PS -“It’s very well known that air pollution can affect respiratory function or health. But it’s not as well known that it can also affect the brain,” says Younan. Over the past decade, scientists started to note mounting evidence that suggests inhaling polluted air is toxic to the brain. That is slowly being linked to […]

NYT – The Chilean government, facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling rules aimed at transforming the eating habits of 18 million people.  Nutrition experts say the measures are the world’s most ambitious attempt to remake a country’s food culture, […]

NW– The theory that weight problems could be spread via social networks isn’t new. In 2007, researchers found that people were up to 57 percent more likely to become obese if a friend or family member did the same during a certain period of time.  For this study, the team wanted to answer whether living in […]

Tread Carefully! When its all said and done this Circuit will leave you On The Ground! 7 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30 Mins   What you need: Barbell in T-Bar Platform 10-45 lb plates (Intervals of five or 10) Dip Bar The Motion(s): Circuit (4 rounds) Barbell Front Squat & Press – 10 Reps […]

I think its fair to say that the majority of young-working Americans fall into the “Weekend Warrior” category. Typically in Bed at 10:30pm Monday through Thursday and then Friday 4pm hits… All routine, structure and daily habits are put on pause and random acts of weekend vibes ensue. Not a bad thing at all. Well, […]

Dig into your Southern Roots and get a large chunk of your daily Micros with this veggie/vegan Collard Greens quickie. Prep time is minimal, have it stove-top in 10 minutes and you’ll be ready to eat in an hour. Prep First dice up Onions, Ginger and the 6 Cloves of Garlic. Chop up the 10 […]

NYT – An ambitious new study published this month in Cell Systems, however, promises to shed some new light, enumerating for the first time the thousands of changes in genes and various biological systems that may occur after even a small amount of weight gain, and which may — or may not — be reversed […]

  This one’s a little different, we have a 5 minute Starter, A Circuit, then a 5 minute Finisher…Dilly Dilly!   7 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30-40 Mins   What you need: Battle Ropes Bosu Ball Ab Roller The Motion(s): Starter Alternating Waves – 5 minutes Circuit (4 rounds) Alternating Waves Squat – 10 […]

Its Hard Work to Work Hard Thinks about this statement for a little, let it light up your brain as you try to decipher the code, its inner meaning. To me this sentence can also be presented the following way : “Working Hard is Hard Work”. Working hard has always been an outspoken pillar to […]

NYT – Researchers in China reported on Wednesday that they have created two cloned monkeys, the first time that primates have been cloned with the technique that produced Dolly the sheep more than 20 years ago. The long-tailed macaques, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, were made from fetal cells grown in a petri dish. […]

PS – From Gwyneth Paltrow to Alex Jones of Info Wars, it seems like everyone is promising that vitamins— and their creepy alter ego, supplements—can soothe what ails us. Supplements are now a multi-billion-dollar industry that many say will continue to grow. But we’re not getting any healthier. Last year, U.S. life expectancy declined for […]

Here we enter another timed Accord. This one comes with crawling out of bed the next two mornings. 3 Exercises / 3 Rounds / 40-60 Mins What you need: Barbell With: 50% Body Weight 75% Body Weight 100% Body Weight The Motion(s): OVERHEAD SQUAT –30 REPS – 50% Body Weight FRONT SQUAT – 60 REPS […]

EH– Marijuana is now legal — at least for medical purposes — in more than half the states in the country, the researchers said. Curriculum deans at 101 medical schools completed surveys about marijuana education. Just over two-thirds said their graduates weren’t prepared to prescribe medical marijuana. One-quarter said their graduates weren’t even able to […]

Remember when people had two sets of cloths, you know – for when its warm and for when its cold. Life was simple, for those in-between months you’d just take a guess and live a little. Then some real sharp tools in the shed thought: “Hey,  we need cloths for all four seasons . Lets […]

HHP- Interest is also developing in the so-called “brain-gut axis.” It has been theorized that changes in intestinal bacteria may play a role in neuropsychiatric conditions such as anxiety or depression. The intestine has its own separate nervous system, and generates many of the same neurotransmitters (including acetylcholine and serotonin) that the brain generates. These […]