Please share:The alarm goes off and you feel like you could stay in bed for days. You know how old cartoons showed Tom and Jerry’s Tom using toothpicks to prop open his eyelids? Does this seem like you? Do you guzzle coffee or Monster drinks thinking it will boost your low energy levels only to...
Please share:Inflammation. We’ve all heard of it, but it’s not always clear what it means exactly. By definition inflammation is a conditions that comes when your body is fighting off pain, injury or infection. Your blood supply increases to that area as white blood cells release chemicals to target and heal the area. The injury...
Please share:I have flat feet. Seriously flat. When I was a kid, I had to go to a special shoe store called (I’m not kidding) the “Junior Bootery” to be fitted for ugly practical shoes with “cookie pads” (orthotics). I hated them and wanted glamorous “jelly shoes” or slip ons. So, as I got older...
Please share:A friend recently asked me for some advice on plant-based meat substitutes. He’s a very new vegan and said he’s having a tough time avoiding too much processed food. He doesn’t mind vegetables, but isn’t really comfortable with cooking them. So, he said he basically replaced the meat and cheese in his diet with...
Please share:Recently, I was talking to a friend who said she was trying to get in the best shape of her life by her next birthday. She’s working out regularly, eating healthy, tracking her food and steps every day, but she was having a tough time motivating herself to stay on her running schedule. She...