When we think about skin aging, most people immediately think of creams, serums, or cosmetic procedures. While these can certainly help, the truth is that skin aging is largely an inside-out process. Your skin is a living, metabolically active organ that reflects your nutrition, hormones, inflammation levels, hydration status, and overall cellular health. The encouraging […]
Key concept: managing the hormonal cortisol response to exercise is critical for effective weight loss with exercise. I was researching how to improve my exercise regime to increase fat loss this last week, and I want to share some insights that may challenge what I’ve heard before. The key isn’t just working harder—it’s working smarter […]
Antioxidants are all the buzz these days. They help control inflammation (burning) in different tissues of your body. It seems every day a new paper is published about some new antioxidant that benefits the body. This all ties in nicely with the free-radical theory of aging, which basically says that it is oxidation that causes aging. Anti-oxidants […]
One of my fondest memories of when I was growing up was going wild blackberry picking late in the summer in the big berry patches behind our house. We would take a long piece of lumber and drop it into the patch and then carefully walk out onto the lumber to reach the really good […]
My thanks to all of you that expressed concern for my recent low back adventure. I am on the mend and now am ready to begin rehabilitating my back with balance exercises, stretching, and weight training. I am trying to convince our resident therapeutic massage therapist, Susan McDonald, to begin a stretch and balance class […]