Category Archives: Longevity

STRESS

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

This week I feel like expressing myself through pictures, so here is one that I love about one of my favorite topics: Stress

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Coconut Oil Uses

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Slathering coconut oil on my, putting my young coconut in last week’s recipe post and my general obsession, made me feel that today’s post should feature the tropical gem. Check past posts for the benefits of coconut, because this post … Continue reading →

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Stat Day: We’re Fat Day

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

I was doing some research for my own self-imposed project and I came across some startling statistics that I would like to share. We should start out the week with a rude awakening (sorry for potentially ruining your Memorial Day … Continue reading →

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Sleep to Prevent Weight Gain

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

We talked about stress this week, and sleep goes hand-in-hand with this and is another one of those things were you can’t eat right all you want but if you’re not sleeping you’re not healthy. One-third of the population suffers … Continue reading →

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Cut Workout Times

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

I love the 80′s (I don’t even hate on this outfit, I actually love it), but not all good things came from this decade. As the low-fat trend came from the 70′s, the exercise trend came from 80′s. Although the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Sweat It! Tips to Decrease Stress

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Simplify You know that one of my favorite quotes said by one of my favorite men is? ‘Simplify, simplify, simplify,’ Henry David Thoreau. Sounds pretty easy right, just like one of my other favorites, ‘Life is Fun’ (thanks to that … Continue reading →

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Relax: How stress may be preventing change

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I know that I preach eating, eating, eating, but lately I’ve started to realize that I need to start emphasizing lifestyle in general. Yes eating is important, but to be healthy you have to be balanced in all areas of … Continue reading →

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How to Get Heart Disease Checklist

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Sure I could just list how to prevent heart disease, but where’s the fun in that. Its been done before. No I need some Brittany, some sarcasm to take more jabs at conventional wisdom and simplify the folly of our … Continue reading →

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Standing by Saturated Fat

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Butter, steak, lard, eggs, bacon, red meat, coconut oil and all this animal fat, is this not a heart attack waiting to happen with all of that saturated fat? Well Sunday we cleared cholesterol of its 40 year sentence, and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Feed Big Pharma: Statins

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

I do have to give statins one thing: they do lower cholesterol. Remember yesterday’s discussion about cholesterol and testing. Traditional testing just give us a total LDL number, but leave us in the dark about the size of the proteins. … Continue reading →

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