In 1977, when the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs issued “Dietary Goals for the United States,” their primary goal was to discourage excessive intake of food components linked to chronic disease. This was the first of many governmental attempts to influence America’s dietary choices. It can be argued that subsequent confusing [...]
Independent, hard-working, goal-oriented, confident… these are just some of the words used to describe members of the Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964. One characteristic of Baby Boomers that those of us at Mannatech especially appreciate is their ongoing commitment to maintaining health and wellness. With the high cost of health care, in [...]
We are all well-schooled and even inundated on concepts of financial management (e.g., “spend less, save more,” “don’t spend more than you make,” “pay yourself first,” etc.). But how about the concept of time management? Do we really understand it? Do we practice, or are we even aware of, good habits in this area? I [...]
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics¹ (AAP) and authors published in the British Medical Journal² (BMJ) and the Journal of Nutrition³ recommended that people of all ages, from children to older adults, increase vitamin D levels in the body using nutritional supplements.
In the nutrition industry, it seems there is a new “magic miracle” announced almost monthly. Claims are cleverly written to convince a public not schooled in nutritional biochemistry that the newest product for sale is bigger than life. We see it in virtually every category of product sold.
For the great majority of my life (I am 46 years “young” now), exercise has been a major priority for me. I place it on the same importance level as eating and sleeping. In other words, it is necessary in order to live. Most people realize there are two types of exercise: aerobic and anaerobic.
In a paper published in the January 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine¹ (published by Elsevier Inc.), researchers from Columbia University and The City College of New York reviewed data from 1992 to 2008 and asked the question in the U.S.: “Does the burden of [being overweight] outweigh the burden of smoking?”
One of the best things about being an athlete is that there are so many different activities to choose from. Some people play racquetball, run a marathon or become a Black Belt in karate. While very few of us ever become Olympians, most are what I call “just regular, normal athletes.” I am one of [...]
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