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Do you have a goal in your life that you have wanted to accomplish for a long time, but can’t seem to get there? Is there something you need to get handled, like a career or relationship situation, a specific amount of money you want, a location you’d like to visit, or a shape you …

You’re following along with a great, healthy diet, cutting out a lot of carbs, making yourself healthy sandwiches, eating lots of fruits and vegetables…then one of these three things happen that throws you completely off your healthy habits and back to gaining fat: 1. You go on a business trip. You’re busy with work the …

If you want to get as healthy as you possibly can, it often can be difficult to sort through all the conflicting reports out there: “Grains are good!” “Grains are bad!” “Fish is good!” “Fish will give you mercury poisoning!” The contradictions go on and on coming to you directly from so-called experts. Should you …

One thing that can be difficult when looking after your health and trying to eat the right foods that will help you burn fat instead of gain weight is snacking. Most of the snacks sold in grocery stores (and vending machines!) is really setting your health back. Potato chips, crackers, cheese puffs, and most of …

I attended a meeting about the state of the U.S. economy last night, and what we can do about it. One of the ideas discussed was that our culture has adopted the idea that doing things for other people is the ultimate virtue, but doing things to help yourself (such as making lots of money) …

Conventional wisdom tells people that in order to be healthy & fit, you must first focus on exercise. And often, the most healthy people in society are often thought of as the marathon runners and triathletes. So naturally, the prevailing thought about fitness is that you must crank out cardio workouts to lose weight or …

I just spent an amazing 9 days in Costa Rica, checking out a volcano, horseback riding (1st time!), lots of hiking, zip lining (thrilling!), river rafting (class 3-4), and chilling out with monkeys on the beach. The week was so action-packed that I didn’t have time to work out, or even sit down and read. …

I was just listening to a Jimmy Moore podcast with former 20-year vegan Lierre Keith. She makes some very good points about vegan diets being too overloaded with soy protein, and often too low on fat and high on grains. I definitely would agree that a high grain, low fat diet would eventually cause health …