Natural Energy to Get You Fired Up
AMPLIFIRE? http://brianjantzen.provibrantenergy.com Don’t risk your health and happiness for artificial energy. AmpliFire is an exclusive combination of safe energy and natural health. AmpliFire utilizes ForeverGreen’s patentpending technology to take natural plant concentrates and render them water-soluble, making them instantly absorbed. These proprietary blends contain natural, safe, clean and organic ingredients for instant energy that lasts for hours.  Today is your life! AmpliFire g... Read Full Story
SuperFoods
Remember Julie Andrews singing, " A spoonful of honey makes the medicine go down..." in Mary Poppins. Well maybe the spoonful of honey will suffice on it's own. Check out what a recent study about honey discovered: Honey Beats Medicine at Curing Coughs A spoonful of honey can quiet children's nighttime cough and help them to sleep better, a new study shows. When compared to the cough syrup ingredient dextromethorphan or no treatment, honey came out on top. "The results ... Read Full Story
Exercise - Weight Training
Weight training is such an essential component of creating a healthy body. If you combine your cardio with weights, this article explains the most helpful way to do so. Wait for Weights Maximize the calorie-burning benefits of your workout by tackling cardiovascular exercise before strength training. Doing cardio first can help you exercise longer, and thus burn more calories, than you would if you were tired out by weight training first. And finishing your workout with weights helps boost p... Read Full Story
Superfood Focus: Water
As it gets colder through the fall and winter seasons, it's nice to substitute teas or hot water with lemon for some of your water intake. You can choose your teas with your health in mind. Here is some great research on the antioxidant power that green and black teas provide.Green Tea, Black Tea: Packed With Antioxidants Read the tea leaves, caffeine lovers. Tea is gaining ground over coffee. Even Starbucks is bucking up its tea menu. The health benefits of tea are one compelling reason:... Read Full Story
SuperFoods: Eating the Rainbow
How are you doing with your daily intake of superfoods? Are nourishing your body with a variety of these foods each week? Here is a suggestion that has been helpful for many of us on our health journey: Download the SuperFoods Chart and the Honest Food Guide from the Health Resources section of the Creating What Matters site. Take these resources grocery shopping with you and make it a goal to "eat the rainbow" daily.Enjoy the following article that highlights the benefits of eating... Read Full Story
Exercise: It's Partly In Your Head
The mind-body connection is powerful. We saw the following article and knew we wanted to share it. Awareness about being on your health journey is important. Want to know the easiest way to boost the benefits of your workout: Just think about them. Sounds crazy, right? But it was true in a study of hotel workers. Just 4 weeks after the room cleaners were educated on how their duties counted toward their exercise needs, they saw a drop in weight and blood pressure -- despite no changes in ove... Read Full Story
Water Focus: Coffee
We often get questions about coffee. It is okay for you? How much can I drink? The following article explores this topic.One of the best ways to ward off chronic conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, is to eat a diet rich in antioxidants. But many of us do not eat the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables—considered superior sources of antioxidants. So guess where many people are getting their antioxidants instead? Recent studies reveal coffee may be a sur... Read Full Story
SuperFoods Focus: Breakfast
As summer is ending and we are back to work and school the mornings get busier and making time for a nutritious breakfast can be a challenge. Many people in our health community use our delicious chocolate meal shake called Thunder to ensure that they are having a well balanced breakfast that sets up their day for success. It’s quick, easy and delicious – you just mix a couple of scoops with milk or water (or you can make a variety of wonderful smoothies) for a delicious and highly nutritio... Read Full Story
SuperFoods Focus: Breakfast
As summer is ending and we are back to work and school the mornings get busier and making time for a nutritious breakfast can be a challenge. Many people in our health community use our delicious chocolate meal shake called Thunder to ensure that they are having a well balanced breakfast that sets up their day for success. It’s quick, easy and delicious – you just mix a couple of scoops with milk or water (or you can make a variety of wonderful smoothies) for a delicious and highly nutritio... Read Full Story
Exercise Focus: Support
More research on the essential role of support in the health journey. Enjoy! Are your friends making you fat? Or keeping you slender? According to new research from Harvard and the University of California , San Diego , the short answer on both counts is "yes."  Appearing in the July 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a study coauthored by Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School and James Fowler of UC San Diego suggests that obesity is "socially contagio... Read Full Story