I love using pure, cold-pressed coconut oil in the preparation of my food. I can use it when I need to heat an oil during cooking. Such as the case when I am using a skillet or I typically ad it to my spicy rice dishes…nothing tastes better! In recent years, coconut oil as also…
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The last article I wrote dealt with the nature of the relationship between the development of obesity and premature death. I wrote the last article to provide a frame of reference for this one…how does one become obese and what is (are) the most important factors with regard to the likelihood an individual will become…
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I wanted to write this article not just because obesity is the number one adverse health issue facing the planet…but the cost and disease burden associated with obesity is hard to calculate. Let’s keep it simple for today’s discussion…obesity can shorten your life expectancy! It is a very well-understood fact that having a BMI (body…
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There are more types of diets published in books and on the internet/social media than anyone can possibly account for. This fact of course, has led to a great deal of confusion regarding what we should eat or not eat and what type of diet is the most suitable for the achievement of a given…
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Throughout all of the time that I have been involved in health care delivery, the most important and pressing issue people continue to have is weight management. The incidence of overweight and obesity continues to increase on a global scale despite all that is known to prevent or effectively manage it. Trust me when I…
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Welcome to the new version of The Vitality Project! I am pleased to offer this new launch of this site and I think you will find it much simpler to use and navigate around. As you can probably see, the new site is quite basic and clean in the approach I am trying to take…
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Hello My Friends Welcome To The Vitality Project! For those of you who are new or not-so-new to the concept of weight-training, this article is devoted to saving you precious time and energy! The reason I suggest that this quick read will do just that is simply this valid point that I am going to…
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Hello Friends Welcome to The Vitality Project. Yes…a simple question to ask yourself in the early stages of this new year is: Are You Shooting Yourself In The Foot? In other words, are you basically preventing yourself from experiencing the type of improvements in your health that you are planning for? Well…most of you want…
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Hello Friends Welcome to The Vitality Project! Happy New Year to all of you who read my articles….thank you! This new year brings with it many continued health challenges that those on the over 50 crowd face. The Most Important of Which Are: the risk factors for heart disease leading to heart attacks. Heart disease…
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Hello My Friends Welcome to The Vitality Project! Many times I have been previously asked if training with weights is an important component of an exercise program. So may people I have spoken to have the understanding that as long as you perform cardiovascular exercise on a regular basis, this is really all that is…
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