An Intro to Counting Calories

An Intro to Counting Calories

Knowing your actual calorie intake and calorie burn will help you better understand and appreciate the impact of both. Unfortunately, most people overestimate the calories they burn when exercising and underestimate the calories they consume when eating and drinking....
10-Day Gut Microbiome Recovery Plan

10-Day Gut Microbiome Recovery Plan

Have you just finished a round of antibiotics? Try this 10-day gut microbiome recovery plan to restore and improve your digestion. While antibiotics are helpful at attacking the harmful bacteria inside you, they also are killers of all bacteria, including probiotics!...
5 Tips to Combat Fatigue

5 Tips to Combat Fatigue

Fatigue is a major safety concern and one associated with higher injury and accident rates at home and in the workplace. Fatigue reduces one’s attention to detail and reaction time, which can cause impaired physical skills, induce simple operational errors,...
Create a Rest Ritual

Create a Rest Ritual

 2 hours prior to bed: No more eating. No more caffeine.No more alcohol.Wrap up all cardiovascular exercise.Verify your sleep watch is charged.Set up the coffee pot for auto-start the next morning.  1 hour prior to bed: Close all bedroom shades and...
Want better sex? Wear socks.

Want better sex? Wear socks.

“So, what do you wear to bed?” I asked my friend.  “Socks,” said my friend.“Say again?” My friend, “Socks.” “That’s it?”  …  Again, my friend, “Yes, that’s it.”  “Okay, I will play along naked sleeper, why the socks?”  A study from 2007...
10 Tips to stay healthy during the winter

10 Tips to stay healthy during the winter

The best way to combat illness and disease is to prevent its occurrence. Take the offensive and adopt some preventive practices.  Get additional sleep.Increase vitamin D intake. Eat foods that are high in vitamin D such as fatty fish, mushrooms, and eggs....