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So you want to be healthy? Or you’re certain you already are? Or you’re completely confused about all the conflicting information that is flying around?

Let’s make it simple. If you want to prevent degenerative disease, premature aging, AND have a slim waistline – strictly adhere to these 3 Pillars of Health:

1. Exercise (3-6 dys a week)

What it does:

  • Controls weight
  • Makes body more insulin sensitive
  • Increases HDL (good) cholesterol
  • Helps prevent – stroke/heart disease/type II diabetes/arthritis/certain types of cancer

What to do:

  • Strength training:
  • Push ups, pull ups, squats, deadlifts
  • Cardiovascularly challenging exercise:
  • Intervals (on treadmill/bike, jumping rope, swimming, etc)
  • Walking!

2. Pharmaceutical Grade Supplementation (2xs/day)

What it does:

  • Provides body optimum levels of nutrition that are impossible to receive from our food alone (due to it being grown in nutrient poor soil)
  • Provides antioxidant protection that wards off degenerative diseases (stroke/diabetes/ arthritis/cancer)
  • RDA’s are insufficent for protecting us from free radical damage which is responsible for degenerative diseases, which account for bulk of death in our world currently. Optimum nutrition protects us much more soundly.

What to do:

  • Find a company who’s products have been proven safe, reliable, highly rated by 3rd party sources and effective (I’ve chosen USANA for these reasons)
  • Take at least a multi, fish oil, & possibly vitamin D (ex: USANA’s Essentials, BiOmega, & Vitamin D)
  • Customize your supplementation regime to account for your additional needs (ex: detoxification – hepasil DTX, joint comfort – Procosa)

3. Eating a Fat Burning Diet

What it does:

  • Enables the body to run on fat vs sugar
  • Makes weight loss easy and comfortable
  • Eliminates cravings and makes us full on less food, and for longer
  • Reduces likelyhood of issues w/ blood pressure/high LDL cholesterol/diabetes/heart disease/ erectile dysfunction

What to do:

  • Avoid carbohydrates (bread, rice, pasta, crackers, cookies, baked goods, cereals) and starchy vegetables (potatoes, squash, parsnips)
  • Make sure to have some fat in every meal (avocado, grass fed butter, olive oil, coconut oill, skin on pasture raised chicken, skin on wild caught fish, or fat on grass fed beef); as well as protein (chicken, fish, beef, turkey, eggs, tempeh…); and unlimited non-starchy vegetables
  • Use meal replacement items that are known to be supportive for a fat burning mode (ex USANA’s MySmart shakes) to keep you on track when time is tight or in a pinch