Breakfast for Sleep
How would eating breakfast improve sleep?
Does the type of breakfast you eat matter for sleep? (yes)
Read MoreMelatonin: Is it really for sleep?
Almost everyone has heard of using melatonin to help sleep and many have tried or are currently using for this purpose. Many have found melatonin truly helps with sleep. The real question is, ‘Does Melatonin actually promote better sleep? If so, how does it do that?’
Read MoreTracking Quality Sleep and Supplementation - WHOOP Review
WHOOP has come out with a great heart tracking monitor that measures a whole host of different things like daily strain, recovery, sleep and the different levels of sleep, and keeps track of them to allow for great weekly comparisons. I have found this to be an invaluable tool when learning what aspects of sleep hygiene and supplementation work.
Read MoreThe Thyroid Lifestyle
This article is written as part of a system for creating optimal thyroid function. In some people this is automatic and doesn’t need to be refined. In many of us, we must ‘train’ our body to use thyroid hormone optimally. That requires ideal nutrition, supplementation to baseline or above, optimization of workouts and food intake, sleep, water intake, etc. This is the lifestyle side of the equation…
Read MoreTo live and then die... To be maximally healthy is YOUR choice!
One common held assumption in medicine, and specifically held by many chiropractors, is that the human body has the full capacity to be healthy and optimal.
Read More75 Weeks - The time needed for true change to solidify - STANDARD 8
75 Weeks.
One and a half years.
This is the number of weeks it takes to change your biochemistry and get your patterns down pat…
Read MoreThe very simple solution for PED's in Professional Sports... while standardizing the competition? YES!!
I often wonder why Sports Broadcasters, Writers and TV Pundits don’t go out into the field and talk with experts in human physiology and function. If they are, it seems like they may need to find some new doctors who understand what peak hormone function and PED’s really do. If they did, their stance and opinions would be greatly different. It is thought that PED’s (performance enhancing drung’s) give people an advantage. This advantage is not in the term’s the media often portrays. The enhancements are typically in forms of recovery, thus allowing the athlete to perform at a higher level each and every game day….
Read MoreHEALTHY HOLIDAYS - It takes a plan...
“It’s the holidays!”
This is one of the most common excuses I receive for bad eating beginning before Thanksgiving and not ending until mid to late January.
Read MoreSetting the Daily Standard - Standard 7 - >10 Series
How do you set your daily standard?
Setting the time you are going to wake up, and getting up at that time. Yes, it is literally that simple.
No excuses. No need for sleep…
Read MoreMEDIOCRITY - BE AFRAID OF IT - Standard 6 - >10% Series
MEDIOCRITY.
Today, this term still has a negative ring to it. The negative ring no longer has the sting it used to have. When I was growing up, at least in my family, mediocrity was never acceptable. Perfection was the standard…
Read MoreHomeostasis is the KISS OF DEATH - Standard 5 - >10% Series
Homeostasis.
It is considered a dynamic state of equilibrium in living organisms. Living stability. The human body requires this to a certain degree. It is always moving and managing systems to create a state of balance, or homeostasis.
Read MoreThe 3 FACTORS of STRESS - Standard 4 - >10% Series
STRESS.
How many of you have truly thought about what factors into stress? What exactly is stress? I am talking on a conceptual basis versus the actual hormone cascade as a response of stress.
Read MoreWATER - It's so important! - Standard 3 - >10% Series
Water.
It is the most abundant resource on the planet. In ideal body composition terms men are around 60% water and women around 55% water. The cells have a high water content and cellular hydration can even be used as an anti-aging marker. Simply stated, water is one of the most important substances for humans as well as the planet.
Read MoreRun from Procrastination - Standard 2 - >10% Series
What is the greatest killer of willpower?
PROCRASTINATION.
Procrastination happens to everyone. It sucks your life energy and leaves you feeling empty. It is that little voice in your head saying you can do it tomorrow, later today, next week, before the deadline or possibly never.
Read MoreGreater than 10% - The Paradigm Shifting Series
Greater than 10%. What is that? What does it mean? Why?
Read MoreYour PERSONALIZED form of Meditation...
Meditation.
It's hip and trendy. Celebrities and executives talk about going on retreats specifically for mediation. Your calm and enlightened friends do it….
Read MoreWhat is your doctor assessing for? IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK... →
What is the main thing a doctor is looking for? Did you go to the doctor who can answer your specific health questions and create a plan of action to meet your goals? Have you ever thought about what doctor is best for disease diagnosis and which is best to maximize your health?
Read MoreTESTICULAR HYPERTHERMIA: AN EPIDEMIC. Yes, that means your balls are too hot.
Testicular hyperthermia happens when a man’s testicles are too hot for extended periods or all the time. Tight underwear and pants are two of the biggest offenders. Yes, boxer briefs constrict your…
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