets to provide propulsion and as an added bonus it makes a whistling sound as it burns.  That’s in your food. How well do you think your immune system is handling that?

I’m sure you’ve seen sodium phosphate listed on ingredient labels too. Sodium phosphate is used to keep oils from separating in their packaging. Sodium phosphate keeps your canned soup looking like soup and your packaged cheese looking like cheese.  It’s also a cleaning agent, stain remover and an industrial de-greaser used for prepping surfaces prior to paint.

The point is, if your food has an ingredients label, you had better be willing to eat each and every ingredient on that label because like it or not –you are and it’s not doing your health a bit of good. In fact, it’s slowly killing you. Stay away from food in a box, bag, can, tube or wrapper. “Eat from a box, you’ll end up in a box –a big, fat, over-sized box.

Can the bags and pitch the box…. stick to fresh, whole foods.

Choose lean meats, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables and be sure to drink plenty of fresh, clean water.

To your Good Health!