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Where Would You Like to Go to a Seminar?
As I plan my travel for 2020, I’d like your feedback on which cities I should visit. I’m thinking North America, but if you’re convinced I should go elsewhere, let me know. Here’s a link to a very short survey—only six questions. Survey What are you prepared to do today? I hope you’re in […]
It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
In last month’s Memos, I talked about many different aspects of exercise including flexibility, strengthening, and the various types of fitness and stamina. There’s one more thing you need to know. But first, a story. Paula has been having an issue with her ankle and foot. She got it checked out with her podiatrist, and […]
On the Road Again
It’s time to hit the road again. It’s been too long since I’ve done my own seminars, so I’m planning 2020 Health and Nutrition seminars. My goal is to go to a dozen or so cities throughout the U.S. and Canada next year. It’s not that I love to travel—it’s that I love to teach. […]
Final Thoughts on Living Every Day
There are dozens of topics that I could still cover about making sure you live your life every day you’re alive: supplements you could take, a healthy microbiome, protecting your vision, and on and on. But if you don’t get to the part where you eat less, eat better, and move more, the rest doesn’t […]
New Research Yields One More Factor
The last recommendation for you in living every day you’re alive involves keeping the body working its best through regular maintenance. That means seeing your healthcare professionals on schedule. Here are some examples of what that can mean. Researchers recently published a paper on the impact of a narrow band of ultraviolet light on the […]
The Command Center
We’re going to finish this month’s look at living life instead of just being alive by talking about brain health. The brain is the command center of the body, telling it what to do 24/7 without you having to think about it. Be honest: when was the last time you consciously told your heart to […]
Balancing Act
The final component of everything we’ve covered this month to date is balance, the integration of every physical component of health we’ve talked about: muscular strength, endurance, stamina, flexibility, bones, and joint health. If we work on every one of the prior physical components, it enhances our ability to stay upright until we choose not […]
What to Do About Aching Joints
When we stop to consider what prevents us from moving as much and as freely as we would like, the main culprit would probably be our joints: knees for most, with hips a close second. Shoulders are up there, along with our feet and hands. One of my problem areas is my thumbs in the […]
Maintaining Bone Health
In trying to live every day we’re alive, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the ability to move, but it’s not just about muscle. Those muscles connect to bones for the most part, and the bones must be healthy as well. One of the basic tenets of healthy bones is Wolfe’s law, which […]
Improve Your Posture
Today is the final post about the physical factors of living and not just being alive, and it’s about your posture, the way you carry yourself. Posture reflects the interplay of your skeletal, muscular, and nervous system: the way you stand, the way you move, and the way you sit. Those all rely on the […]
