According to a 2010 report in JAMA, approximately 1/3 of adults are overweight. This translates to 30% of the adult population having a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30. Unfortunately, this trend seems to be filtering down to future...
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Liver Health, Weight Loss, & Cravings
How toxic our world has become is getting harder to ignore. The recent release of the CDC's Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals provided the most comprehensive assessment to date on the chemical exposure to the US population and its resultant...
How Inactivity Decreases Belly Fat??!!!
Do I have your attention? I'm speaking of one of the most common and most overlooked inactivity and nutrient deficiency in America today- sleep. Recently, medpage today reported that not only does lack of sleep result in excess weight gain, but...
Why Slowing Down Can Slim You Down (and save your heart)
In a high paced society of fast food, super-sized fries, and instant breakfasts, we've been trained to not only get the most out of our money, but also out of our time. Most people eat at least one meal a week while...
Ix Nay on Whoops Aye or Adding Up the Cost of Decisions and Making Change
Coming to the conclusion that you've made a bad decision doesn't mean you can't trust yourself....
We’re Gonna Zoom-a-Zoom-a-Zoom-a-Zoom!
Yet another week zoomed by. Meeting saratoga.com's own Jennifer Van Scoy of Mannix Marketing, web genies of saratoga.com (amongst a host of others!), was a highlight of this week. She is smart and helpful and beautiful. She absolutely shines. I enjoyed...
What’s in Your Blood?
Besides cells and nutrients...the answer may surprise you- toxins! A recent study conducted by the CDC tested 212 chemicals in a cross section of Americans. They found common, widespread chemicals in most. The top six included the flame retardant, PDBE,...
How to Keep the Brain Young
There is no specific memory storage area in the brain, instead information is bundled in different association areas of the cerebral cortex. This means that different parts of the brain will be activated related to different aspects of learning. For...
The Incredible, Edible….Garlic?
A recent article in the Associated Content featured the super food/ super herbal Garlic. Garlic has been studied for its anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties, cardiovascular promoting effects (lowering blood pressure, thinning blood, lowering cholesterol), and immune boosting properties. It may be for all these...
Inflammation, Mood, & The Gut
Recently, Dr. Mercola posted an article on the link between sugar and mood disorders. In the past few months, I presented a series to practicioners on the connection of mood disorders to a variety of systemic imbalances. The topics included...