Tragedy Turns Ex-Fatty Boy/ Fatty into Bruce Lee of Wellness -
Beginning at age six, 'Fatty Boy' was my nickname. As I grew older, my nickname was changed to Fatty. How fun was it to be called a Fatty? I didn't care much, but I do not recall loving it. Although I was very cheerful by nature, consciously and subconsciously, I hated being fat, especially when it came to changing my clothes....
Unfortunately, I've been blessed with crummy genetics. That's right, a strong family history of heart disease and a cholesterol level that has hovered around 200 since my early twenties. I have a grandmother that died from a heart attack at age 69, a grandfather that died of a heart attack a year before I was born, a diabetic grandfather didn't recover from quadruple by-pass surgery, and my...
My name is Whitney and I am a 21 year old soon to be college graduate maintaining balance and a healthy lifestyle while battling daily stressors life throws our way. I am an avid runner, I am applying to graduate programs in the fall for public health, I love nutrition, health, and wellness and am passionate about learning new invigorating facts to share with people.
I recently found out I...
I teach "Fat Nutrition & Current Health Concerns" at Stanford, in the Human Biology Program, and I teach courses on Health and Nutrition at Foothill College.
Through my business, Gerda Endemann Nutrition Education, I give seminars and workshops, and provide individual consultations on nutrition-related health concerns. I specialize in lowering blood cholesterol and optimizing...
My name is Chris Hempel. In October 2007, my husband and I received life-threatening news about our cholesterol - but our lives weren't in danger. We learned that we were born with a defect in a critical cholesterol gene and that our precious six-year-old identical twin daughters, Addi and Cassi, inherited a double mutation - both genetic cholesterol defects.
For many months, I'd known...
I am a chiropractor with a specialty in Internal Health. I aim to restore normal function to the body without using drugs or surgery. I am an expert in Enzyme Nutrition and utilize this in my practice to help people prevent long term chronic degenerative disease such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux, etc.
