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3 Food that Fight Alzheimer's:  Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most feared diseases in the world, affecting 5 million people in the United States alone.  New research suggests that the power to prevent this debilitating illness may lie within the foods we eat. A recent study demonstrates how a dietary combination of 3 key nutrients might create a potent potion against this frightening ailment.  Read More

6 Questions for John Berardi:  While he’s busy writing another book, teaching another course, or working with another pro or Olympic athlete, we’re all left in the dust – freeloading for nutrition and exercise answers.But no longer. I caught up with JB and tried to get him to answer 20 questions. We compromised at 6. Read More

 Back Pain 101:  To be human is to have a sore back. By the time we reach age 50, 9 out of 10 of us will have experienced back pain, the leading cause of disability in people under 45. Doctors prescribe everything from medication, chiropractic, and surgery to bring us relief, and as a society, we spend the same amount of money trying to cure back pain as we do cancer.  Read More

Toxic Bloating due to Bacterial Overgrowth:  It's not an overstatement to say that the small intestine is the most important segment of the entire digestive tract, which starts at the mouth and ends at the rectum. Nutrients we eat -- carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals -- are absorbed in the small intestine. If anything interferes with the absorption here, nutrient deficiencies can result.   Read More

What Supplement you should Take to help you lose weight and sleep better:  The hormone cortisol is produced in the adrenal cortex in response to adrenal cortical stimulating hormone (ACTH) produced in the pituitary gland. Cortisol plays an important role in regulating blood sugar, energy production, inflammation, the immune system and healing.   Read More

8 Tips to Help Prevent The Swine Flu (H1N1):     By boosting your own natural immunity you can possible prevent this virus from ever causing more damage to your immune system.  Most deaths due to the swine flu are not due to the swine flu itself, but due to secondary bacterial infections.  Follow these tips and prevent the swine flu from infecting you.  Read More

Advanced Core Exercises:  Advanced core exercises are what the following are compared to the ones given in the previous article on core stability.  I would start doing the following exercises once the initial big three (g-max bridge, side-bridge, and bird-dog) have been mastered.  Read More

All About Gluten:  Gluten is a protein found in some grains, especially wheat.Technically, “gluten” is a term applied specifically to the combination of the prolamin proteins called gliadins and the glutelin proteins called glutenins that are found in wheat.   Read More

Core Exercise Videos:   Core stability is the big catch phrase in the media today.  People are bombarded with many different types of contraptions or exercises that are supposed to help build a solid core.   Read More

Eating Clean Could Make You Fat:  Learn how eating too healthy can lead to you becoming more fat!   Read More

Super Shakes: PW (Post-Workout) shakes are high in protein and carbohydrate.  For this reason they’re best served after working out.  Read More

 Knee Pain and Arthritis:  September 4, 2009 — Quadriceps strength does not predict the occurrence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) in either sex but predicts lower incidence of painful or stiff knee OA in women, according to the results of a longitudinal cohort study reported in the September 15 issue of Arthritis Care & Research.  Read More

4 Pounds of Food:  I don’t know what you had for lunch today, but I had 18 apples.What do you think of that? You probably think I’m a glutton and have the GI tract of a gorilla.  Read More

Probiotics and Cold Prevention: Probiotics may be useful as prophylaxis against cold and influenza-like symptoms in children, according to the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled study reported in the August issue of Pediatrics.  Read More

Shoulder Rehab Videos:    Shoulder pain is one of the most common problems in the overhead athlete or the every day worker.  Many problems occur in the shoulder due to its large range of motion.  Read More

Sex Differences and Fat Loss:  Hopefully, a long time ago you realized that boys and girls were different. Or at least you realized which bathroom you could go into without being thrown out.  Read More

EDT Training for Women: This is an article about smart weight training…a system of organizing weights, sets, reps, and rest periods in such a way that you'll get maximum caloric burn and fat loss for minimum time and effort. The system works and has a documented history of very happy victi…er, I mean, clients.  Read More

Diet Drinks and How They Can Cause You To Gain Weight: June 15, 2009 (Washington, DC) — People who use artificial sweeteners are heavier, more likely to have diabetes, and more likely to be insulin-resistant compared with nonusers, according to data presented here during ENDO 2009, the 91st annual meeting of The Endocrine Society.  Read More

How You Can Help Your Child From Becoming Fat: "Children! Collect your Ritalin, Lipitor, Pepsi and Pop-Tarts and line up quietly!"  Read More

Shoulder Injuries In Auto Accidents: There are four chief classes of glenohumeral trauma in low-to-moderate velocity motor vehicle collisions (MVC). They are (a) blunt force, (b) compressive, (c) distractive, and (d) inertial. More complex mechanisms are seen in unrestrained occupants, roll-over crashes, and in complex collisions involving multiple impacts and multiple impulses.  Read More

Interval Training (Video): Below you'll find a sample workout you can perform to start your way on interval training.  Remember, you should try to vary your training with different equipment or types of training.  You can try:  sprints, stairs, biking, elliptical, jumping rope, and cross country skiing to name a few. Read More

Leptin and Weight Loss: If you’re like most Americans, you are struggling with at least a few extra pounds. And if you’re over 40, those extra pounds are probably accumulating with an unwelcome preference for your mid-section.  Read More

Chiropractic and How It Can Help Infertility: Infertility. If you haven't struggled with it yourself, chances are you know someone who wants to become pregnant but can't. Infertility affects more than six million women and their partners across the country. Now, there's surprising new research that may crack the case and offer some couples new hope.  Read More

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet: America's love affair with sugar, flour, bad oils, and corn fed beef is catching up with them.  Heart diesease, cancer, chronic pain, and numerous other diseases are due to chronic/low grade inflammation. Read More

Foam Rolling for Your Upper Body (Massage): Utilize your foam roller before working out or whenever you're feeling tight or sore.  By working out trigger points, you reduce the chance of injurying yourself during your workout.  See the Video

Supplements I Personally Take: 1. Multivitamins.   Almost every American is deficient in one vitamin or mineral. If you do not eat at least 6 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, you should be on a daily multivitamin. Studies have demonstrated that vitamins can reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease and improve your overall well-being if taken on a regular basis.  Read More

Foam Rolling for Your Lower Body (Massage):  Utilize your foam roller before working out or whenever you're feeling tight or sore.  By working out trigger points, you reduce the chance of injurying yourself during your workout.  See the Video

How Vitamin D can Help You Lose Weight: In an article published online on November 4, 2008 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal and the University of Southern California report that postpubertal girls who are low on vitamin D experience weight gain and stunted growth.  Read More

Probiotics:  November 6, 2008 — Probiotics are microorganisms that may be helpful for conditions such as antibiotic-associated diarrhea, infectious diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and atopic dermatitis in at-risk infants, according to a review published in the November 1 issue of American Family Physician. Read More

 Fibromyalgia:  Since the 1950s, when it was first described by Dr. Graham, "fibrositis" or fibromyalgia was thought to be a rheumatologic disorder because it was characterized by musculoskeletal pain similar to other rheumatologic diseases.  Read More