Nutrition Information

Omega 3s: Using Our Heads to Nourish Our Brains


We sometimes hear about ways that we can take care of our organs by the foods we injest. When we think about our diet we cannot help but think about the effect our choices have on our heart, liver and other internal and external organs.

The Role of Nutrition in Martial Arts, Police, Military Personnel


For a considerable amount of time, nutrition has not played a prominent role in the life of many martial artists, police, and military personnel as a means of improving performance. Top athletes are always looking for an edge.

The Truth About Omega 3


Since Dr Basant Puri, a consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at London's Imperial College MRI unit, released his findings on Omega 3 and its effect on brain function and depression, many studies have been performed regarding the beneficial effects this fatty acid. Studies over the past two years have consistently confirmed that Omega 3, a substance lacking in today's "diet" is a key component in the brain's development and proper functioning.

Fat: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly


When it comes to planning a healthy diet, fat is a complex subject. It's useful to understand some basic information.

What Actually Is Health?


Nature works mostly on the principle of thing and no thing. Light is the thing and darkness is the absence of light.

Finding Your Reason Why to be Healthy


The most incredible thing you can do for yourself is have a big enough reason why that will totally light up your life and will remind yourself of that reason every single day. We are going to go through a process to help you create your reasons why to make it almost impossible not to be healthy.

The Hidden Price of Being Healthy


What I am also going to point out is the not-so-obvious cost of not being healthy. But, as you know, nothing in life is free.

Getting Your Target


What is health? Everyone wants this thing called health, and yet most people have never thought about what their "target of health" actually looks like. If you and your family were healthy, what would it be like? It is like this: Imagine you are shooting a bow and arrow at a definite target and you have no idea what the target is.

Adding to Your Level of Health is the Key


Here is a continuation of the light and darkness metaphor: a bucket of water. The bucket represents you.

What is the Cause?


The question most people think they need an answer to is what is the cause of their this or that? Many people pay it lip service, but what is cause really? Going with the bucket analogy, what is the cause of one of the symptoms or diseases not being covered by water, or being expressed? Could it be that water is leaking out of the bucket through the holes? Which hole is the "cause" of the symptoms or disease being expressed? That is kind of a trick question.It is not just one hole that causes a symptom or disease to be expressed.

7 Things To Your Health


Health is the thing. And no matter how many ways you can measure and quantify symptoms and disease, the only way to be healthy is to add to your health.

True Health - Following Your Inner Knowing


Your Non-Conscious Mind is 98% of your full power. Over the last couple lessons we taught you how to use your conscious mind to actively create the directions for your non-conscious mind to follow.

Your Target of Health is Easy


Many of us, probably even you, want this thing called health, yet have no idea what it would look like if we had it. We are going after this elusive thing, but we really have never stopped to think about what it was.

Creating Your Target of Health


Creating Your Target is easy.What I use to help create these targets is what I call SMARTS targets SMARTS stands for:Simple, Sensory, and Specific Measurable and Meaningful As If Now Realistic Time Framed Smiley FactorSome more about what these all mean:"S": Simple is exactly that.

Glorious Summer Greens


Summer brings a lot of fantastic things with it, but one of the healthiest for those of us in the colder climates is more fresh food. The growing season has started and is shifting into full gear.

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