Wellness Blog
Blog posts tagged with "habit of health"
Kinetic Energy and the Meaning of Life
The most important question you can ask for your health is a very simple one...
How to Keep the Belly Fat Away… For Good
Caught in the Yo-yoing cycle of fad dieting? Here's how to shed those pounds and keep them off!
Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
Healthy and Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
Why You Can't Get Healthy Alone
The hardest part about getting healthy is, for a lot of people, knowing where to start. And the hardest part of knowing where to start is the fact that every time you look into some health tip, you find a countering opinion...
4 Things You Can Do Nutritionally RIGHT NOW to Improve Your Life
Very few people have ever decided that they are going to just throw up their hands, decide that whatever happens happens, and just choose to stay sick and broken down and headed for an early grave. But at the same time, the evidence is there...
The Power of Getting Quiet
Do you feel good? Right now, at this moment, do you feel good? As a cardiologist now halfway through my third decade of practice, I've noticed two things about the possible answers to that question...
Why You Should Eat Plants
Why should you eat plants? Seems like kind of a dumb question, right? Our moms all told us to eat our vegetables, so it's wired inside us to know that they are good for us. Just knowing, though, doesn't seem to be enough...
Why You Should Practice Present Moment Awareness
One of the hardest things to do in this day and age is slow down. Our phones constantly distract us, there are screens everywhere begging for our attention, and life doesn't exactly allow you to just hit the pause button...
Feeling it Out: The Power of the Elimination Diet
When most people hear the words "eliminate" and "diet" together, they think of deprivation. They think about giving up all the foods they currently eat. They picture a grey wasteland of bland foodstuffs and unfed cravings. But that's not at all how it works...
First Do No Harm: The One Things that Drives Me NUTS as a Doctor
Even after twenty-plus years as a practicing cardiologist, there is one thing that, above all else, drives me nuts. Before I get to that, though, let me make something very clear.
How to Optimize Your Daily Routine for Optimum Health
How we think and feel about the world determines, in a very real way, how we live our lives. Adding powerful habits into your daily flow can have life-changing effects on all aspects of your health.
How to Develop New Habits that Transform Your Life
Before you begin figuring out how to replace your bad habits with good ones, you need to understand that everything you do for your health has to be a step toward nutrition.
The Importance of Gradual Change
Just losing the weight doesn't mean you're healthy. Health is all about nutrifying your life. It's about making changes to your life—literally choosing “life” over “death” each moment of your life.
Thank Your Regular Stars: Why You Need to Start a Gratitude Journal Today
Real change comes from slowly transforming your habits. The gratitude journal is the first healthy habit we work to instill. It's the first because it sets the tone for the rest. Here's how, and why, to do it!
6 Sweet Ways to Shake Off Sugar
Above and beyond being simply addictive, sugar is also one of the main things driving the obesity, autoimmune, and heart disease epidemics currently running roughshod through our culture. Let's kick it! Here's how:
How to Develop a Habit of Health
The great thing about awareness is that once a bad habit is identified—and we understand the why behind it—we can change it, slowly, step by step.