Have you heard of the Danish concept of hygge? Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is a Danish word that expresses the concept of a feeling or mood that comes by taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary, everyday moments more meaningful, beautiful or special. Simple examples include making a ritual out of making coffee and then lingering …
Pterostilbene is a natural compound present in blueberries, cranberries, red grapes, and several plants in Asia. Pterostilbene has several powerful health benefits, in the areas cardiovascular health, cognitive function, neurological diseases and diabetes.
We all know that vegetables are good for you, which is something that every single dietary philosophy agrees on. It’s simply not possible to find a truly healthy person who doesn’t consume vegetables regularly. However, did you know that many traditional hunter-gatherer societies ate as many as 100 different species of plants? And this diversity of plant foods is severely lacking in today’s world.
According to a new study from Florida State University (FSU), nutrition researchers have determined that protein consumption before bed compared with protein consumption during the day does not have a negative effect on belly fat metabolism or whole-body fat burn overnight.
A recent study conducted at the University of Michigan suggest that vitamin D deficiency in childhood may result in behavioral problems during adolescence, including aggressive behavior, anxiety and depressive moods. The study was done on school children in Bogotá, Colombia. Children with deficient blood vitamin D levels were almost twice as likely to develop behavior problems, as opposed to children who had higher levels of vitamin D.
Lifting weights and long, slow distance are quite dissimilar, but there’s a profoundly important lesson that lifters can learn from a very special breed of distance runners – the tribe of super Kenyans.
Ever since I learned about the concept of epigenetics about 8 years ago, I have been fascinated by the topic, and have read numerous articles and studies regarding epigenetics. Epigenetics is “what” regulates how, when and how much of our genes are expressed.
I often hear/ see/ read about the concept of “more” as it relates to fitness. It’s like an obsession. More cardio. More deadlifts. More burpees. More calorie restriction. The problem is that “more” can lead to over training, injury, and illness, if you don’t balance your training.
Turkish get-ups (TGU’s) are one of my all-time favorite exercises. TGU’s are also one of the exercises I sometimes dread! In reality, TGU’s may be the very best all-around fuctional exercises that you can do.
