If you have ever played chess, you will know that in order to win you must anticipate your adversary’s next moves. The more moves you can anticipate and the more patterns you can recognize, the more success you are likely to have as a chess player. Given that in any chess position there are roughly ...

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Insulin has an especially dramatic influence on enzymes called lipases. Lipases are like little Pac Men who run around your body, releasing body fat from its cushy containers so it can be shuttled into muscle cells to get burned off (yeah!). When insulin levels are high, it hits the “off” switch on lipases, putting them ...

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It’s the middle of summer and many of us are taking advantage of some time off for holidays.  Wherever your summer travels may take you it always a good idea to be prepared for the unexpected!  The following tips will help you stay safe in the sun, avoid nasty stomach problems and keep you healthy while ...

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  I have seen patients slowly see their perception of colours diminish, followed by shapes, and gradual loss of their sense of vision completely. The results are nothing short of devastating. I have seen patients with vision loss lose their independence – starting with driving privileges to early retirement for some. This is especially devastating given ...

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Speak to almost any anthropologist and he/she will tell you that 99.9% of human physiology developed in the wild, thousands of years ago. As some Paleolithic experts have said in the past, “We are in a sense living with Fred Flintstone bodies, but we’re in a George Jetson world” During those thousands of years, the ...

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Summer is here!  With the warmer weather and sunshine comes the smell of BBQ food in the neighborhood.  BBQs are definitely popular for bringing family and friends together but most of us are unaware of some of the harmful substances that we may be consuming through grilling our food. High heat from BBQing produce chemicals such ...

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  There is a reason I started this blog, and that is to educate you using a simple approach about an industry that holds so much mystery to the common consumer. Having said that, I've worked a long time in health food stores, and during that time I have seen a steady decline of customers coming through the doors of health food ...

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During a serious chocolate craving, I got inspired to make some Black Bean Brownies. I only had a bag of dehydrated black beans. I set them out to soak overnight, then cooked them up in the morning. To cook them I rinsed them a bunch, then boiled them, then simmered them for about an hour. I ...

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Balanced serotonin levels are important in any fat loss program because they provide a calming and appetite suppressing action, which allows you to feel satisfied without needing to cheat. When serotonin levels rise, we feel instant gratification in the reward centers of the brain. Serotonin levels decline throughout the day and are replenished during the ...

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A 10 year study from the Harvard Medical School reports that multi-vitamin therapy has no effect on coronary heart disease. As a graduate of HMS I found this report disturbing. It was a waste of money on a study doomed to failure. Of course it would have no effect on heart attack as multi-vitamin pills contain  only small amounts of vitamin C ...

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