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20 Health Benefits of Fasting

author Dan Riefstahl date 04/18/2018

Fasting has been recognized for its many health benefits dating back to Hippocrates. These benefits extend to everything from better weight management, improved cardiovascular health, healthier blood composition, and better cell recycling, among many others.

Although there is not an abundance of research on fasting in humans, a growing number of health experts believe that the results of fasting from animal studies hold great promise for human health and future research efforts.

There are many different types of fasts you can choose from, and they differ in their results and difficulty. Much of the research included here comes from studies on caloric restriction and intermittent fasting. One conclusion is steadfast, fasting remains one of the most effective means of detoxifying your body and resetting your system for better overall health.

20 Health Benefits of Fasting

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The path to emotional wellness

author Dan Riefstahl date 04/07/2017

Being emotionally well is more than just handling stress. It also involves being attentive to your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, whether positive or negative.  Emotional Wellness implies the ability to be aware of and accept our feelings, rather than deny them, have an optimistic approach to life, and enjoy life despite its occasional disappointments and frustrations.

If you are a person engaged in the process of emotional wellness, you are willing and able to:

  • Arrive at personal choices and decisions based upon the synthesis of feelings, thoughts, philosophies, and behavior.
  • Live and work independently while realizing the importance of seeking and appreciating the support and assistance of others.
  • Form interdependent relationships with others based upon a foundation of mutual commitment, trust and respect.
  • Take on challenges, take risks, and recognize conflict as being potentially healthy.
  • Manage your life in personally rewarding ways, and taking responsibility for your actions.
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15 fitness tips

author Dan Riefstahl date 03/31/2016
  1. Small steps
  2. Find short-term rewards
  3. Track your progress
  4. Enjoy yourself
  5. Never ever give up
  6. Get a workout partner
  7. Vary your workouts
  8. Focus
  9. Rest is important
  10. Focus on long term
  11. Focus on your diet first
  12. Find the exercise that works for you
  13. Learn to be present
  14. Don’t let your body adapt too much
  15. Get inspired

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August 15, 2016

Release with a Rockstar

Release with a Rockstar

I am in Phoenix with my college buddy Brian and his wife Nina. Nina is a wildlife biologist at Liberty Wildlife and part of her job is to rehabilitate birds and release them back into the wild. Today, I had the pleasure of doing this with a rockstar! Rick is the bass player for one of my all time favorite bands Jimmy Eat World. Jimmy Eat World is from Phoenix and over the past few years Nina and Brian have got to know Rick and I had the pleasure of releasing a barn owl with Rick. It was a truly magical day.

 

On the reboot note, things have been going OK. Just OK while here in Phoenix. I am sort of on vacation, so I have went off my diet a bit, but plan to kick my own ass when I return to PA. Life is good. Good times with good friends. We all know that life is full of struggles and that we can't be perfect all the time. Just keep going. I know I will succeed and I won't give up till I get there. No matter how long it takes and how many reboots I do, I will never give up. Ever. I will be fit. Soon!

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