15Jun

Ergonomics- How Sitting Negatively Impacts Your Health, Pomodoro Method, and Tips to Feel Great At the End of Your Work Day

The Problem With Sitting Sitting is not as all a natural position. Many of our stabilizer muscles that keep us up right get disengaged when we sit, this can also cause atrophy and imbalances. The hip flexors get shorter and tighter. This pulls on the back, making it tighter, and shutting off the abdominals because they're not able to hold up in that position. Sitting also dramatically affects our blood pressure because the blood is not circulating properly. The lymphatic...

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11Jun

The Proper Pooping Position- Squatty Potties, Problems With Conventional Toilets, and How to Improve Elimination

What is the Proper Pooping Position The standard toilet is a great invention for sanitization, but there is a problem. When we sit on the toilet, it puts a kink in the puborectalis muscle. This muscle acts as a sling, and keeps cargo inside, so we don't randomly drop it. When if go to the bathroom, this muscle is supposed to be completely relaxed, but the standard toilet prevents this from happening by putting a kink in the muscle. This can...

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10Jun

Why Am I So Tired? Proven Strategies to Improve your Energy Balance

What is Energy at its Core? The main form of energy that we use is called ATP. This is set in motion by the electron transport chain, which builds mitochondrial density. The next is ATP coupling, this is about efficiency and the processes of the mitochondria. Lastly, we have ATP synthesis, which involves production and output of energy. The average human can generate 100W of energy just by being sedentary. While were exercising, we can generate 300-400W, or even more. Humans...

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03Jun

5 Steps to Overcome Fear and Live the Life of Your Dreams

What is Fear? There is a great acronym spelled F.E.A.R. (false evidence appearing real). I love this because what were afraid of is often not real, or made up in our mind. Everyone experiences fear, and courage is not the absence of fear, but it is doing the thing anyway. Our amygdala is the part of the brain that's responsible for fear, and when were in it, we can not think rationally. 5 Steps to Overcome Fear 1. Presence Presence is the state of...

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29May

Chiropractic Care- History, Training, and the Value of Chiropractic

History of Chiropractic Care Spinal manipulation actually dates back to ancient Greece, where Hippocrates focused on the spine. In the late 1800s, a healer named Daniel David Palmer performed a spinal adjustment on a patient. The patient was named Harvey Lillard, who lost is hearing in one ear after bending over and hearing a pop in is upper back. Palmer thought it was related the nerves connecting to the ears. After the adjustment, Lillard regained his hearing. Soon enough people heard...

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26May

Mitochondria- The Key to Energy, What damages it, and Steps to Take Improve it

What is the Mitochondria? The mitochondria is considered the power house of the cells, or the energy generators. They actually came from ancient bacteria and evolved in to mitochondria. We have thousands of mitochondria per cell, depending on the type of tissue. They generate ATP, which is your bodies energy currency, and make up about 1/3 of your body weight. We also get all out mitochondria from our mother. How to Improve the Mitochondria Think of you body as a battery, and the...

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22May

The Ketogenic Diet for Energy, Fat Loss, and Metabolism

What is the Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic diet creates a state of ketosis by primarily consuming fat. The state of ketosis produces ketones, which are an alternative fuel source for the body. There are three types of ketones, acetone, acetate, and beta hydroxybutyrate, which is the main ketone. When you consume primarily fat in the diet, it gives the body a chance to learn how to use fat for fuel, instead of just glucose. It can also be done through fasting. Benefits...

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19May

Cardiovascular Disease- History, Myths, and Real Solutions

History of Heart Disease to Modern Day Heart disease was first discovered in ancient Egypt when they dug up mummified bodies. They have done CT scans in the arteries, and have found atherosclerosis. The Egyptians ate a lot of grains, which could of contributed. Also, the same thing has been described in ancient Arabia. What is the Heart Actually, and What Does it Do? The heart is made up of cardiac muscle, which is striated and involuntary. The heart vortexes and energizes...

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14May

Diabesity- Causes, Psychology, and Reversing Diabesity

What is Diabesity? Diabesity is the combination of obesity and diabetes. Diabesity currently effects 1 out of 3 Americans, and is the single leading cause of death. The cause is insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia ( Chronically elevated insulin). This is what causes both diabetes and obesity, which is why 90% of people with one condition will get the other. Psychology of Diabesity I want to preface by saying it’s not your fault that you have diabesity. When we get a diagnosis of...

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10May

Obesity- The Inner Workings of Fat, Psychology, Set Point, and How to Reverse Obesity

Body fat is an endocrine organ. This means that it secretes hormones that interact with other organs to regulate your metabolism. Body fat cells can expand 1000x their original size. When we gain fat, we don't gain new cells, the ones we have just expand. We have three types of storage fats. First, we have subcutaneous fat, which is right beneath the skin. Then we have visceral fat which is the number one fat that is associated with obesity and...

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