If you haven’t read part one, please do. This article will be more beneficial if you do. Water Content Doesn’t Count One of the most common sense things I have ever learned about food, especially when evaluating nutrient density of a food, is to subtract the water content first. For example, broccoli is 90-percent water, […]
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If you have never had Acupuncture, you are in for an amazing and yet common sense experience. Almost everyone who has tried acupuncture recommends it as an effective therapy to their friends and family. In this article I am going to shed some light on the provable medical benefits of acupuncture and some less scientific […]
Acupuncture is a medical procedure that involves the insertion of very fine needles into the skin and muscles. I recommended that you wear loose fitting clothes or a bring bathing suit to a treatment. It is also recommended that you go to the washroom previous to your appointment. I do not recommended being under the […]
This is a beautiful analogy that is commonly used in Eastern literature and Indigenous Traditions to describe a calm and quiet Mind. Imagine a pond or a small lake at sunrise, the surface is so calm that the cloud and passing birds are reflected as if by a mirror. In this place of Mind, your reality […]
In my opinion as a full time clinician, cholesterol is easily the most misunderstood and poorly managed aspect of medicine today. Strong words, I know. Understanding cholesterol could save your life, just not the way you might initially think. The alternative to understanding cholesterol and health is the risk of being put on pharmaceutical drugs […]
Leptin Resistance Obesity is an epidemic in the modern world. Our Feasting lifestyle has proven to be very dangerous. In some wealthy countries, half of the people are obese. In these countries there are diet fads and industries making billions of dollars selling calorie restrictive meal plans, or extreme exercise plans or both. If these […]
Evolution and Your Metabolism So, lets go back in time to what our ancestors were up to, most of the year, for the last two or three million years. If we were particularly successful we could predictably forage for most of the year, feast as much as necessary to prepare for winter and a hungry […]
Actual Calorie Accounting Restricting calories can be very dangerous for some people. Let’s say you decide to restrict you calories to 1500 per day and your bodies tissues need 2500 per day to survive. You are not technically starving but some of your tissue cannot survive. If your metabolism is very healthy and you are […]
Answering this question starts with an understanding of carbohydrates. There are simple carbs like table sugar, honey and fruits, there are less simple carbs in vegetables and then there are complex carbohydrates in found in grains, beans, bread, pasta and cereals. There are also some dangerous carbohydrates like alcohol and the “sugar free” sugars like […]
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