Normalizing Movement and Embracing Intervals for Weight Loss
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t work. This series examines several simple tweaks that help keep weight off. Read part one of this series on weight loss here. […]
Prescriptive treatment for mental illness: exercise
Dr. Christina Bjorndal, ND The Mood Disorders Society of Canada put out a startling statistic in 2009: 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime1, including depression, mood disorder, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactive disorders and dementia (with anxiety and depression being the most common by far). If […]
Fit and Fat Beats Lazy and Lean
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND I am especially attentive to the results of this study, both professionally and personally. In my professional life, I know that a good diagnostician must avoid the hasty mistake of profiling—it is too easy to neglect the consideration of prediabetes and heart disease risk for the lean patient compared to the […]
18 Health and Hygiene Facts Athletes Must Keep In Mind Every Day
Rebecca Dawkins Most of us often come across individuals who implement significant health and hygiene facts almost on a daily basis, with the objective to remain hale and healthy. Particularly for the athletic community, remaining in the pink of health at all times is profoundly significant. Even the smallest of health issues can have devastating […]
Is Getting Stronger Your Best Cancer Protection?
Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CISSN, CSCS @DrBubbs Increasing the amount of “movement” you get in the day is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of cancer and all other chronic degenerative conditions. Every year, there are 14 million new cancer cases diagnosed globally and diagnoses are expected to increase by 70% in […]
Longevity and Your Heart Rate Variability
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmauer Every client I see, I explain about why I am strapping electronics to their chest, “This is a heart rate monitor. I’ll be able to calculate a number called heart rate variability while you breathe deeply for a couple minutes.” It must sound simple enough because everyone agrees. And why […]
Why You Should Workout on an Empty Stomach
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmaurer Blood Code Fitness Principle #1 We are mistakenly given the message that what we eat provides energy for the next few hours or for some upcoming activity. But in the evolution of our human body, we had to do some activity on an empty stomach to procure the thing we […]
Why Anaerobic is Better!
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmaurer Anaerobic versus aerobic? It’s like meat versus vegetables—it’s not an either-or, I know. Anaerobic and aerobic are on the same team and work together for 99.9 percent of our natural activities. What I am referring to when I say anaerobic and aerobic are these two systems1. Short-term / Lactic acid […]
How to Lose Holiday Weight and Make 2016 Your Healthiest Year Yet
Shelly Stinson With an abundance of homemade goodies available during the holiday season, it isn’t at all uncommon to gain a little (or a lot) of weight thanks to the extra fat and calories most of these contain. This may leave you entering the new year with the goal of creating positive habits so you […]
Even More Reasons to H.I.I.T. the Gym
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @DrRichardMaurer Short Intense Workouts Reverse Diabetes And Standard Care Makes It Worse I come from a family of long distance runners—I am also from a family prone to type 2 diabetes. About ten years ago, I was shocked to find that sustained endurance exercise was not correcting my high blood sugar […]