Collagen production also decreases over time. Collagen is responsible for the structural shape in our tendons, ligaments, and skin.
To an extent, these decreases are inevitable. However, as well will see below, there are treatments to improve wherever you are now, and prevent further decline.
I want you, and all my clients, to eat intuitively as a sustainable method of taking care of yourself. If you can remember the acronym CARE, it will be your guide to eating intuitively as a healthy long-term lifestyle:
It is well documented that lack of sleep promotes holding onto those fat stores we don’t want. When we don’t get enough sleep our hormones get hauled into overdrive.
Read MoreIf you were to type “cryotherapy near me” in the great google machine, you would likely find a few cold spas enticing you to submerge yourself in a room or chamber that plummets down to -200℃ for a short period of time. Why would anyone willingly do this?
Read MoreSurprisingly, the temperature in your brain changes as well. During sleep, these changes of 0.2-0.4 degrees fahrenheit helps to induce certain “cleansing” properties as well as different stages of sleep. The different stages of sleep (NREM and REM) are important for brain function, which means body, mood, and health functions as well.
Read More“You may have heard that “sitting is killing us” and some facts about how sitting for long periods of time strains the lower back, decreases muscle tone, increases body fat, and increases chance of cancer or death.
While this may be true for sitting still for 6-12 hours of the day, these scary outcomes can be minimized through movement. In fact, this man studied hunter-gatherers and found that they also spent about 10 hours a day sitting, which is around “normal” time for most blue-collar workers. Nevertheless, they are different because those 10 hours are not all done at a time- among other things, they are frequently interrupted.”
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