Weight loss has both a physical component and a mental component. Your body is essentially a dumb machine. Barring genetic factors or medications with weight-gain side effects, as long as you give the body less food than you need to maintain your current weight, while also giving it healthy food and enough water, you will ... read more

The prevailing wisdom for decades on keeping your heart healthy is to make sure you get enough exercise. The standard formula is that everyone should get at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity a week, 30 minutes for five days out of the week, in order to prevent heart attack and stroke. But that’s ... read more

One of the things that lead me to exercise and nutrition was mental health. Here is another study that shows just how important exercise can be in preserving good mental health. The study, done by the University of Vermont, examined bullied adolescents. They wanted to see if exercise could reduce suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. ... read more

It is no secret that obesity is the biggest health challenge facing Americans today. Across all socioeconomic sectors, too much weight is the single largest health problem. Millions of dollars have been thrown at the problem and all manner of new-fangled diets have been promoted to get rid of obesity. Yet some new meta-studies have ... read more

Part of my practice involves using nutrition and exercise to improve mental health. As you can read on the front page of this website, I was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. It was through exercise and diet that I found a way to cope with my symptoms. Exercise has so many health benefits that it is ... read more