Historically, salt has had a pretty bad reputation. I should clarify “historically” though. The vilification started in the 20th century when we started noticing health issues related to salt such as elevated blood pressure and water retention. However, these issues are related to refined sea salt, which became prevalent in the 20th century. Refined salt
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Dispelling common myths throughout the Healthcare and Fitness Industries
September 24, 2025
How Morning Walks Can Affect EVERY Aspect of Your Health
One of the most impactful things every human can do for their health is a morning walk outside. Especially while still in a fasted state. From balancing our circadian rhythm, to improving mental health, to ramped up autophagy (cellular cleanup), the benefits reach almost every aspect of health. It easily checks off all 4 major
September 17, 2025
Healthy Gift Ideas
Health nuts are hard to buy for. Especially for someone who seems like they live in a different health stratosphere. But don’t let that discourage you from attempting to buy them a thoughtful gift. From red light therapy panels to squatty potty’s, here’s a wide variety of health related gift ideas from wellnessmama.com: Creative &
September 10, 2025
Mike’s Favorite Healthy Foods
Here’s an extensive list of some of my favorite healthy foods and ingredients. Please note that some of these items are the least-worst options. For example, I never recommend cookies. But if you are going to indulge, Siete is a cleaner brand. They’re gluten free and no seed oils. Shake Ingredients: Kion Whey Protein
September 10, 2025
Fats and Mental Health
For some strange reason, fat still has a bad name. While it’s villification in the 80’s had some merit, it really boiled down to a handful of fats and meats that were correlated to chronic disease. These detrimental fats are mainly from processed meats, and the meat and dairy from sick animals from commercial farms.
September 02, 2025
Mike’s Recommended Training Products.
Here are some essentials for any home gym setup. Starting with the most bang-for-your-buck options. Trideer Exercise Ball. Power Systems Resistance Tubing SPRI Resistance Tubing Door Anchor For Resistance Tubing Wall Mount Exercise Anchor Gaiam Restore Foam Roller 6×36″ Champion Sports Lacrosse Ball for manual therapy Amazon Basics Rubber Dumbell Amazon Basics Medicine
August 27, 2025
Takeout: Never a Healthy Choice
It’s virtually impossible to eat a healthy meal outside of your home. Even farm-to-table and organic restaurants often use seed oils for frying, sautéing, and baking. Microwaves are as rampant as low grade salt and sugar. But in addition to the nutritional deficiencies, toxins, pesticides, and GMO’s that effect us from the foods themselves, what
August 20, 2025
Food and Exercise Addiction
One of my biggest challenges with clients is addiction. Especially when the client can’t see it. Addiction comes in many forms. Most of us are familiar with traditional addictions like drug abuse, alcoholism, and gambling. But modern addictions seem to be minimized in the public eye for some reason. These modern addictions include social media,
August 13, 2025
Histamine Intolerance
Histamine, and histamine intolerance remain one of the medical industry’s least understood topics. That’s one reason why we don’t hear about it in the mainstream. But it’s a topic worth uncovering if you’re dealing with allergic, or “histamine-like” reactions. This article from draxe.com details everything you need to know about histamine, including a list of
August 06, 2025
Hacking Longevity: The Arts
When studying blue zones (regions of the world with abnormally higher life expectancy and overall health), researchers look for commonalities between the zones to ascertain which practices have the highest impact on improving our health. These commonalities range from social connections, to whole food nutrition, to daily exercise/movement, to connection with God, and as this