Nutrition

Why Blame It All On Breakfast? It’s not the most important meal of the day; they all count, but breakfast has the greatest influence on what you do the rest of the day.   There’s a lot of evidence to prove it lately: Subjects who ate a high protein breakfast vs. people who don’t prevented fat […]

Is Your Hunger Really Hunger or is Something Else Not Filling You Up? Do you find by the end of the day, even if you’ve been “good” all day, you could clean out the junk you have stashed in your cupboard? You know, the stuff you tell yourself you have to keep on hand because

Two Science Stories The bottom line is food first. A study published last month in The Journals of Gerontology said healthy eating leads to health life. A look at 1609 people 49 years old and older provides a significant look results and how they apply to you. After 10 years those that had better adherence to

It’s My Birthday…and this Gift is For You! (well, the 27th!) Take 15% off any protein powder (Your Whey, Girls Gone Paleo, Plant-Powered Girl) through March 31! Hurry, you have just a week left and this is just a New in the Store, I’m never turning 52 again special! I’m so convinced you’ll love it,

Questions to Ask When You’re Hiring a Personal Trainer And not because you’re delicate. You’re not. Part because you need a trainer who knows you by ability not by age. You need one who has experience not with hormones and not a blanket exercise prescription. If you’re stressed, if you’re at risk for adrenal fatigue

There are always signs. Just know where to look.

Several weeks ago I shared a new study with subscribers that has gotten so much response that I am sharing it here to spread the word. Mounting new research is pointing in the same direction. Our aging, sedentary work and leisure time, and lifestyle habits that deplete us of nutrients mean we’ve got to be

Life’s a Game and Your Body is Keeping Score: Win Your Hips Back Over This post is both about the hips and about the use of bands as a tool for strengthening them. As a University Lecturer and Personal Training Director for collectively 21 years, and a consulting professional for programs before and after those positions I’ve supervised hundreds

Working in fitness for 30 years I’ve listened to a lot of potty talk. There’s the taboo topic of gas and avoiding exercise classes that would help due to embarrassment of “letting one” in the middle of a roll up. Then there’s the whisper by a client whose begun to changer her habits about the

5 Reasons Why Weight Loss is Evading You 1. You really don’t know what to eat. Healthy is not what it used to be. Packaging and labels are marketing that’s working. It’s convincing you that what you’re putting in your mouth is OK. Really, if it wasn’t recently alive, hormone-free, grass-fed, wild caught, organic… you