Dr. Dwight Lundell: Confession of a Heart Surgeon

This guy seems to be making headlines recently... and he speaks to everything I believe in and am studying:

Cholesterol lowering medications combined with low fat diets have done nothing in the fight again cardiovascular disease! We certainly need fats in our diet, and specifically the right kinds of fats. Paying attention to the ratio of omega 3 fatty acids to omega 6 fatty acids is a biggie most people aren't aware of. Staying away from processed foods is our tried and true method in preventing cardiovascular disease and minimizing the potential for inflammation within the body.

Eat real, whole foods to live happily and healthfully.

Read the full article here!

Photo Credit: Daily Mail Reporter

To Be Successful...

    Business Insider posted an article written by Dan Waldschmidt, of Edgy Conversations, that I think everyone could benefit from reading through. In it, Dan has created a list of the challenging things you need to do in order to be successful. It's a great list of strategies that will help you in keeping focused on reaching your goals- whatever they may be. 

You have to do the hard things.   

1.   You have to make the call you’re afraid to make. 

2.   You have to get up earlier than you want to get up. 

3.   You have to give more than get in return right away. 

4.   You have to care more about others than they care about you. 

5.   You have to fight when you are already injured, bloody, and sore. 

6.   You have to feel unsure and insecure when playing if safe seems smarter. 

7.   You have to lead when no one else is following you yet. 

8.   You have to invest in yourself even though no one else is. 

9.   You have to look like a fool while you’re looking for answers you don’t have. 

10.        You have to grind out the details when it’s easier to shrug them off. 

11.        You have to deliver results when making excuses is an option. 

12.        You have to search for your own explanations even when you’re told to accept the “facts.” 

13.        You have to make mistakes and look like an idiot. 

14.        You have to try and fail and try again. 

15.        You have to run faster even though you’re out of breath. 

16.        You have to be kind to people who have been cruel to you. 

17.        You have to meet deadlines that are unreasonable and deliver results that are unparalleled. 

18.        You have to be accountable for your actions even when things go wrong. 

19.        You have to keep moving towards where you want to be no matter what’s in front of you.

This excerpt is from the original post found on Dan's blog site. Copywright 2014.

Stay focused on moving forward!

A Little Girls Potato Experiment Will Change The Way You Think About Food!

    This video is another example of how our crops are being treated prior to being stocked on store shelves, as told by an adorable little girl. I was inspired to do a little more research on chlorpropham after seeing her video and was stunned by the results. No, this chemical is not classified as a carcinogenic substance in the US, but I'm not sure we have all the research available needed for it to be classified as carcinogenic. The tests on lab animals with chlorpropham are unsettling, but human research is lacking. I did find that since 1971 the US population's daily dietary intake of chlorpropham has increased from .01 micrograms to 0.1886 micrograms in females 23-30 years of age, and 0.2319 micrograms in males 25-30 years of age. Such a dramatic increase in a substance in our food supply must be having a tremendous effect on our bodies- it simply hasn't been thoroughly researched yet. I encourage you to do some more research and seek out other alternatives to foods being processed with chlorpropham.


Read more on the research done on chlorpropham here from the TOXNET, the Toxicology Data Network.

Snowshoeing Eldora

    This weekend was my first time taking advantage of the local snow this season! It was beautiful, but very windy and chilly. Snow flurries came through all day at Eldora and made for finding other people's tracks a little difficult, but I managed to snowshoe my way through about 3 miles of tracks gaining nearly 550 feet in elevation. My calves are tight as could be today! Time to get on the foam rollers and get some myofascial release.

Here are a couple shots from my trail:

Have you gotten a chance to get outside and play?

A bit of motivation to start your week:

Happy Monday!