Calories are an outdated way of thinking about food and weight loss and you have to learn to look at food in different ways.
Let me first tell you that your body has its own built-in water calculator and it just doesn't have to be that complicated and that there is a wholly different way you can look at water intake that just might surprise you
Look at everything in your life and think that it is a miracle. Instead of controlling expectations as my friend Bill suggests, think about raising your amazement at everything you have and everything you see.
Since I have more than a passing interest in health, I tend to get this question often: what do you think are the best books to read. You might not think so at first, but I also get a related question: how do you stay motivated to eat a healthy diet? And this time of year, people are always asking me what are good gifts for the health nut in their lives. I love books, a few of the books below have changed my life; not too many gifts have that ability, so most of this post is about...
Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I’m a big proponent of eating better. I support eating better because it is the most powerful way to change your health. Yes, it is more powerful than drugs and even supplements. The second most powerful way to improve your health is exercise.
There are many ways to look at illness: you can think you are unlucky, or that you "caught" something, or that you are not healthy, but I like to think of illness as a teacher. Because thinking of illness as a teacher give you an immediate plan: figure out what is missing in your life and fix it.
When you have a chronic illness or you are just feeling sick and tired, you are standing at a crossroads, but this crossroads is maybe not what you think. You are not standing at a crossroads between natural medicine and conventional medicine, but at the choice between choosing symptom relief or supporting the natural healing mechanisms of your body.
Do you find yourself scratching your head when you read the latest news? One headline suggests that coffee is good for you and the next reads that it is not good for you; another headline says alcohol is great for your health and then another tells you that it is not. What about a high protein diet, or a high carbohydrate diet, or an all-grapefruit diet? Do you choose bottled water or filtered water? What about using a microwave?
I've created this list of top Health Mistakes You Don't Want to Make because it will give you an idea where to best focus your energies. The Health Mistakes below are where you are going to get the most bang for your buck. Some of them are not easy (actually most are not that easy), and the reason why most people don't do them. But choosing to take care of you requires a bit of dedication because we live in a world that supports our ill health and not our good health.