Do you care?
Do you think about your health? How long you will live? What your health will be like in 10, 20, 30, 40 years? You should. Your health then is being determined now.
Struggle
Humans are hard-wired to seek pleasure, move away from pain, and do it all with the greatest economy of energy. Yet, we are designed to grow – even flourish – under stress. We encounter the challenge, struggle, adapt and move forward.
ISIS and donuts
Do you fear terrorism? Since 2001, on average, 1 person dies from terrorism in the U.S. per year. Obesity kills over 300,000 each year. Obesity-related conditions are some of the leading causes of preventable, premature death – heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.
Aspirin bad. Gratitude good. For the heart.
When you practice gratitude, your heart is sending out health-promoting communication to your brain and body. When you take aspirin, well, don’t take aspirin (unless you want ‘internal bleeding and other side effects’).
Start. Stop. The Top Ten
Five Things To Start. Five Things To Stop. How to get better at life – at least the health part of it.
Go to bed
The internet, our ‘stupid phones’, Netflix, 24 hour drive-thrus, and 60-hour work weeks have created a cultural norm of sleep deprived people. is that you? If you are like most people, your body expects and requires more sleep than it’s getting.
Tylenol damages fetal and infant brains
Pregnant women and moms, think of Tylenol as the ‘go-to drug’ for pain relief and treatment of fever for them and their kids. Acetaminophen can impair brain development in both fetus and child (and into adulthood).
Drug recalls – reading between the lines
Most of the time, taking a drug to get healthy is like taking out a loan to get rich. It’s time to ask yourself ‘Do drugs produce health, or do they manipulate physiology to appear as health?’
Strawberry Popsicles
Who doesn’t like strawberries? Who doesn’t like popsicles? As always, we want our ‘treats & sweets’ to be healthy, right? This from Elizabeth, an amazing yogi, gardener and otherwise good-for-the-planet soul.
Fat is good
Don’t believe everything you read or hear about fat … or cholesterol. Without good fat, you’ll end up sick, fat and … very unhealthy. Built on bad science from the 1950’s, fat in general, and saturated fat in particular has gotten a false with causing health problems.