Look at your two hands. Or your two feet. Or the two sides of your face. Are they the same size and shape? Does that have anything to do with our idea of beauty? It sure does. Most people consider a symmetrical face to be beautiful. In fact, in a study, many ages of...
Movement is fundamental to our bodies. The body is designed to move smoothly, freely and with fluidity. In addition, we are entitled to move without pain. If we have been in pain, we may have gotten sedentary. However, there are plenty of us not in pain who do...
Why is my diet and exercise program not working? When we see the stunning results from the before-and-after pictures, we want that for ourselves. We want the dramatic shrinking in girth from the new diet. We want the toned arms and rippled abs from the exercise...
What would you count as the most powerful way to avoid creating physical stress in your body? Thinking happy thoughts? Hmm . . . It may not be what you think. Do you believe there is any problem with these? skipping a meal losing some sleep sitting all day at work...
What in your lifestyle can predict how long you will live? Is it: eating a clean diet with proper amounts of nutrients maintaining your ideal body weight exercising the right amount and in the right way If you said all of them, or two of the three, can you rank...
Fascia - the web in our body What is fascia? The connective tissue of the body binds every cell to its neighbors and the tissues made up of cells to other tissues, encases and connects organs, muscles, bones, and even connects to the skin and goes inside the cell to...
Fortify flagging energy without caffeine or sugar Sometimes the day gets really long when we are getting ready for the holidays. And the holidays themselves can be very busy, and we need something to keep us going. This is not an excuse to skimp on...
Verde River Recreation This Labor Day weekend, I took a short kayak trip down the Verde River with my friend Ellen. We had kayaked before, but the stretch we did turned out to be full of surprises and treacherous. We had consulted paddle maps which are accessible on...
Eat Right 4 Your Type You may have heard of this work by Dr. Peter D'Adamo. The book with that title came out in 1996. The work has been developing since then as well. The idea that blood type helps determine your susceptibility to illness and what kinds of illness...
Move It! Is Exercise Enough? Studies have shown that exercise during space missions or bed rest was useful, but rarely was it more than 50% effective in keeping muscles and bones from wasting. NASA confirmed that the determining factor in the ability to withstand and...
