by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Natural Solutions
Eating breakfast gets your metabolism going in the morning. As one of the most important benefits of breakfast, this helps you burn calories throughout the day as you go about your life. You have more energy to work, study, and focus. This is just the beginning of...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Exercise Wellness, Health Education
It’s probably safe to say that we all know that exercise improves your health. It can get you in shape, help you lose weight, improve your balance, and reduce your chance of developing all sorts of nasty diseases like heart disease and diabetes. But in addition to...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Exercise Wellness, Health Education
Rhabdo, short for rhabdomyolysis, occurs when muscle cells burst, releasing their contents into the bloodstream.(1) It is a relatively rare condition and comes with severe muscle pain, weakness, and dark or brown urine. The damage caused by rhabdo can be severe enough...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Nutrition and Society
Many of the sickest COVID-19 patients have been obese, according to lots of studies conducted since the whole thing started. That link has become more obvious, with population studies that have confirmed the link. Even people who are simply overweight are at higher...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Natural Solutions
Perhaps you are looking for more energy for your exercise or a boost to your immune system. It might just be a little more ‘juice’ to make it to Friday! All of us have different health goals, but we all need a solid foundation on which to build. Yours and mine...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Exercise Wellness, Health Education
There are many benefits of doing yoga. It is an ancient body and mind practice that involves movement, breathing, and meditation techniques to help promote physical and mental well-being. There are many disciplines within the practice of yoga. There are also...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Natural Solutions
In previous years, intermittent fasting has grown in popularity and subsequent research data. However, that’s not a new phenomenon, as it was the basis of human survival. Intermittent fasting is a regular eating plan that alternates between states of fasting and small...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Natural Solutions
So why do we care what the best food sources of choline are? What the heck is it anyway? Because it is essential for your metabolism, production of neurotransmitters (which allow brain cells to “talk”), overall brain development and much more. This is why you want...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Exercise Wellness, Health Education
The2 years or so of quarantines and lockdowns hasn’t been great for most of us. In many cases, it includes messed up exercise routines and even binge drinking and Netflix marathons and we’re trying to get it back. Finding the time or motivation to exercise has...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | | Health Education, Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
Fats, carbs and proteins are the 3 macronutrients. Protein is unique in that, although it can be used for energy, its main purpose is to build tissue, repair tissue, build and maintain muscle, produce antibodies, make hormones, enzymes and an array of other...
