Happy Nirvana

I’m sure you’ve experienced this before. Yesterday I was feeling tired by the day’s end and I still hadn’t gotten my workout in. I’d had a busy day filled with meetings and before I knew it the clock read 7:00pm. At this point I could have either skipped my workout or tried to muster up [...]

Photo: Flickr It’s no wonder that kids are blowing up like balloons more every year. According to Kids Health, the percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate–one out of three kids are now considered overweight or obese. And even worse, a new study released by the National Cancer [...]

A story in Reuter’s earlier this week begins: “A chemical found in chili peppers that is being touted as a weight loss aid may not be as useful as its manufacturer would like people to think, a new study suggests.” Is anyone really surprised by this? Credits to:Nutrition Data: Dieting & Weight Loss Blog

Unless you’re purposely taking a week off from exercising because it has been built into your program as part of a planned periodization model you really want to keep things as consistent as possible. Your body properly utilizes sugar and the carbohydrates you feed it to a far greater degree when you’ve been exercising, and [...]

Young children and infants who do not get enough nighttime sleep have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later on in life – napping does not reduce the obesity risk significantly, reports a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Over the last 20 years obesity rates in the [...]

Do you like eggs but are afraid to eat the yolks?  For years, egg yolks have been banned from, or at least very limited in, the diets of folks who worry about developing heart disease.  But for many more of us, it’s the fat, and hence calorie, content of the yolks that has so many [...]

Managing diabetes is not a do-it-yourself operation.  Although our goal is to supply tools, information, support, and guidance that will empower you to take control of your diet and health, the input of your own health care team is also a critical part of the equation. Be sure to check with your nutritionist or diabetes [...]

Michael Pollan travelled to London this week to dish up his latest nourishing read, Food Rules – An Eater’s Manual. This collection of home spun dietary advice, that was previewed in the New York Times last year, has now been published in the UK by Penguin. Speaking at the Royal Society of Arts on Monday [...]

In my last post I detailed the reasons why you can’t over think exactly how you will reach your goals. Today, I want to outline for you a simple 5 step beginner plan that can be used by anyone to accomplish their weight loss goal: You can feel free to use this formula to revisit [...]

Today, I want to share a personal goal of mine that I just committed to. In about 8 weeks I will compete in my first triathlon. I have never done one, trained for one, or currently swim, bike, or run anything more than recreationally. So although I keep myself in shape through being active, training with [...]