Every decision you make in your life is based on a memory, a belief you heard somewhere else, from your family or friends, your teachers or medical professionals, on the radio or TV. You should look like this. Eat this. Don’t eat that. Take this pill. Don’t trust your intuition – we know better. This is FDA or USDA approved so it must be safe for me - right? Not always. Sometimes beliefs are beneficial to health and wellness - sometimes they can actually be making you sick from the inside out.

Did you know that what you eat can truly support your efforts to get good grades in school? It is true. Over the last several decades, the United Stated education ranking has continued to drop in mathematics, reading and science. Not surprising, this same drop in national ranking correlates with the increase in processed foods, artificial ingredients and genetic modifications being made to the food we eat. So what’s a person to do? Here are five easy steps you can take to get you on the right track.

How much thought do you give to your heart every day? Your heart has its own set of blood vessels and muscular system that pumps 14,000 liters of blood every day. That means it pumps 10,000,000 liters every year of your life. Do you think you could remember to tell your heart to beat 70 or more times every minute? Thankfully, the automated nervous system remembers for you.

When you hear that ‘C’ word, what is the first thing you think or feel? For most people, hearing ‘You have CANCER’ are the most terrifying words they can imagine hearing. So why is it, when individuals are given the opportunity to implement diet and lifestyle changes that have been shown to prevent the development of chronic disease, including CANCER, they choose to continue with the behaviors that can lead right to that diagnosis?