by Barbara Rodgers | Aug 22, 2017 | Health Strategy, Healthy Aging, Healthy Lifestyle Changes
Originally Posted by GLEN DEPKE — AUGUST 18, 2017 People with high cholesterol live the longest. This statement seems so incredible that it takes a long time to clear one´s brainwashed mind to fully understand its importance. Yet the fact that people with high...
by Barbara Rodgers | Mar 9, 2017 | Health Strategy, Healthy Lifestyle Changes
by Liz Moody, MindBodyGreen Sr. Food Editor, February 28, 2017 2:22 AM We’re all trying to eat for better gut health around here, and we’d hate for simple mistakes to deter our journey. With that in mind, we asked some of the country’s top functional medicine...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jul 7, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Aging, Healthy Lifestyle Changes
I’ll often get asked by my aging friends, family or even acquaintances who are 40+ or 50+ in years, for some “simple” things they can do to improve their health. This is almost a trick question because I can tell looking at most of these people that their health is...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jul 7, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss
In the body, all carbohydrate-based foods—such as sugar, grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit—convert primarily to glucose, or “blood sugar.” But different foods break down to blood sugar at very different rates. For example, sugary or starchy foods, such as white...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jun 3, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Lifestyle Changes
Health Benefits of Aloe Vera When you’re done reading this, you will be running out to your nearest nursery to purchase an aloe vera plant, and for good reason! Aloe vera is one of the few herbs or supplements that offers multiple benefits. It is an antiobiotic,...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jan 28, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Aging, Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss
Seems like everyone is becoming increasingly aware that sugar is bad stuff, and yet I often get asked if it’s really necessary to cut it out of your daily diet. Yes, it is. It’s pretty simple really. Sugar turns to fat. But that’s not all. As sugar is broken...
