Category Archives: Physiology, Muscle

Vitamins and Minerals: what you need to know

I apologize now for the length of today’s special post on vitamins and minerals, but we have a lot to cover and I’m keeping it pretty basic. Later we’ll look at whether to supplement or not, but vitamins are a … Continue reading

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Sleep, Summer, Cravings, and Disease

After waking refreshed from an incredible 10+ hours of sleep, I though it best to review this essential key to wellness. I’ve talked about how we tend to want more and run into problems with excess (cortisol, inflammation, insulin), yet … Continue reading

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Balancing Testosterone

Back to hormones today, because everywhere I search they seem to be so tied in to health. Today we’re looking at testosterone (and no testosterone is not just for men). Testosterone is the primary sex hormones for men. It is … Continue reading

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Hormonal Balance to Combat Aging

Aging, are we meant to age or is this some new-age occurence? Aging is relatively new in the realm of human existence. Aging is pretty much the deterioration of the body (decreasing muscle tissue and bones, as well as organs), with … Continue reading

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Insulin, Glucagon balance= a lean and trim You

Ah insulin, how you’ve been villainized like the other misunderstood misfits (cholesterol, fat, inflammation, cortisol) whose names have been drug through the mud. You, like them, are an adaption, something the body needs and uses, but like most things in excess … Continue reading

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Adrenal Glands: Hormones for Stress

Today we travel southward to the adrenal glands. Perched on top on the kidneys, these glands are broken down into two parts. The outer part, the adrenal cortex, produces essential hormones to life, whereas, the inner part, the adrenal medulla, … Continue reading

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Hormonal Eating for Sustained Fat Loss

Losing weight is easy, right? Just eat fewer calories. This may work, but is the weight going to stay off and is the weight you’re losing only fat, but muscle as well? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could lose … Continue reading

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Why to shed your shoes

Blogs by Brittany: Vacations are a time of rest and relaxation, so naturally a good book is a must. Today’s post was brought about because of the book that I cuddled up to the fire with in the ColoradoMountains. Granted … Continue reading

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Fat-Soluble Vitamins

With all this discussion on fat the past few weeks, I’ve mentioned fat-soluble vitamins several times, so I figured today we would take the time to take a further look at these. One of the most important aspects of being … Continue reading

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Butter? The beauty of grass-fed

Here in America we have a tendency to put the things that are best for us on blast and drag their names through the mud so that we’re afraid to eat them, but replace them with processed unreal food that … Continue reading

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