by Nathan Walz | Jan 7, 2016 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
There is too much hunching and sitting in modern life. You may have heard, sitting is the new smoking. On average we spend 50 to 70% of our day sitting and as we get tired we start to hunch. Both are extremely unhealthy and contribute to poor posture, poor body...
by Nathan Walz | Oct 14, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
How would you like to give your brain a boost to increase productivity, focus, and creativity? We can do this by taking better care of our gut. The science of the microbiome (our gut bacteria) is exploding and it tells us that the health of our brain is dictated by...
by Nathan Walz | Sep 8, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
SUMMARY What is the Fourth Phase of Water? How do we create an Exclusion Zone? Why should you drink water as cold as possible? How can we use light to increase blood circulation? Why you might want to drink Chia Seeds? Why you need to cuddle and have more sex Everyone...
by Nathan Walz | Aug 18, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
Have you ever asked yourself, what the hell is wrong with my brain, and why is it not working at this critical moment when I really need it? Brain fog, a complete lack of focus and mental clarity, is just one example of what can happen when your brain is not working...
by Nathan Walz | Jul 22, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
There’s something very cool about meeting the people who grow your food. Spend some time chatting it up with the vendors at your farmer’s market and get to know them. Ask them about their farm and how they grow their food or raise their animals and you...
by Nathan Walz | Jul 15, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
What if there was a way to change your diet and lifestyle habits so that you could live to be active into your hundreds? That’s just what Dan Buettner set out to discover by traveling the world and studying the diets and lifestyles of the longest living cultures. Dan...
by Nathan Walz | Jun 27, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
I just read a great book by Dr. Alan Christianson called the Adrenal Reset Diet. We live in a stressful world and more and more people are getting Adrenal Fatigue. Adrenal Fatigue is caused by stress and can lead to fatigue, weight gain, poor sleep, anxiety,...
by Nathan Walz | Jun 26, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
I know. Sugar tastes great. I like sugar and there’s nothing like a nice sweet desert to finish a great meal. But these days I rarely eat sugar. When I do I actually get a pretty good buzz. I get a huge dopamine rush and all is great in my world. At least for a few...
by Nathan Walz | Jun 26, 2015 | Optimal Health, Uncategorized
In health as in many things we are moving in one of two directions. Either toward better health or away from it. There’s no middle ground here. If you want to live a good life you need to put yourself on autopilot towards optimal. Each day we make a series of...