July 17, 2011 By: Lynne Brick
Do you want to lose weight, rev up your metabolism and prevent infections all while enjoying flavorful foods that are high in fat? Yes, you read that correctly… high in fat. Seems impossible, doesn’t it? Seems it can’t be good for you, right? Actually, people have been eating these for centuries. Often tabooed because of…
November 18, 2010 By: Victor Brick
It is said the average American gains between 7 and 12 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Yearís. We all know it is harder to lose weight than it is to keep it off in the first place. Why? Because it takes 9 kilocalories of energy to burn a gram of body fat. It only takes…
September 15, 2010 By: Blogger
Oh my friends, my friends, Today as I look out the window as the dull and rather gloomy day after the rather non-eventful hurricane Earl, I realize that the summer is over, the evenings will soon begin to get darker earlier and horror of all horrors, as a teacher, I am about to be thrust…
September 6, 2010 By: Barbara Downes
Sweets are the culprit, but not like you think. We can eat well, be gratified, and make it stop! We have been taught to burn more calories than we eat if we want to lose fat. It seems to me that is impossible. We eat one sandwich and would have to run for three hours.…
August 18, 2010 By: Barbara Downes
I just learned of yet another seriously healthy reason to workout and eat smart! Research is showing that many cancerous tumor cells are loaded with, you guessed it, fat. Realize that my statement over-simplifies the concept and the research as well as there therapeutic implications of the findings, but it makes some sense to me…
July 2, 2010 By: Barbara Downes
by Dr. Barbara L. Downes, DC, CCSP, FIAMA If you want to be lean, you must eat clean and green! Our bodies can only form from the food we take in and the exercise we perform. If we want to get lean, we must eat clean…this means no junk food and no packaged foods with…
March 15, 2010 By: Blogger
For all those diet books that are out there, I have found ”The South Beach Diet” made the most sense to me. It is an easy read and designed for people on the go as well. Diets for me seemed impossible, seemed like I was always hungry & trying to cook for others that can…
March 12, 2010 By: Barbara Downes
Heart Smart: Shifting Pressure Factors Last time we discussed the heart’s ability to completely relax between heart beats. During this vital relaxation the heart has time to feed itself oxygen rich blood to keep each and every heart muscle fiber healthy, ready and fully contractible. There are several ways to enable the heart to rest…
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