Archive for January, 2012

Stay Strong!

Cold and flu season is bearing down on us! With a household of sick family members I thought I would share some immunity boosting goodness: cold and flu prevention tips, behaviors and foods that I have found to be helpful in keeping a strong body and immune system. How To Stay Strong Amidst A Barrage […]

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Living off the Fat of the Land

“To live off the fat of the land” – To live well, in abundance. To live off the richest, choicest part of something. How do we best “live off the fat of the land?” By eating fat. I have found myself bombarded lately by questions, misconceptions and fears about fat so I thought it was […]

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Bare 5 Health Tips: Jan 20, 2012

Today’s tip is planning related, intended to help with keeping yourself in control and on track of your diet. Plan ahead Very simple but so effective. On each weekend, set out a plan for the following week, the more detailed the better. Write down a list of daily breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks. Shop, cook, […]

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Things That Interested Me: Week of Jan 16, 2012

It’s been a few weeks so this update is packed with news, articles, videos and websites that cover the whole realm of health and fitness. What interested me since the last review? How about a neurosurgeon’s scientific prescription for optimal health, bananas, the history of the American diet, eating MORE cholesterol, the benefits of certain […]

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Bare 5 Health Tips: Jan 15, 2012

Maximize your digestion with these two tips… Don’t drink with your meals Your stomach acid works best when it’s highly concentrated and hot. Drinking too much right before or during your meal will dilute and cool off your stomach acid, making it less effective at breaking down food. Cool drinks will cool the gastric solution […]

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Minimalist Shoes Are Everywhere!

Given my affinity for barefoot living and shoes that provide little or no support, it has been great to see so many “minimalist” shoes come to the market. Here I’ll give you a quick run down of some of the versions I have, some I like and would like to try, and a few other […]

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Bare 5 Health Tips – Jan 8, 2012

The Bare 5 Tips series will be my way of passing along a couple pointers, suggestions and ideas each week of things you can use to help reclaim the natural innate health we are all designed to possess. These two tips are ones that always seem to help me slide into a nice evening. Bare […]

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Goals: Bare 5 Style

With the turn of the new year and resolutions flying about, I thought I would share a goal system that I developed recently and found to be quite helpful. It’s relatively simple, based off the Bare Elements and pretty straightforward. The Bare 5 perspective strives to promote health by improving behavior and habits in the […]

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The Bare Elements

The new year brought the desire to give a slightly new spin on the Bare 5 Basics. These five elements are the core principles of the Bare 5 philosophy. Most simply put, these are the broad categories that I think humans need to address in the pursuit of health. I believe the human body has […]

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2012: Bare 5 Resolutions

Happy New Year! Nothing like the turn of the year to help reassess life and what you want to do with yourself. Whether it’s considered cliché or not, here are my Bare 5 Resolutions for 2012… 1. Take care of myself. 1a. Sleep more. This means no more 5am clients. This will be tough but […]

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