Healthy Living
Healthy Living
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Stress and Cortisol
Stress and Cortisol – Is stress killing you? We all know stress is not good for us. Some of us are stress junkies though and feel we are only working to our optimum capacity when we’re feeling stressed. It’s important to understand the relationship between and stress and cortisol and to know what they do to our bodies. Cortisol is a stress hormone; in fact, it is a key stress hormone. Having elevated cortisol levels is a slippery slope and makes us crave sweet and salty foods that put us into a cycle of eat too much and the wrong foods, gain weight, diet, get sick of dieting, eat too…
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Perseverance…in diet and in life…it’s everything
Perseverance The topic of this post is a bit different than what I usually share. I want to address the topic of perseverance and share a recent personal story. Perseverance relates to all aspects of our lives including health and healthy eating. Staying on track with the best food choices is not always the easiest or the most popular way to go. I speak from personal experience as this weekend I attended a family event with great food, not all of which were the best choices for me. My solution in these cases is most often to sample a small bit of the foods that are delicious but that may…
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Allopathic or Functional Medicine. Which is right for you?
Allopathic or Functional? Allopathic or Functional? Did you know there are two basic schools of thought when it comes to our medical care? The definition of each and how we are treated by the practitioners of each school when we have a health issue is important for us to understand. Our typical health care system is based on allopathic medicine. Allopathic medicine is defined as, “a system of medical practice that aims to combat disease by use of remedies (as drugs or surgery) producing effects different from or incompatible with those produced by the disease being treated”. I frankly think of it as sickness care more than I think of…
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Do You Want to Prevent or Slow Parkinson’s Disease
Do you want to Prevent or Slow Parkinson’s Disease? Seems like a silly question…”Do you want to prevent or slow Parkinson’s Disease”, doesn’t it? Having watched my father live with Parkinson’s Disease for my entire life, first with Parkinson’s symptoms (he developed a tremor in his 30’s) and then in his 60’s with full blown Parkinson’s until his death at 87, I can tell you I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Incidentally, I know realize what my dad suffered from for most of his adult life was termed Parkinsonism (which is defined by certain neurological disorders that cause movement challenges similar to those manifested in full blown Parkinson’s disease). The…
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Blue Zone
What does “Blue Zone” mean to you? When I say the words “Blue Zone”, do they mean anything to you? If not, I hope you will continue reading, because these two words can change and even extend and improve your life. Blue Zones have been identified around the world by explorer/author Dan Buettner. They have been found to exist in Japan, Italy, Greece, California and Costa Rica. But what defines a Blue Zone? Very simply, a blue zone is an area where people consistently live to be 100 years old or more. More importantly, they are not warehoused in nursing homes in wheel chairs being fed food that doesn’t need…
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Exercise- It’s More than Just Weight Loss
Exercise- It’s More than Just Weight Loss Weight loss is the main reason people decide to exercise, but those who exercise regularly realize the benefits are much more than that. When you exercise, you’re releasing endorphins needed to be energetic and alert, so it’s accurate when we say, exercise- it’s more than just weight loss! When you exercise, you’re also helping to strengthen your heart muscle and improve circulation – two improvements that will help beat fatigue and energize your day! Improving your muscle tone will help you burn more calories. It’s a win-win way to feel and look better. Fatigue is a complaint doctors hear too often these days.…
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Nutrition and Sleep
Nutrition and Sleep… Is there a connection? Recently I was asked to contribute information and to be interviewed on the subject of Nutrition and Sleep. The questions I was asked to cover were, is there is a connection between what you eat and the quality of sleep you enjoy, and is there a connection between your sleep and your overall health in general? While I’ve written a free report I will share with you, I wanted to highlight a few of the points here to stress to as many people as possible the effect that your diet has on your sleep. Is there a connection between your diet and your…
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Aging and What You Eat – Sugar
Aging and What You Eat – Sugar Aging and what you eat…does it matter? We all would like to look and feel younger. So many of us think it’s the luck of the draw. Does your gene pool dictate that you will age more quickly than others? Is your rate of aging out of your control? The short answer is you have a lot of control over how you age, and that is very empowering! Today we’ll look at the effect sugar has on aging and will touch on 3 main points to consider…your weight, your body’s acid or alkaline environment and how sugar affects your body’s level of inflammation.…
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How to Increase Productivity – Can you hold a thought for 17 seconds?
How to Increase Productivity I have a powerful strategy to share with you today that will empower you to do focused, efficient things in your everyday life and show you how to increase productivity! It comes from my friend and mentor, Connie Ragen Green, and she practices it to be incredibly productive on a consistent basis in her amazingly successful business and in her life! One thing about Connie is that, unlike many successful people, she doesn’t hold back secrets about her success. She opens the doors wide to show you what she does to be on online powerhouse in her field. That’s exactly what she does in this post.…
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Get Started Today… Feel and Be Healthier!
My name is Cheryl Major, and I teach people just like you how to improve their health and well-being by changing how they eat. My own personal story is a by-accident victory over depression, and along the way, I lost 20 pounds without dieting. It began when my husband had been experiencing terrible side effects from the statins he had been on for years. We decided to change how we ate in an effort to lower his LDL cholesterol, raise his HDL cholesterol and lower his blood glucose levels. About six months after we changed our diet, we noticed that I wasn’t depressed anymore. I had struggled with depression and…
