Category Archives: Diabetes

Weight Loss: Good as Gold

Posted on April 26, 2021 by amusico

You may be aware that we have different types of fat in our bodies – white, brown and even beige. Brown fat is metabolically active and actually helps your body burn fat. I spoke in this past post about what … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Health, Nutrition, Weight loss | Tagged brown fat, cold exposure, metabolism, turmeric, weight loss | 7 Comments

Surprising Connection Between Obesity and Vitamin D

Posted on February 22, 2021 by amusico

Vitamin D3 has been in the news a lot over the last year as it is one of the best ways to protect yourself against COVID-19. It is an important nutrient for so many reasons including strong bones, immune function … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Weight loss | Tagged blood sugar, body mass index, cancer, obesity, Today is Still the Day book, vitamin D3, weight loss | 10 Comments

Longevity: Can You Spare 11 Minutes

Posted on January 25, 2021 by amusico

I am sure I don’t have to tell you that being active will increase your lifespan and help you stay healthier longer. Sitting too much and being sedentary increases not only your risk of developing disease but also of early … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Cancer, Diabetes, Digestive Health, Fitness, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Weight loss | Tagged 11 minutes, exercise, healthy life, longevity, mortality, staying active | 6 Comments

Exercise: How Much and How Often

Posted on January 11, 2021 by amusico

Regular exercise is a given if you want to stay fit and healthy. Exercise impacts every part of your health from weight loss and management to cardiovascular health and blood sugar management. You may wonder just how much exercise you … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Diabetes, Fitness, Heart Health, Intentional Exertion/Exercise, Overall Health and Wholeness, Rest and Reboot, Weight loss | 6 Comments

Diabetes: Coffee and Green Tea

Posted on January 4, 2021 by amusico

Happy New Year! As we begin this new year I wanted to share some exciting research on two of the most popular beverages – coffee and green tea. Both coffee and green tea have numerous health benefits of their own. … Continue reading →

Posted in Diabetes, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | 9 Comments

Health: An Overlooked Cause of Inflammation

Posted on December 7, 2020 by amusico

I’ve shared numerous times in the past that inflammation is at the root of most, if not all, chronic disease. We know eating packaged, processed, fake foods increases inflammation as does using vegetable and seed oils, trans fats, gluten, sugar … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Cancer, Diabetes, Emotional Health, Heart Health, Overall Health and Wholeness, Soul Health, Spiritual Health | Tagged anxiety, chronic disease. rest and digest, fight and flight, health, inflammation, parasympathetic nervous system, stress, sympathetic nervous system, vagus nerve | 6 Comments

Health: Change is Hard and How to Make it Easier

Posted on November 9, 2020 by amusico

I have struggled with why clients find it so difficult to make the healthy changes they so desperately want and need to. Here are some eye-opening statistics: Only 6% of Americans consistently engage in the top five health behaviors Only … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Diabetes, Digestive Health, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Soul Health, Spiritual Health, Weight loss | Tagged adaptive challenges, baby steps, change, gradual, health coaching, information, intentional, resources, targeted | 6 Comments

Breathing: 2 Simple Ways to Support Immune Function

Posted on November 2, 2020 by amusico

During this time of dealing with COVID-19, we’ve been focused on respiratory health maybe a bit more than usual. There is a definitely a strong connection between how we breathe, our respiratory health and immune function. I wanted to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Diabetes, Heart Health, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged blood pressure, blood sugar, breathing, exercise performance, health, heart health, humming, immune function, mouth breathing, nitric oxide, nose breathing | 13 Comments

Vitamin C: Some Little Known Facts

Posted on October 19, 2020 by amusico

Did you know that most animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C from food they eat? This is accomplished via a biochemical pathway that employs 4 enzymes which convert glucose to vitamin C. In mammals (like humans), the glucose … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Diabetes, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged blood sugar, depressed immune function, immune function, insulin receptors, phagocytization, sugar, vitamin C, white blood cells | 5 Comments

Immunity: Mild Obesity and COVID

Posted on September 14, 2020 by amusico

I did a newsletter at the beginning of this whole COVID outbreak (which seems like a lifetime ago by the way) and explained how obesity is a serious risk factor in this virus. Most of that research classified “severe obesity” … Continue reading →

Posted in Diabetes, Fitness, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Weight loss | Tagged BMI, COVID19, immune function, mild obesity, obesity, overweight, Today is Still the Day, weight loss | 8 Comments