Andrew’s Blog

365 Ways #281–Cheat days

#281–When I’m analyzing a client’s diet/sleep/exercise diary, I will often see a day that the client will tell me later is a “cheat day”. Characterized by alcohol and junk food...
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365 Ways #280–Listen to your Mother

#280--"Health in all it's fullness is Mother Nature obeyed." --Dr. Weston A. Price
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365 Ways #279–Bare naked feet

#279--The great marathoners from Kenya run in shoes for one reason--they get paid to wear them. But catch these athletes in their developmental years, and you won't find anything remotely...
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365 Ways #278–Back in the saddle

#278--What happens when you eat one of the foods on your forbidden list? What about when you go out and drink too much or stop exercising for a couple of...
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365 Ways #277–If they were slow, they wouldn’t be called PROprioceptive

#277--Proprioceptive signals travel faster than pain signals and get to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord more quickly. That's why when a person sprains an ankle, walking it off...
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365 Ways #276–Pain and nutrition

#276--People in pain use more vitamins, minerals, etc than people without pain. For example, a person with a history of back pain may burn through twenty times the amount of...
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365 Ways #275–Fish: Farmed or Wild?

#275--It's no contest. From a health perspective, wild fish is the only choice. I wouldn't touch it otherwise. Farmed fish are subject to diseases and parasites due to being raised...
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365 Ways #274–Life’s in session

#274--Leukemia has been a good teacher. There was a time when I couldn't cross the finish line truly happy unless I came in first. But if you see pictures of...
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