In the operating room of a large metropolitan hospital, a young nurse was completing her first day on the job. “You’ve only removed eleven sponges, Doctor,” she said to the surgeon closing an incision after surgery. “We used twelve.” “I removed them all,” the doctor...
A few studies indicate that drinking coffee or tea with caffeine may slightly boost weight loss or prevent weight gain. But there's no evidence that increased caffeine consumption results in significant or permanent weight loss. And some of the studies looking at...
Healthy habits can quickly go out the window when we’ve got a tight deadline, no time for the gym, and few options but takeout food. Losing weight is no easy task, and doing it the healthy way can be even harder. We’re advocates for making small changes each day,...
Lost time is never found again. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” It is the one commodity that is completely nonrefundable, indispensable, irretrievable, and irreplaceable. Once it’s gone, it’s lost forever But you can change time into any form of...
The world can be a crazy place, we all know that. And giving in to the fear that is endlessly manufactured by the media is a constant temptation on the path to fitness greatness. It’s also true that sometimes sh!t gets real, and we need to be prepared to adapt...
The most important meal of the day gets the title for a reason. After a long night of fasting, your body is begging for nutrition in the morning. Without the proper fuel, you’re left with little energy, an offset mood, wacky cravings and potentially a wider...
Some years ago, the late Nobel prize-winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer was asked by a reporter, “Doctor, what’s wrong with men today?” The great doctor was silent a moment, and then he said, “Men simply don’t think!” It’s about this that I want to talk with you. We live...
I'm dieting and trying to lose weight. To keep from snacking between meals, I've been drinking lots of juice and milk. But the scale isn't showing much progress. Am I doing something wrong? When you're dieting, it's important to be mindful of what and how much you're...
Here are some of the ways regularly eating a healthy breakfast may help you lose excess weight and maintain your weight loss: Eating breakfast reduces your hunger later in the day, making it easier to avoid overeating. When you skip breakfast, you may feel ravenous...
Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is innate and inborn. Infants begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud within months of being born. Even if you did not grow up in a household where laughter was a common sound, you can...