When Good Exercise Goes Bad (Tips for Optimization)
Dr. Shannon Morgenstern, ND Ensuring Exercise is a Happy Stressor We all know that exercise is an important part of maintaining good health, but lately so many of my patients have been taking [...]
Normalizing Movement and Embracing Intervals for Weight Loss
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND We are all too familiar with the broken refrain that to lose weight we must eat less and exercise more. However, starvation portions and more time on the treadmill doesn’t [...]
Exercise and Mental Health
Dr. Christina Bjorndal The Mood Disorders Society of Canada put out a startling statistic in 2009: 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime1, including depression, mood [...]
Fit and Fat Beats Lazy and Lean
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND I am especially attentive to the results of this study, both professionally and personally. In my professional life, I know that a good diagnostician must avoid the hasty [...]
Is Getting Stronger Your Best Cancer Protection?
Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CISSN, CSCS @DrBubbs Increasing the amount of “movement” you get in the day is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of cancer and all other chronic degenerative conditions. [...]
Longevity and Your Heart Rate Variability
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmauer Every client I see, I explain about why I am strapping electronics to their chest, “This is a heart rate monitor. I’ll be able to calculate a number called [...]
Why You Should Workout on an Empty Stomach
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmaurer Blood Code Fitness Principle #1 We are mistakenly given the message that what we eat provides energy for the next few hours or for some upcoming activity. [...]
Why Anaerobic is Better!
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmaurer Anaerobic versus aerobic? It’s like meat versus vegetables—it’s not an either-or, I know. Anaerobic and aerobic are on the same team and work together for [...]
Even More Reasons to H.I.I.T. the Gym
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @DrRichardMaurer Short Intense Workouts Reverse Diabetes And Standard Care Makes It Worse I come from a family of long distance runners—I am also from a family prone to [...]
Surprise, Exercise Slows Your Thyroid
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @DrRichardMaurer The thyroid gland has become an unruly scapegoat in the pasture of self-help and wellness. The past decade of research has eroded the tidy line that linked [...]
