Our healthy ancestors NEVER set foot in the gym!
With almost 40,000 gyms in the United States, the country claims more fitness centers than any other country in the world, and in over seven states, the obesity rate has climbed to over 35%. Why you ask? Time to turn your long held belief upside down. There is no measurable association between obesity and physical activity. Studies prove that we’re burning as many calories as our hunter-gatherer ancestors. While they may have worked hard to catch their dinner, they also conserved energy when it was not needed. Today we do pretty much the opposite. We’re lazy all day and then…
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
Let’s face it. . . None of us are getting any younger. But how old do you feel? How old does your body think you are? There are plenty of “real age” calculators available online, but do we really want to know what years of abuse to our bodies has done to our real age calculation? Here’s the thing. It doesn’t get any better by ignoring your reality. And yes, it is possible to look, feel and really be younger (extend your healthy lifespan) with lifestyle tweaks. Often we think that adapting a healthy lifestyle means giving up the foods…
It’s not your fault. . . REALLY!
Every diet works, and every diet fails! You know that of course. You’ve followed many diets to the T. You’ve severely cut calories, worked out every day, bought the promises of diet products and after losing weight, just gained it all back. Maybe even more! You’re fault? You cheated? Of course not. You just followed bad advice. I studied Nutrition back in the 80’s at the University of Michigan. So much has changed since then! Our textbooks included books like “Diet for a Small Planet” which was a great read, but as with other recommendations from the experts and government…