You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Nicoya, Costa Rica is one of the Blue Zones, a name coined for a handful of longevity hot spots around the globe. Scientists and researchers spent 9 months in Nicoya, Costa Rica to study this community and ultimately to discover what cofactors here [...]
Secrets to Longevity, Quality of Life, and Human Performance
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video For years researchers have been fascinated with long lived cultures around the globe. These small pockets of people have extremely high numbers of centenarians/ 100 years old and greater, and also have exceptional quality of life in their late years. They experience a [...]
Your Tools For Healthy Fat Loss and Weight Management
Let’s start with a foundation we can build on. The two most effective healthy fat loss and weight management tools available are intelligent, customized exercise and high quality nutrition / food. I use the phrase healthy fat loss and weight management with emphasis on the word healthy. People do move toward fat loss and weight management in ways that are not [...]
The Power of Accelerated Learning
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Learning is one of the keys to both short and long term success regardless of the venture. In todays world if you can accelerate and deepen your learning you will get faster and better results. One aspect of learning is picking up, internalizing, [...]
Meal Replacement Shakes Provide Benefits
The list of benefits provided by meal replacement shakes is extensive so let’s cover some of it. First, meal replacement shakes provide a convenient and fast meal. Simply mixed with water or milk in a shaker you can have a healthy distribution of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats ready in minutes. Creating more elaborate shakes with [...]
The Wisdom of Weight Management Courses
Let’s face it , there is a great need for healthy weight loss and weight management solutions today. Many people are so busy they have lost track of or were never aware of the principles that when applied lead to healthy weight loss and weight management. Weight management courses are a great tool to help people reach [...]
More on Wild Salmon
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video More on how salmon promotes health and human performance. In addition to astaxanthin, which I wrote about in a previous post, wild salmon is also a great source of omega 3 fatty acids. The omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil are [...]
The Health Benefits of Green Tea
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The primary and most well known active constituents in green tea are polyphenols, flavinoids, and catechins. The most well researched catechin in green tea is epi-gallo-catechin-3-galate. Don’t be concerned with the big names. However they do provide a wide array of antioxidant benefits [...]
New Research on Obesity / Tracking Obesity in the U.S. / Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Provide Solutions
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video An important video about obesity. A CBS News report states that healthy eating and physical activity are key components in reversing the trend toward greater obesity in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control / the CDC one third of [...]
Salmon As A Human Performance Food
One of the little known nutrition facts about wild salmon is that it contains high concentrations of of the fat soluble antioxidant and carotenoid astaxanthin. The red color of salmon is a by product of the presence of astaxanthin. Its uncommon molecular structure is a cofactor in the provision of antioxidant benefits. Keep in mind that [...]