Health
Why Exercise Doesn’t Always Help You Lose Weight
Dr. Ashley Lucas with PHD Weight Loss explains why exercise alone isn’t enough to lose weight and why changing your eating habits is more effective.
HEALTHY LIVING: Why exercising isn’t enough
Are you exercising like crazy, but still aren’t losing the weight you wanted? Learn why exercise doesn’t work as a weight-loss strategy and why you need to change what you eat to lose weight.
High Altitude Baking TIP
Even those who’ve lived in the Rocky Mountains for years need a reminder how to adjust a baking recipe for HIGH ALTITUDE. Adjustment for 5,000 feet and above: Reduce baking powder: for each teaspoon, decrease 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon. Reduce sugar: for each cup, decrease 0 to 2 tablespoons. Increase liquid: for each cup, add 2 to 4 tablespoons. Increase oven temperature by 25 degrees F. Post courtesy of Jim Wotkyns Blog. Read more...
Healthy Living: What Should Your Ideal Weight Be?
Learn why Dr. Ashley Lucas with PHD Weight Loss says that the body-mass index scale doesn’t always give you a true assessment of your ideal weight. She tells you why.
Study Reveals Curry’s Amazing Artery-Opening Properties
Did you know that a single culinary serving of spices in the form of curry can dilate your arteries, preventing the cardiovascular harms associated with eating common foods? While spices are thought of mainly as culinary agents for the aesthetical enhancement of the flavor of food, they are also powerful medicinal agents, and in certain respects may actually mitigate the harms of things we like to eat that may not be as good for us as...
Changing Habits for Successful Dieting
Dr. Ashley Lucas with PHD Weight Loss explains how learning to change your behaviors and habits contributes to your weight-loss success.
Thought-to-speech: Scientists say their AI can read out what happens in your brain
Neuro-engineers at New York’s Columbia University say they have created a system that can translate human thoughts into recognizable speech, which would revolutionize not just medicine but communication. By monitoring brain activity of subjects, the researchers at Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute were able to train artificial intelligence to translate thought patterns into intelligible sentences, says a...
Don’t Ignore Sudden Loss of Sight
Drs. Sara Haug and Moss Fenberg with Southwest Retina Consultants explain why it’s so important to see an ophthalmologist is you experience sudden vision loss in one eye.
Gun Shops Help with Suicide Awareness
Gun shop owners have become unlikely partners in the community’s fight to reduce suicides. Find out how Cole Hyson, owner of the Colorado Trading Company, is helping raise awareness about gun safety and suicide.
Business Offers Refills to Reduce Plastic
Tired of all the plastic that accumulates after you’ve used up the product? WeFill, a new company in town, offers bulk refills of organic soaps, bath products and household cleaners to reduce the amount of plastic used.
Healthy Living: Seek Support When You’re Attempting to Lose Weight
Dr. Ashley Lucas, founder of PHD Weight Loss, explains why support from other people is critical to meeting your weight-loss goals.
Healthy Living: Blood Pressure & Eyes
Find out how doctors can detect early warning signs of high blood pressure through regular eye examinations in this edition of Healthy Living with Dr. Moss Fenberg, ophthalmologist with Southwest Retina Consultants.
Why Most Diets Don’t Work
Healthy Living in the Four Corners brings you Dr. Ashley Lucas, a registered dietician and found of PHD Weight Loss, who explains the science behind weight gain and weight loss, and why most diets and exercise regimens fail.
HEALTHY LIVING: Diabetes & Sight
Learn how diabetes can affect your eyesight if you don’t keep your blood-sugar under control.
Buy Bling for Cancer Support
The 14th annual Styles’n’Stones Jewlery Show will benefit the Cancer Coalition of Southwest Colorado. Find out how and why the show got started.
HEALTHY LIVING: Take Care of Your Spine
You don’t have to twist yourself into exotic yoga positions to take care of your spine. Just do what your mother told you to do . . .
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Should you be tested for prostate cancer? That depends . . .
WholeExpo Durango
WholeExpo, the Four Corners 23rd annual mega-event focusing on body, mind and spiritual health. Discover your Whole-Self and enrich your life at the WholeExpo, Durango in September. Enjoy 80 exhibitors offering holistic and environmental products and services. Check out breakthrough nutritional and herbal products at the exhibitors booths. Browse handcrafted jewelry, clothing, paintings, musical instruments, crystals and much, much...
HEALTHY LIVING: Riding Your Motorcycle
Dr. Trapper Niccum with Thrive Chiropractic Studio offers tips for health and safe motorcycle riding.
It All Starts with Good Night’s Sleep
The foundation of your students’ academic success is a good night sleep and a healthy lifestyle.
