The Nine Habits of Highly Healthy People by Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS For years, business and motivational gurus have known that there are basic habits that seem to predict professional success and excellence. Books like “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”, by motivational speaker and business guru Stephen Covey, PhD has sold over 15 […]

Going Meatless   by Charles Poliquin In previous articles I’ve alerted my meat-challenged readers (aka vegetarians) that they may be lacking in certain nutrients.  After years of testing, some of the most common amino acid deficiencies I’ve seen are carnitine, carnosine, and taurine.  People deficient in carnitine will have difficulty mobilizing fat to burn as […]

This was sent to me by my good friend Adam Benn who was reading through some old Arthur Saxon texts and found the following; “In every other branch of athletics by which relative “strength” can be tested, “skill” enters so extensively into the question of pre-eminence as practically to reduce strength to a secondary consideration.    […]

Five Best Foods to Fuel Your Workout By Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS Before we begin, there’s one thing you need to know: The best food to eat before a workout depends on when you’re going to eat it. Let’s say you’re an early morning riser who goes to the gym on the way to work. […]

Hey, it’s all about the calories, right? Not! By Jonny Bowden, MA, CN, CNS Gather round, folks, because I’m gonna tell you a story. Once upon a time, around 1890 actually, a scientist named Wilbur Atwater got the bright idea of putting food into a special machine, burning it and measuring the amount of heat […]