Fitness Secrets & Lies

Jenny Evans, founder and CEO of PowerHouse Performance Coaching and creator of PowerHouse Hit the Deck, busts common fitness myths

1 Longer workouts at a lower intensity burn more fat Short and intense interval training sessions can improve whole body fat oxidation by 36% and may offer greater benefits than lengthy bouts of steady-state exercise. Interval training allows you to get more work done in the same amount of time because you can work at greater intensity levels than if you were doing steady state training. Your overall production (calories burned) will be greater despite the frequent breaks because you are able to work at a higher intensity. Interval training also improves your level of fitness very quickly, typically in a matter of just a few weeks, and this improvement in fitness allows you to perform more work and burn more calories during an exercise session.

2 I should workout on an empty stomach so my body will burn fat You must put glucose (food) in the system before you exercise. If you are exercising with no glucose in the system, it sends your body into Emergency Mode. Emergency Mode = hold on to body fat for as long as possible because it is valuable energy and will be necessary to survive. Instead of fat, your body will break down muscle tissue and use that as energy. It does this for two major reasons: Read more

The Relationship Secret

Is love playing a cruel game? By Myke Zykoff HHP, C.Ht.

There’s a secret to having a long lasting and vibrant relationship. What might you think it is? (Answer before reading further.) This secret is knowing the difference between “Love” and “Loving.”

“Love” is that feeling that over takes us and launches us into a relationship. It’s that dreamy, floating feeling that seems other worldly. Love seems ethereal. But it’s really not. In its most rudimentary form, love is simply an acknowledgement of being accepted for who we want to be.

“Falling in love” is the freedom from having to manage how we’re perceived. In turn we gift the other with this same freedom. Typically, the free floating feelings (i.e.: honeymoon phase) begin to fade once we’ve been around the other for a consistent amount of time. The human mind tunes out repetitive information deeming it no longer worthy of acute attention. (Think of the pants on your legs. You probably weren’t thinking of them a moment ago. Were you?) Once repetition sets in, we tune out. Relationships break down. Is love playing a cruel game? Certainly not. Love is doing its job. It illuminates parts of us that we have allowed to fade into the shadows. It wakes us up. Read more

Helping Your Family Dream Come True

Dr. Yoshiharu Morimoto, renowned for his research on immature eggs, leads the IVF JAPAN GROUP. IVF Japan’s centers are known for being places where celebrities from Los Angeles go for treatment in large numbers. By George Okagaki

It is very difficult to give up on the dream of having a child. If the condition of the wife’s egg or of the sperm or the uterus is compromised, IVF centers will generally recommend other courses of action, such as surrogacy or adoption. Yet, many couples that find themselves in this position cannot make up their minds and suffer such anguish that they must consult a counselor for help.

In these cases, another option still exists. A couple that has no choice but to give up hope on fertility treatment in the United States can still turn to an overseas fertility center. Patients will find that there are excellent facilities in existence that pride themselves on their high levels of technology and insist on working with the wife’s own eggs and the husband’s sperm. Read more

Couples Counseling

by Dr. Bren

I realized my love and gift for counseling during my years in business management consulting as Senior Manager for Ernst & Young LLP,” reveals Bren Hudson, Ph.D. (abd). “I have a real knack for seeing the potential in people and providing them with the opportunities to shine,” Hudson explains. “But just as I was helping my consultants reach their goals, I began to realize that the corporate world was not allowing me to self actualize. Deciding to leave this prestigious career was difficult but necessary,” Hudson reveals.

“I devoted seven years to learning everything I could about psyche, psycho-dynamics, the unconscious and self-actualization including: doctoral studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Jungian Psychology, training from New Ventures West in Integral Coaching, and the experience of being “the client” in psychodynamic psychotherapy.”

In Couples Counseling with Dr. Bren you will learn:

1. How to communicate safely and effectively. Read more

The Next Big One

Duck, cover, and hold. Essential earth quake preparedness tips By Victor Melamed

To those of us who live and work in the Greater Los Angeles area, earthquakes and other natural emergencies are a reality. In order to deal with this situation, emergency preparedness must become a way of life. In the event of a major earthquake or disaster, freeways and surface streets may be impassable and public services could be interrupted or taxed beyond their limits. Therefore, everyone must know how to provide for their own needs for an extended period of time, whether at work, home, or on the road. Here are a few essential earthquake preparedness tips.
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The Importance of your Biochemical Individuality

By Virginia Wagenknecht LAc

Have you ever wondered why in the depth of winter we must have a “New Year’s Resolution” when all our body screams is hibernation? Have you ever wonder why even after you take your multi-vitamin on a regular basis you still feel run down and have cravings for “bad” foods?

Have you ever wondered why all those fad diets recommended by many don’t seem to work for you? Have you ever wonder why right before flowers blossom, trees grow leaves, the beautiful blue skies appear and your biological clock is starting to wake up, you are diagnosed with Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? The answer is right inside your body: your biochemical individuality.

Unfortunately for years we have been conditioned to follow mainstream thought and we have not been taught to listen to our bodies. Each of us is metabolically and biochemically unique and the nutrient requirements are quite different from one person to another. Also, not taken into consideration is that we have impaired nutritional absorption due to lifestyle, stress, age, prescriptions and others; our own personal genetic twists: such as food allergies and sensitivities (remember allergies are inflammation = water retention = weight gain). Last but not least, we also have unique nutritional deficiencies, which our bodies try to compensate in one way or another; remember weight gain is not the problem; it is the RESULT of a problem.

We offer personalized nutritional counseling tailored to your specific needs; Working with advanced clinical testing that takes into consideration all the above factors and utilizing the ancient knowledge of Traditional Oriental Medicine, our clinic will identify specific deficiencies that could negatively influence your health and help you correct them. Most importantly, you are not going to have to live on minimal strange foods for the rest of your life! We incorporate your biochemical individuality with your nutritional needs, your life style with your taste buds so that your body re-learns the true meaning of the word diet.

Virginia Wagenknecht LAc is a Board Certified Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Physician specialized in Pain Management and Women’s Wellness in Culver City, CA. For more info visit www.FundamentalHealing. com or call (310)230 5489

Safe, smooth & affordable liposuction

Dr. Nathan Newman on Tumescent Anesthesia & Mechanized Liposuction By Dr. Nathan Newman

Advanced liposuction techniques have made liposuction one of the safest and most common cosmetic surgery procedures performed today. Prior methods of liposuction required the procedures be performed in a hospital under general anesthesia, and were associated with excessive blood loss requiring hospitalization for one or more nights before going home.

Liposuction was also associated with significant post-operative pain, a relatively long recovery time and an expensive price tag. Tumescent anesthesia & mechanized liposuction are the new technologies which have redefined liposuction, ensuring the safest and best liposuction results with the least pain and down time, and the most cost-effective procedure available.

TUMESCENT ANESTHESIA In this technique, numbing medicine is mixed with salt water and injected into the fat marked for removal. This mixture surrounds the fat and separates it from other tissues, vessels, and nerves and thereby reduces damage to the tissues near the fat. This technique also allows the surgeon to provide effective local anesthesia with diluted amounts of medicine.
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Choosing the right gym for you

Tips on how to find just the right facility to add inspiration to your perspiration By Dorene Internicola

It’s February and the health clubs are have amped up their marketing efforts. Their sign-up sales, special offers and discounted rates have arrived just in time to prod your resolution to get fit in 2010. But as one person’s dream workout venue can be another’s waste of money, experts have some tips on how to find just the right facility to add inspiration to your perspiration. And topping their lists is location, location, location.

“Most important is, is it convenient to home or work? Far and away that’s the number one reason people use or don’t use a gym,” said Shawn Talbott, spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine. “If it’s not hyper convenient, don’t think you’re going to go out of your way,” he said flatly. Talbott says be sure to visit a prospect during the same time you expect to use it.

“If you check out a gym on Saturday afternoon it could be fine, but on Monday morning you might not be able to get on a treadmill,” he explained. “Also,” he said, “Are the classes offered at hours convenient for you?” And don’t underestimate the importance of ambiance: just how comfortable will you be sweating in the space?
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Keeping up With Kramer

Actress, singer Jana Kramer on sensible diets, fitness regimes and secret cold remedies By Patrick Tsakuda

Her supermodel looks alone may have skyrocketed her to the top of every male poll in 2009, but Jana Kramer is so much more than just a pretty face. The recently- engaged (set to wed longtime boyfriend, actor Jonathan Schaech, That Thing You Do, in Summer 2010) actor/singer returns as “Alex” in the rock-steady seventh season of the cult-hit phenomenon “One Tree Hill” on the CW (Monday nights at 8 p.m.), while splitting her time between coasts to record her debut country album.

With hit roles on television’s hottest shows including HBO’s “Entourage,” CW’s “90210,” “NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and Private Practice” and big-screen roles in Click alongside Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale, Kramer’s impressive body of work and striking appearance have made her a top pick among industry professionals and fans alike. Kramer got her acting debut with a small role on “All My Children,” while also working as a waitress at the W Hotel in New York. After three months, Kramer decided to try her luck in Los Angeles and moved out West with hopes of making it in Hollywood.
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The Silent Tooth Killer

Dr. G.S. Frankel urges his patients to undergo a routine dental exam to check for periodontal disease By Dr. G.S. Frankel

The major cause of tooth loss in adults is not decay - it’s periodontal (gum) disease. And it’s completely painless right up to an advanced stage. More than half of all people over age 18 have at least the early stage of periodontal disease. After age 35 about three out of four adults are affected.

Sadly, the health hazards associated with chronic periodontitis (gum disease) extend way beyond the mouth. For years people have been warned that persistent periodontitis can cause heart disease. Now a new study suggests that gum disease may also be a risk factor for cancers of the head and neck. As reported in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, the study included 266 patients with cancers of the head or neck treated between 1999 and 2005, and 207 control subjects.

Periodontitis was determined by alveolar bone loss seen on xrays. Alveolar bone is the ridge of bone that surrounds Read more

Do you suffer from Chronic or Acute Pain?

“The Magician” Gives Hope Again To Pain Suffers As Uncovered Neurological Reflex Eliminates Chronic Pain in Seconds and Astonishes Over 400 doctors

If you’ve been told you suffer from PAIN, then reading this article may be the most important thing you’ve done this year! Why? Because you’re about to discover the truth about pain and why most people will always suffer from it no matter how many MDs they go to or how many surgeries they’ve had. If you suffer from the constant, nagging pains, in your wrist, back, neck, hip, shoulder, knee, digestion, head, ankle or suffer from numbness and tingling, migraines, headaches, vertigo, hypothyroidism. Then you must keep reading this article!

Many Doctors Don’t Have A Clue About Treating YOUR Pain! If you’ve been to your family or company doctor complaining about the numbness or tingling, in your back or neck then chances are your doctor has said something along these lines, “You probably got Impingement Syndrome. Wear this brace when your pain starts up, take these pills too…” Read more

Treating Spider & Varicose Veins

Get your Legs Back! No Pain. Look Great . ALUNA is your destination of choice for personalized, comprehensive vein treatment By Yolanda Martinez

Although varicose veins may just be unsightly, they also have serious consequences such as bleeding, skin irritation and ulceration. They are best treated before they reach this stage.

The Problem: Varicose veins occur in the superficial veins in the leg. These veins have a system of valves which should ensure that the blood runs from the legs back up to the heart. Varicose veins occur when these valves fail, allowing blood to run back down into the veins in the leg, damming up in these veins and causing them to dilate and become varicosed.

All treatment is aimed at removing (traditional surgery) or sealing off (endovenous laser ablation/VENUS Read more