If people ask me about work-out supplements, unlike people trying to sell you something, I’ll tell you that caffeine and creatine are the only substances scientifically shown to improve athletic performance. In moderation. Don’t blow-out your adrenals on energy drinks. So, I’m very happy to find that someone is researching this. It turns out, it […]
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I was in a friend’s vacated house in Bowie, Arizona. I was in the process of completing a month-long lerung, a solo meditation retreat in the Tibetan tradition. It was winter, it even snowed a little. I was excited to skip the entire holiday season, from December 14th to January 14th, more or less. Timing
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(tl;dr) When you know for certain that you want to improve something, you find someone who knows a lot more than you do and submit to what they prescribe in order for you to get better. It’’s the same whether it’s fitness, career, finance, or even spiritual gains. There are plenty of folks telling you
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Sounds silly, I know. Unsurprisingly, because we’re hungry. Is that really true? It’s important to know, because, it has a lot to do with our energy balance, and therefore our body composition, and therefore our health. For us, the second question is the most profound. Why Do We Eat, For Real? Let’s be honest: yes,
As I’ve said before, I’ve never personally struggled with serious weight loss — just minor skirmishes. I’ve got this middle-aged marsupial pouch on my belly that is nearly impossible to shake. It’s not a big problem. I’m taking a nutrition class towards my Health and Wellness Coaching certificate. The text and training is pretty conventional
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Yes, I finally did it! The whole pandemic thingy and getting a day job kind of put me NOT in a rush. But I reviewed, took the exam, then slayed it. Need documentation? Here you go:
I’ve talked about MEDS for wellbeing: Meditation, Diet, Exercise and Sleep. It’s nice when Science crosses them over. The extra 1.2 hours sleep on average led to a large decrease in food consumption among the subjects, with some eating as much as 500 fewer calories per day. On average, the intervention led to an average
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This just goes to show you that at least 2 of the spokes, in this case, Emotional Health and Physical Health, go hand-in-hand.
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Study: Regular exercise shielded COVID-19 patients from hospitalization, death Consistent physical inactivity was found to be a more severe risk factor than pre-existing heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure among the group of patients studied. . . . Dr. James Sallis, a professor emeritus at UC San Diego’s
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No gods, no masters. It’s is the community of practitioners that matters most, not Gurus, Lamas, Roshis or whatever. They would say in Buddhism, “Sangha is the Supreme Jewel.” I was a heavy student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for some time. After a Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul, I’ve started sitting again, and
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