http://living-well.net Mind & Body Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you understand the chemical effects of exercise and competition on your body then you should also be able understand why the antioxidants and neurotransmitters available from organic cocoa can help to improve your athletic performance and reduce your recovery time. In order to attain the benefits that cocoa has ... http://living-well.net/2010/04/09/benefits-of-organic-cocoa/ Your immune system is your body’s way of protecting itself from disease and invasion by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, yeasts and fungi. If you are not sure what it protects you from, consider what happens when you die and your immune system shuts down. Your body is rapidly invaded ... http://living-well.net/2010/04/04/what-is-your-immune-system/ [caption id="attachment_722" align="alignleft" width="86" caption="Mitchell J. Rabin, M.A., L.AC."][/caption] What’s next? You could say.  Whoever heard of such a thing?  No doubt it’ll be called “The Love Diet”.  Some will immediately wonder just what would be on the menu.  Interesting and inspiring as that wondering may be, that’s not the main ... http://living-well.net/2010/03/18/the-love-diet-and-weight-management/ As we get older, our bodies get stiffer, and we gradually lose the natural flexibility we once possessed as children. Why does this happen? Flexibility comes not just from stretching, but from possessing adequate current flow in your body. While babies are born very flexible, if you were to feed a ... http://living-well.net/2010/03/17/free-radicals-and-muscle-flexibility/ Continued from Part I: Why Your Fatigued Adrenals Need Extra Support In the emergency medical profession, doctors work according to an order of operations. The first priority is to stabilize the patient’s condition, and only then do they undertake more elaborate measures, operating if necessary. This is because without a stable ... http://living-well.net/2010/03/03/how-to-build-core-energy-for-life/ In today’s fast-paced world, everyone is exposed to stress on a daily basis. Whether it’s in the form of our morning commute, pressures at work, the demands of raising a family, sleep deprivation, or even just the overwhelming number of messages and choices that bombard us, stress is here to ... http://living-well.net/2010/03/03/why-your-fatigued-adrenals-need-extra-support/ Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of ads online for weight loss supplements that all make essentially the same claim – the diet industry sets its customers up for failure on purpose. While this is an ironic statement coming from companies hawking their own miracle diet solutions, I’ve been wondering ... http://living-well.net/2010/01/28/does-the-diet-industry-really-want-you-to-fail/ How can you expect to lose weight if you don’t know exactly how you gained those pounds? Dieting, like quitting smoking, is about a lot more than just eliminating certain foods or cutting back. For true success, you have to know your weaknesses and understand their underlying causes. So many ... http://living-well.net/2010/01/28/why-diets-fail-part-ii/ Want to lose weight but tired of weight loss gimmicks? Follow this sensible advice. 1. Eat only real food: how much of what you eat comes from a box? If it’s processed, it’s probably no good for you. Real foods are the foods that you find in the fruit and vegetable ... http://living-well.net/2010/01/27/13-simple-rules-for-diet-success/ When people say they want to lose weight, they’re usually talking about losing excess fat. The fact is, one must first re-establish healthy cellular conditions for effective diet and exercise. If you want to lose fat, then it’s important to know under what conditions fat cells multiply, grow ... http://living-well.net/2010/01/19/weight-loss-why-diet-exercise-arent-enough/