Balanced Existence

Achieve and maintain health and wellness within the modern human environment

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Why Living in Balance and Harmony with Nature is the Key to Good Health

Today with electricity and inexpensive lighting we are completely out of tune with nature’s rhythm. Light is a vital cue to our body because it tells it what time it is. Not simply whether it is day or night but also what season it is. The daily period of light during summer is long while the dark nights of winter are equally long. With the lights always on your body thinks it is summer 365 days a year. That my friend is unnatural and it is killing everyone, including you.

When a Calorie is Not a Calorie

The argument that weight loss must comply with the first law of thermodynamics seems at first glance to be rather unassailable. The first law of thermodynamics is the conservation of energy law that states energy can neither be created nor destroyed. From this the idea arose that a calorie is a calorie no matter what macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat or protein) it may come from.