I Am a MAN on FIRE.

I am on a mission, it is why God put me here, and it is the thing that burns inside of me.  The mission is to pull people from a burning building, and to carry them to safety.  The biggest problem with my mission, is that most people do not have any idea that they are in the burning building. YOU are in the building.  If you subscribe to any of what culture has to offer you in the way of diet, exercise, health PHILOSOPHY, spirituality… then you are there.  I could rant and rave for days on each of […]

Fat Burning Zone… old news.

Recently my wife ran into a neighbor who had started using a personal trainer.  She commented to my wife, “I guess I have been doing it all wrong!  So now I am walking on the treadmill more, and less running.  Need to keep my heart-rate down, and not let it get too high.”  My wife didn’t want to discourage her in any way, so she just said “oh” and changed the conversation. Personally, I am all about changing the way people do things, and if there is a little pain in knowing that you are about to make a big […]

Repeated antibiotics alter beneficial gut germs

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/AR2010091402132.html WASHINGTON — Antibiotics can temporarily upset your stomach, but now it turns out that repeatedly taking them can trigger long-lasting changes in all those good germs that live in your gut, raising questions about lingering ill effects. Nobody yet knows if that leads to later health problems. But the finding is the latest in a flurry of research raising questions about how the customized bacterial zoo that thrives in our intestines forms – and whether the wrong type or amount plays a role in ailments from obesity to inflammatory bowel disease to asthma. Don’t be grossed out: This is […]

Flu Vaccine Banned

FULL ARTICLE There has been recent concern over the CSL made flu-vaccine, which come from the Australian country into other nations around the world.  The vaccine has been found to cause febrile convulsions (seizures) in young children.  The US made recommendation’s that children under nine do not receive the flu vaccine, where the European community has made a ban of its use across the board for those under five. The article linked above is short, and says little about the ban vs. recommendation… so I wonder… Why do we not just ban the whole thing?  One of the main considerations […]

Blueberry Dessert

Last night I wanted dessert, so I made it… New recipe on the spot… approx. 3 cups of blueberries approx 1 cup of almond meal approx 1/4 cup of turbinado sugar approx 1/4 stick of butter fold the butter into the almond meal and sugar,  mix with blueberries, bake at 350 for 30 minutes!  Yum!!

Open Saturday…

Dr. Eric will be in Saturday. He gave up his glory seeking Adventure Race to be in the office to serve! Please come see him… 9:30-10:15am, schedule ahead please… he will be without help that day. Dr. Levi 10 – 11am

Sleep!

It was a few weeks ago that a patient of mine asked me if I had written any Daily Sprouts about sleep.  I said, sure, I am positive I have.  And as we looked to find the information, it occurred to us that we had never written an article about sleep.  We may have mentioned it within articles, but never actually wrote one about sleep. So I am going to correct that problem!  Indeed, sleep is one of the absolute most important components of health.  If we consider the Five Essentials to Health: Good Nutrition, Exercise, Detox (Clean Living), Peace, […]

Total Food Makeover is COMING!

The Total Food Makeover is a NEW take on 40 Day Challenges.  Add the Biggest Loser style BOOTCAMP, and your life will never be the same!  Keep looking for info, coming SOON! Start Date – October 4th, Monday night at 7:00PM

Body-Weight Exercises!

OK, so last night after my workout (WOD – Workout Of the Day), I decided I should post some of my body-weight favorites here for the non CrossFit world to see, and HOPEFULLY attempt. First, last week we did a great running WOD. Run 20 seconds (as hard as you can) and rest 40 seconds.  Be sure to start back at the EXACT place that you stopped running your 20 seconds.  You do this for 15 minutes (which equals 5 minutes of total running).  Shoot for more than a mile, but if you only get half a mile, at least you […]