Happy Halloween, Qi Gong Course News

The air is crisp, the ghouls are in the neighborhood asking for candy, and pumpkins are being carved up and set ablaze- fall is certainly here!


Enjoy the crunchy leaves and remember to keep yourself warm in this coming season particularly your neck. In Traditional Chinese Medicine a pathogen (or a cold or flu) enters through an acupuncture point on the base of the neck. By keeping your neck protected you reduce the chance of an external attack. In the next couple of days I will put up some more Immune System boosting tips.

The next Qi Gong course that was set for Saturday November 6th is going to be postponed. It most likely will be rescheduled to January as most of us are pretty busy during the holiday season. I will be in contact with anyone who has registered to make arrangements, or feel free to email me.

Enjoy the Halloween weekend and if you are going to eat some ooey gooey candy make sure that you actually want to eat it!

~Think Vitality!~

The Truth About Sugar

Vitality Challenge Day 7

I did my part today! After a kendo session I enjoyed an evening ocean walk at a brisk pace. Ahh Victoria! I also avoided sugar throughout the day making sure to check labels.

We all know, or are beginning to know, that we should avoid sugar in our diet. Whether it is white, brown, demerra, yellow, purple or green - sugar is sugar! It affects the body in the same way - causing inflammation and oxidation.

As part of the 30 Day Vitality Challenge you'll notice that eliminating sugar is number one on the list. Avoiding sugar can make such a huge impact on your body and your mind.

But... you don't have to take my word for it! Below is a lecture that has had thousands of views on youtube called "The Bitter Truth About Sugar." It is a little long but the main point is that modern day illnesses are largely caused by the massive increase in sugar consumption over the last few decades.




or watch here:
Sugar: The Bitter Truth



~Think Vitality!~

The Brown Blunder

Have you ever had a luxurious latte sitting in your hand, ready for your ravenous consumption, only to be interrupted by a hint of guilt? Thinking that with all that full fat milk that was used it must be high in calories. Then, to make you feel better one might think, “Wait, I’ll make the healthy choice and use brown sugar instead of white sugar.”

Today’s little bit of health information is brown sugar is white sugar with molasses added back to it after it has been processed. Yes, unfortunately brown sugar has a minimal amount of minerals than white sugar.

Quite honestly, people do better with less of the real thing then trying to replace it with an imitation. This goes for sugar, meat, fat, chips, cookies, baked goods, pizza, fried foods, ice cream, etc.

If you just aim to have a medium instead of mammoth macchiato coffee you will feel that same satisfaction without as much of the negative health benefits. So, go forward and find an appropriate opportunity to spring out this little bit of water cooler information!!

~Think Vitality!~