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Category: Traci BrosmanStaying motivated is probably the most difficult part of goal setting. Yet it is also one of the most important aspects to actually achieving your goals. Everyone has had the experience of setting a goal, especially after the winter holidays. It is exciting for the first few days. We pull ourselves out of bed a
Honey is known for its many healing properties. Many believe that adding unfiltered, unprocessed, unheated honey to your daily diet can alleviate arthritis, reduce heart disease, lower cholesterol and reduce allergies. Honey has also been known to calm an upset stomach, lessen cold symptoms, strengthen the immune system and provide extra energy during a workout.
More and more kids today are eating diets high in fat, calories and sugar and low in nutritious, low calorie fruits and vegetables. One to two meals are eaten at school plus a snack and it is becoming increasingly difficult for students to make healthy food choices. With schools providing many foods that are processed
Contributed by Traci Brosman
Cardiovascular Disease (including heart disease and stroke) is the number 1 killer in the United States and is responsible for 1/3 of all deaths in America. According to the Chronic Disease Control and Prevention heart disease is estimated to cost over $503 billion dollars in 2010. Americans visit the doctor more
Contributed by Jean Sumner
In an ever changing world it is sometimes overwhelming to keep up with the changes in our lives or the changes we need to make in order to be healthy. Technology alone can drive a person crazy. For example, have you purchased a new cell phone recently? Now this wouldn’t seem
Stress is something we all have to learn to manage and we often look at it as if it is something negative. However, there are times that small amounts of stress can actually provide your body and mind with benefits. Studies have found that low doses of stress can boost the immune system. Stress can
I had a revelation as I was driving home from an appointment this morning. I was thinking of a coaching client of mine who has made great progress but was still struggling with doing things that needed to be done in order for him to achieve his goals. As I was thinking of him, I
How many times have you thought that positive thinking is all about hocus, pocus? It doesn’t work so there is no sense in even trying it. Only weird people believe that they can change their world through positive thinking. Let me ask you though. Do you really feel better through negative thinking? Do you feel
Auto-immune diseases are chronic and can be life threatening. The statistics are staggering. Cancer affects up to 9 million Americans, and heart disease up to 22 million. Still, the National Institutes of Health estimate that 23.5 million Americans suffer from at least one auto-immune disease.
According to researchers, there are approximately 100 different auto-immune diseases.
In order to age well you must have good digestion. To digest food means to “break down” food so that the body can utilize it for energy. These foods include carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Many people do not realize that the body uses eight different organs to digest their food. Digestion begins in the mouth
I think everyone would agree that happiness is an important part of life. What is happiness though?
It is interesting that Merriam-Webster’s first definition of happiness is that of good fortune or prosperity. Although this can cause people to be happy I do not think of happiness as good fortune. I believe the second definition
It is estimated that Celiac Disease affects more people in the United States than Cystic Fibrosisis, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Chron’s Disease combined.
Celiac Disease has over 300 symptoms and is extremely difficult to diagnose because these symptoms also represent other diseases. It takes an average of 11 years for patients to receive a
Obesity is a serious condition that can increase the risk of chronic disease and at the very least decrease a person’s quality of life.
Thirty-four percent of Americans over the age of 20 are obese. Another 34% of Americans are overweight. Worst yet, obesity in our children has more than tripled in the last 30
In my quest to lead a healthier lifestyle I know that I must overcome my addiction to sugar. To ensure success I feel it necessary to learn as much as I can on why we don’t need refined and fake sugars in our diet.
Refined sugar has no nutritional benefits and is a refined carbohydrate
According to medical physiologists and biochemists it is of vital importance to our body’s health and well-being that we have a balanced PH. Our tissues and cells should be alkaline; our digestive track should be acidic along with our urinary tract. When an imbalance occurs – bacteria and yeast thrive and disease is born.
The
According to the American Diabetes Association, Diabetes affects 25.8 million adults and children living in the United States and another 79 million people are estimated to be pre-diabetic.
Diabetes is a serious disease and can lead to numerous other health problems including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, neuropathy and limb amputation.
If you believe you can do it, you can. If you believe you can’t, you won’t.
How do you see your reflection? Is it distorted in the ripples of a wave? Is it clear as in a quiet body of water? Is it completely opposite as in looking at a mirror? How you see yourself
In the United States, one in every eight women is expected to get breast cancer. The death rates for breast cancer are higher than any other cancer except lung cancer.
Linda Maffia shares her story of being a breast cancer survivor.
Over 4.5 million people in America have some form of Kidney Disease. Renal Cell Carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer and it is responsible for close to 13,000 deaths in 2009.
Dr. Claudia Thomas shares her struggle with this disease.
Audio – Kidney Disease with Traci Brosman & Dr. Claudia Thomas
I will never forget taking a kickboxing class and having the instructor tell us that we had to “use it or lose it” while she was making us do balancing exercises. As we get older we are at risk of losing many things. However, some of these can be avoidable if we just keep using
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. The pain can be dehabilitating and can lead to complete destruction of the joints. Women are three times more likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis than men are. Although symptoms do not usually appear until a person is in their
It is 2:00 am, the Lundenski’s house is dark and quiet. John and Sheila went to bed well before 10:00 pm. However, if you listen closely you will hear footsteps heading toward the kitchen. The refrigerator door opens and the light casts shadows upon the counter tops. Sheila is getting a midnight snack. She pulls
Approximately 219,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year in the Untied States. Only 16% of these cases are diagnosed before the cancer spreads to other parts of the body. Because of this Lung cancer’s 5 year overall survival rate is less than 17%.
Lynn Walker shares how she became a Lung Cancer
You are never too young to begin setting goals. You are also never too old to continue setting goals for your life. As you look at what you would like to accomplish with your life you may have many different emotions that come to the surface.
Often our goals are centered on how much money
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