by drebanks | Apr 8, 2010 | Blog, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
When New Year’s Day rolled around, many people resolved to lose weight in 2010. How many of them are on track to be successful? Every year, the majority of people making weight loss resolutions fail to achieve them. The result of these failures is highlighted in a...
by drebanks | Mar 22, 2010 | Blog, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
Despite years of research and top-quality science, the world of nutrition is still riddled with flawed thinking. Most people feel that because they eat, they must be experts in nutrition. However, it’s not really their fault if their reasoning is wrong. Most people...
by drebanks | Feb 12, 2010 | Blog, Heart Disease, Obesity, Women's Health
While many women, and far too many doctors, apparently still do not know it, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one killer of women; and has been since 1984. Out of the one million individuals that die from heart disease each year in the U.S., more than half...
by drebanks | Jan 31, 2010 | Blog, Heart Disease, Nutrition
Most people today think they know what cholesterol is, where it comes from, and what it does. If you follow the popular media or most diet books, cholesterol is a deadly poison that comes from food which clogs arteries and causes heart attacks. Like most things...
by drebanks | Nov 19, 2009 | Heart Disease, Obesity
HeartSmart IMT and the “Biggest Loser” HeartSmart IMT technology was used as part of the extensive cardiovascular pre-screening performed on all of the contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” television series. The goal was to...