By Harriet Denz Penhey Major religious traditions have known for millennia that meditation can improve health. While some medical practitioners are still skeptical about its usefulness this is largely because they are not aware of the amount of evidence there is in the medical literature. Meditation not only changes the electrical activity of the brain [...]

By Nick Jervis The majority of us spend a large chunk of our day in a seated position. Think about it, you sleep for 7-8 hours and most of that may be in the foetal position, you get up maybe drive to work…in a seated position and then get behind a desk, when you get [...]

There are a lot of factors at play when you are trying to lose weight (body fat). The old saw of “diet and exercise” is true for all of us – if we eat right and exercise we will burn body fat and lose weight. At least that is what the vast majority of trainers [...]

We all have a list of our favorite things. It may not be written down anywhere, but you know the things that make you happy. The list holds your favorite foods, music, TV shows, celebrities, West Hills personal trainer and even people in your life that you can’t get enough of. This is the stuff [...]

Modern medicine puts its emphasis on cure rather than prevention: preventive therapy is never its first priority. In a way, modern medicine welcomes health problems because health problems generate billions of dollars on medical research for drug therapy. Modern medicine is the single biggest business in the United States. Doctors, hospitals, insurance and pharmaceutical companies [...]