Author: Health Solutions
The family environment plays a critical role in a child’s emotional and physical health. When a child develops a chronic illness, such as Crohn’s disease, the roots often go deeper than physical symptoms. In a recent interview, Jini Patel Thompson, founder of Listen to Your Gut, shared her insights with Joanna Bishop from the Living Free with IBD podcast, on how family dynamics affect childhood disease. She explained how emotional support, open communication, and secure attachment within the family unit can significantly influence healing and well-being for our children. Watch the video: Or listen to the podcast: Listen To Your…
When designing a strength training program, there are several training variables which are manipulated, for e.g. rep range, exercise selection, load, volume, time under tension, frequency, intensity etc. Just like different variables used in strength training, one of the most crucial and often debated one is “Rest between Sets” or “Rest Intervals”. Rest between sets is crucial not just for muscular recovery, but also to counter neuromuscular fatigue. During exercise, there is an accumulation of metabolites, like lactate, hydrogen ions (H+) and inorganic phosphate. Most of the lactate produced during exercise is broken down by skeletal muscles working at a…
Hello friends! Happy Friday and hello from Manhattan Beach! I'm here for a mastermind event with Jill Coleman aka JillFit (my business trainer and mentor for years), some friends and other health professionals. So far it's been a great weekend full of fun and learning. What are you up to this weekend? I wish you a nice and relaxing weekend. Some pictures from this week: It was my 41st birthday. I had a lovely dinner with Giselle and Amber here in LA and am celebrating with family this weekend. Although this year has definitely had its ups and downs, I…
Iced tea is the perfect refreshment for warm summer days. It cools you from the inside out and keeps you hydrated. And here's a bonus: Cold drinks have been shown to help overweight people reduce their body mass index through a process called “Thermogenesis.”Unsweetened iced tea is flavorful but has no calories, so you can drink as much of it as you like. If you're there food systemit counts toward your daily water goal. Even better, you can spice up the flavor with ingredients that don't add any calories.Iced tea is easy and fun. In fact, you can choose between…
This blog will give you a little introduction as it was actually one of the running books I read that made me want to read more running motivation books… and now I'm talking about reading this book to keep motivation high too! Are you still following me? To take a step back, one of the things I try to prepare for when training for a marathon is the inevitable ups and downs of motivation. By reading the book “The Runner's Brain, a Runner's World” by Dr. Jeff Brown, I came up with a few strategies to keep running at the…