Will Clower "Audicles"

Diet Dogma: Drinks in Small Cups!

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Treat your drink just like your food. Start in a smaller cup, and enjoy that drink by sipping it. Don't "glug" your drink -- this audicle tells you why that's true.

Ever see those MONSTER sized sippy-tubs that people walk around with? Coaching your body to expect that much volume is just not a good thing at all.

It is better to coach your body smaller, not larger. Isn't that your goal??

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Don't Drink for Calories!

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Beward of the calories you drink!

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You could drink your calories if you want ... but why would you do that?

Drinks heavily laden with syrups and sugars not only add needless calories to your waistline, but also cause you to be hungry later so that you want to eat even more later.

In this audicle, I will talk about the liquid portion of your diet, and how to make sure that this doesn't frustrate your efforts.

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Happy Valentines Day

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Happy Valentines Day!!

This is one of my favorite of all holidays because it emphasizes love.

And this love doesn't have to be amorous to be good for our hearts. The love we feel for our kids, our family, our pets, etc. All of those play a role.

In this audicle, I will talk about how to make this day a very healthful day.

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Valentines Day, Heart Health, and Foods To Lose

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Happy Valentines Day -- Put your hands down and step away from the salt shaker!

Valentines Day is the day of love and affairs of the heart. Ergo, it's also the official Healthy Heart Month.

All the messages we hear about keeping your heart healthy are telling us to limit our sodium, principally from salt.

In this audicle, I want to talk about where that all that heart-harming sodium is coming from, and what a tasty solution there is for avoiding it!!

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Valentines Day, Heart Health, and Chocolate

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

When we think of February, we think about "love", "like", and everything in between.

But this also happens to be American Heart Month, the month that is dedicated to educating our brains about our little cardiac pumper.

Finally, the most common gift on this day of the heart, happens to be chocolate (also very good for your heart!!).

Over the next couple of days, I will be chatting with you about how your emotional heart impacts your physical heart, and how chocolate ties them all together.

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Chocolate and Heart Health

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

We used to think that chocolate was a "candy", and that it was something we should give up at all costs.

Now we know better!

In fact, it is so very appropriate that the day most associated with your heart (Valentines Day) is also associated with gifts of chocolate -- AND is in the official Heart Health month!!

This audicle talks about the heart healthy nature of this most maligned, most delicious health food: chocolate.

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Fungus Among Us

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Mushrooms are the fungus among us. We love them raw in salads, sauteed in a stir fry, and steeped into soups!!
Not only are they fabulous as an immunity booster, they are delicious too.
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Diet Dogma: Small Bites

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Control your portion

Bite by bite

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Condiment Control

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Have you ever seen people absolutely BATHE in ketchup? Or put so much mustard on their food that there is no way they're actually tasting their food?

Keep in mind that these condiments are wonderful, but should be used as an enhancement to the taste of your food.

This audicle explores flavor, food, and the use of your favorite added side tastes.

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Be A Conscious Eater

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Are you more concerned about eating in a hurry than eating well?

Has your meal become just become item 43 on your list of things to do?

In order to live a health life and lose weight in the process, you need to become a conscious, sensual eater.

In this audicle, I'll talk about why it's important to smell, taste and experience your food.

Dairy Builds Bones

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Calcium is essential to building good, strong bones. And the best form of your calcium comes in the form of food.

And one good source of calcium-rich food is dairy.

In this audicle, I will talk about dairy, and its effect on the health of your bones.

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Dairy Dreams and Stranger Things

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

According to this study, including dairy in your diet doesn't do damage to your attempts

1) to lose weight

2) to maintain weight loss

There is something refreshing about the common sense of this conclusion. Healthy cultures eat normal yogurt; normal cheese; normal butter.

Give Up My Favorite Drink?

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Why would I DO that?

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The Quality Quantity Tradeoff

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Leave your quantity buying to toilet paper.

More is not better when it comes to most foods.

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Time to change course: Obesity rates remain 'disturbingly high'

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

It's not that -- as the title suggests -- the obesity rates are just "disturbingly high". The upward trend (or downward spiral) has been relentless.

Ten years ago, we set a series of goals called "Healthy People 2010". Part of that set of goals was to reduce obesity to 15%.

Really?

We can't even stop our mounting obesity epidemic from exploding through the roof. Whatever the health authorities are doing to address the problem is not working.

We need a new plan; a new way of thinking.

Obesity rates remain 'disturbingly high' | Reuters

Magic Bullet of Fitness

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Don't chase the magic bullet

There is only one key to fitness

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Label Reading Data Glut

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Look at this. How are you supposed to use this actuarial table of information?

I get it. We need to be self-informed and take responsibility for our own health and behavior.

Got it! But can't we make this easier to understand? Does it really help us become more healthy?

And, no healthy culture requires its citizens to be research scientists, just to pick up a box of cereal!

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Walking Sticks

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

If you carry one

It will make your hike easier.

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Grow Brain Cells

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Ever wish you had a bigger, better brain? Ever wish there were some magic pill you could take to improve your cognitive function?

Well, there is!! The magic pill is cheap, increases your immunity, and even helps you lose weight in the process!!

This audicle tells you the link between your physical activity and your physical brain.

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You Can't Start at the End!

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Take small steps

Keep your eyes on the goal

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How To Get Fit -- Walk At Work

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Need a mental and physical break in your day? Make it a habit to take a walk after lunch.

And don't feel like you have to make it a power walk ... just get out and stroll. Stretch your legs and move a bit.

In this audicle, I want to emphasize the mental and physical benefits that come from something as simple as taking a walk after your meal.

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Pyramid Power

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Dairy is a funny thing. We have, in our culture, made dairy a bad thing.

In other cultures, they eat normal cheese after meals; normal yogurt in the morning; and normal butter as an adjunct to their sauces. These are cultures that are thin, more heart healthy than we with our "prudent" pyramid, theoretical approach, and live longer than we do (men and women).

Someone somewhere is not doing something right ... guess which one of us is the one that is confused!!

Check out the Mediterranean approach, which does NOT reflect someone's theory about how your body SHOULD work, in principle. It reflects what is currently working for millions of thin, healthy people.

Sit Up Straight!

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

If you hunch.

Your muscles bunch.

Then...you risk injury while exercising.

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Order Small

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Order small at a restaurant

It will save you calories in the end.

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The Benefits of Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Will Clower) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Soup is the best food in the world!

The health benefits might surprise you!

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