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A “Bored” Mind for a Healthy Body

A friend of my wife’s posted what I thought was a great article on her blog concerning the mind. Before I cut to the post, the reason I thought to post it on YourHealthAtTheCrossroads.com is because I...

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He Beat Diabetes AND High Blood Pressure

I came across an article on the Crossfit website that I wanted to share with you.  The story is about a man who beat Diabetes and High Blood Pressure. I don’t think you heard me.  He beat Diabetes and...

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My Journey to 1000 Chin-ups and 1000 Push-ups – #14

Here are the previous posts from this series:  1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10/11 – 12 – 13 It’s been a while since my last post in this series, so I’m glad to be posting on my progress again....

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I Cannot BELIEVE That the FDA Approved This

A few days ago, my brother forwarded me this story from USA Today that I had to post about.  Absolutely ri-diculous. I encourage you to read it, but for those of you who don’t get around to it, here’s...

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The Big Secret About Losing Weight

Hard work results in fat loss…NO SHORTCUTS. This article was originally written for and posted in my column, The Fitness Corner, in The Macon Telegraph. Lean in close for a moment so I can fill you in...

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My 6-Month Transformation: December 2015 – June 2016

Over the last few months, I attempted to document my journey towards doing 1000 push-ups and 1000 chin-ups per day in a series of blog posts. Well first of all, I will say that I am not doing all of...

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A Whole Food Diet is the Best Way to Lose Weight

This article was originally written for and posted in my column, The Fitness Corner, in The Macon Telegraph. In my last column, I talked about how good and effective weight-loss programs have no...

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Why I’m Not Excited About Drinking Roach Milk

All due respect, but come on people. We live in a day where totally outlandish and random things happen all of the time.  The kind of stuff I’m talking about is usually stuff that people do for...

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A Typical Weekday Meal For Me (Part 1)

  We have two priorities in my home when it comes to eating:  Eating healthy and eating cheaply.  For some, the concepts ‘healthy’ and ‘cheap’ might seem contradictory and impossible to have together,...

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A Typical Weekday Meal For Me (Part 2)

In the last post, I talked a bit about how my family goes about eating in a healthy and cost-effective manner through the week.  Doing so requires that we 1) are smart shoppers when it comes to buying...

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Decide Right Now to Transform Your Health. No, Really…RIGHT NOW

I wanted to post a link to a blog post from my brother (my real brother) at sjmakofficial.com.  Although he is a producer and a musician, he’s passionate about health like I am.  Kinda like how I am...

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Food Waste is a PROBLEM…We Gotta Change

From blog.uvm.edu According to USDA.gov, we Americans waste 133 billion pounds of food every single year.  In case seeing ‘133 billion’ isn’t impactful enough, let me type out the whole number…...

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What Tom Hanks’ Doctor Told Him About His Diabetes

I heard an interview of actor Tom Hanks on the NPR show “Fresh Air” with Terri Gross, and on it, Terri asked him about his apparently recent diagnosis with Type 2 Diabetes. First of all, he admitted...

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$600 EpiPens, My Daughter, and My Problem With Big Pharma

I first wrote this article about a month and a half ago, so when I saw the stories coming out about the exorbitant cost of EpiPens in the news, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the makers of...

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$600 EpiPens, My Daughter, and My Problem With Big Pharma (Part 2)

I first wrote this article about a month and a half ago, so when I saw the stories coming out about the exorbitant cost of EpiPens in the news, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the makers of...

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$600 EpiPens, My Daughter, and My Problem With Big Pharma (Part 3)

I first wrote this article about a month and a half ago, so when I saw the stories coming out about the exorbitant cost of EpiPens in the news, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the makers of...

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Want to Keep Your Muscles? Work ’em!

This article was originally written for and posted in my column, The Fitness Corner, in The Macon Telegraph. If I were to ask you to compare cardiovascular exercise to strength training, and to rate...

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Check Out Lontavius’s Transformation Testimony

Lontavius is a good friend of mine who has totally taken responsibility for his health.  By taking simple steps and being consistent with them, he has changed his life.  And he’s just getting started....

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SURVEY: How Many Vegetables Do You Eat?

Excuse my grammar, but I love me some vegetables.  And today, I want to know how you feel about them, too. I have created the following survey to find out just a little bit about your relationship...

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How Many Vegetables Do YourHealthAtTheCrossroads.com Readers Eat?

You might remember from last week that I made a simple little survey to find out how many vegetables readers of YourHealthAtTheCrossroads.com consume (as well as a couple of other related questions)....

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