David Pokora, Health Coach

We have many markers for health like blood work and strength, but the way they conduct studies for happiness is by asking people how...

The USDA sets dietary guidelines for a 5-year span.  They are starting to let out some of the information that will be used in the...

There seem to be four groups of thinking when it comes to seed oils: ·         They are good for you, go ahead and eat at will ·        ...

2020 and 2021 are the most recent years for which they publish these statistics.  Accidents were the fourth leading cause of death.  The...

Ten thousand steps a day has become a popular goal with an old and odd origin.  In 1965, a Japanese company sold a step counter named...

I think that too often fruits and vegetables are lumped together into one category.  Maybe because they have a lot in common.  They both...

Music has been a big part of my life.  My wife’s uncle was a professional musician, both of her brother’s played instruments and her dad...

This blog is supposed to be a mind/body category, but I browsed over my past topics and they are overwhelmingly body and very little...

Parts one and two were back on October 26, 2023 and November 9, 2023.  I talked about the differences between 140 calories of Coke and...

One of the classes I took last year had a lot of client case studies.  Part of those case studies was a question of what, when, and how...

Last week I talked about the benefits of sleep quantity and quality.  This week I will talk about how to get better sleep.    Consistency...

In October 2012, Felix Baumgartner received the Guiness World record for the fastest freefall by taking a helium balloon capsule to the...

There are many benefits of stretching – some predictable and some surprising. It took me a long time to come around to the idea of...

Most of the people “looking out for us” don’t trust that we can moderate our behavior or make more than the simplest decisions.  To...

Our Founding Fathers (and their wives) were very impressive in many ways.  They were ahead of their time in mind and body wellness as...

This is my experience as well as a few people I have talked with. If it is so hard to stick with meditation, why do we keep trying?...

This article is in remembrance of my grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease the last few years of her life. The thing that got...

Overeating How would we know the correct amount to eat if we didn’t occasionally under and overeat?  We don’t have a full line like a...

Willpower gets bad press.  Maybe that is because it is easier to sell books, pills, workout devices and articles if they boast of an...

Very often, metabolic disfunction (insulin sensitivity, pre-diabetes or diabetes) is looked at as a chemical problem in your body and we...