Okay so maybe calling out the lazy people was a bit crass but it did get your attention and there is a reason for it. Humans like other animals have an innate desire to seek pleasure (think food and sex), avoid pain and expend the least amount of energy doing it. Now...

Athletes of any sport all want the same things. They want to perform at their highest potential, they want to recover as fast as possible and avoid injuries, while all at the same time keep their immune system in tip-top shape, because a week down with a head cold or...

I know...you have heard it all before...you need to eat more healthy foods...you need to exercise...stop watching so much TV...stay off the internet...blah blah blah. We humans are an interesting species, we like the path of least resistance. It is hard for us to...

I have been on a quest to not only share the value of a whole foods plant based diet but to figure out how to help people actually stick to healthy lifestyle changes. People understand they should eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, eat less, sleep more,...

When we think about change we often believe the lie that it is all a matter of will power...that we can force ourselves to change by merely white knuckling our way through. THIS is why we fail to achieve our goals, resolutions and we fail to bring about...

Early in 2012 I was in a little town in western Colorado called Rifle. Now you can imagine the population who lives in rural western Colorado in a town named after a gun. A town where there is a cafe where the waitresses wear guns. A town where kids are taken out of...

Who among us has not made a New Year’s resolution only to watch it drift away over the course of days to weeks, never accomplished? The gyms are full the first few days of the New Year, only to be empty the following week. How do the few who make serious changes in...

Every day I work with patients who are struggling to lose weight by incorporating a whole food plant-based diet. After the initial 30 days, I usually have them follow up to encourage them and give them accountability. I have begun to see a trend among most if not all...

Okay so maybe calling out the lazy people was a bit crass but it did get your attention and there is a reason for it. Humans like other animals have an innate desire to seek pleasure (think food and sex), avoid pain and expend the least amount of energy doing it. Now...

Athletes of any sport all want the same things. They want to perform at their highest potential, they want to recover as fast as possible and avoid injuries, while all at the same time keep their immune system in tip-top shape, because a week down with a head cold or...

I know...you have heard it all before...you need to eat more healthy foods...you need to exercise...stop watching so much TV...stay off the internet...blah blah blah. We humans are an interesting species, we like the path of least resistance. It is hard for us to...

I have been on a quest to not only share the value of a whole foods plant based diet but to figure out how to help people actually stick to healthy lifestyle changes. People understand they should eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, eat less, sleep more,...

When we think about change we often believe the lie that it is all a matter of will power...that we can force ourselves to change by merely white knuckling our way through. THIS is why we fail to achieve our goals, resolutions and we fail to bring about...

Early in 2012 I was in a little town in western Colorado called Rifle. Now you can imagine the population who lives in rural western Colorado in a town named after a gun. A town where there is a cafe where the waitresses wear guns. A town where kids are taken out of...

Who among us has not made a New Year’s resolution only to watch it drift away over the course of days to weeks, never accomplished? The gyms are full the first few days of the New Year, only to be empty the following week. How do the few who make serious changes in...

Every day I work with patients who are struggling to lose weight by incorporating a whole food plant-based diet. After the initial 30 days, I usually have them follow up to encourage them and give them accountability. I have begun to see a trend among most if not all...

Okay so maybe calling out the lazy people was a bit crass but it did get your attention and there is a reason for it. Humans like other animals have an innate desire to seek pleasure (think food and sex), avoid pain and expend the least amount of energy doing it. Now...

Athletes of any sport all want the same things. They want to perform at their highest potential, they want to recover as fast as possible and avoid injuries, while all at the same time keep their immune system in tip-top shape, because a week down with a head cold or...

I know...you have heard it all before...you need to eat more healthy foods...you need to exercise...stop watching so much TV...stay off the internet...blah blah blah. We humans are an interesting species, we like the path of least resistance. It is hard for us to...

I have been on a quest to not only share the value of a whole foods plant based diet but to figure out how to help people actually stick to healthy lifestyle changes. People understand they should eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, eat less, sleep more,...

When we think about change we often believe the lie that it is all a matter of will power...that we can force ourselves to change by merely white knuckling our way through. THIS is why we fail to achieve our goals, resolutions and we fail to bring about...

Early in 2012 I was in a little town in western Colorado called Rifle. Now you can imagine the population who lives in rural western Colorado in a town named after a gun. A town where there is a cafe where the waitresses wear guns. A town where kids are taken out of...

Who among us has not made a New Year’s resolution only to watch it drift away over the course of days to weeks, never accomplished? The gyms are full the first few days of the New Year, only to be empty the following week. How do the few who make serious changes in...

Every day I work with patients who are struggling to lose weight by incorporating a whole food plant-based diet. After the initial 30 days, I usually have them follow up to encourage them and give them accountability. I have begun to see a trend among most if not all...