Supplements For Buffering Cortisol (The Stress Hormone)
Tell me if you know this feeling:It’s likely at the conclusion of a long and stressful day and though you’re physically tired, your mind...
Magnesium Deficiency: How It Impacts Us and How To Fix It
Roughly half of all Americans (48%) are deficient in magnesium. [1] A recent review estimated that up to 68% consume less than the...
Can Creatine Improve Memory And Cognition?
As we’ve discussed in other articles, even flawless lifestyle and nutrition practices will leave inevitable nutritional gaps, so supplementation is invaluable for ensuring...
(Mostly) Everything You Know About Supplements Is Wrong
Supplementation is an endlessly confusing corner of the health world. On one hand, every new product is touted as the silver bullet that...
Sleep Hygiene 102: Finding Your Ideal Bedroom Temperature
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A Critique of Wim Hof Breathwork
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The Profound Benefits Of Cold, Part 1: Cold Showers For Improved Mood, Disease Resistance, and Metabolic Rate
Our bodies are built to adapt to environmental stress—and to become stronger in the process. Modern, climate-controlled life effectively removes many of these...
Psychic Sovereignty 102: Desktop/Laptop Tools + Best Practices
THE FIVE: Essential Lifestyle Principles For A Life In Sync Yoga: Asanas (Postures) + Pranayama (Breath) Meditation + Mindfulness Psychic Sovereignty (Our Relationship...
Yogic Breathing Techniques (Pranayama) 101: Reduce Anxiety With Alternate Nostril Breathing
THE FIVE: Essential Lifestyle Principles For A Life In Sync Yoga: Asanas (Postures) + Pranayama (Breath) Meditation + Mindfulness Psychic Sovereignty (Our Relationship...
The Truth About Caffeine & Sleep
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Psychic Sovereignty 101: Mobile Phone Hygiene
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Transportation Rituals, Reevaluated: The Luxury Of Walking And Biking
THE FIVE: Essential Lifestyle Principles For A Life In Sync Yoga: Asanas (Postures) + Pranayama (Breath) Meditation + Mindfulness Psychic Sovereignty (Our Relationship...
Sleep Hygiene 101: Minimizing Light Exposure
Solving The Sunscreen Dilemma: Non-Toxic Sunscreens And Summer Skin Care
The article, originally published in 2015, was just updated for 2020 with new research and product recommendations. Updates to the article will be highlighted...
Diana Rilov: Yoga and Vitality at 73
Cliff Notes The attitude of constantly looking forward, making plans and learning new things, and being open to new things is what keeps...
Angelique Miles on Hitting Rock Bottom and Rising Up Stronger (Literally!)
Cliff Notes After 20 years in music publishing, Angelique Miles' career came to an abrupt end. At what felt like rock bottom, she...
Why I Stopped Using Apple’s Airpods (Testing EMFs in Bluetooth Headphones)
Like seemingly everyone else I knew earlier this year, I was seduced into buying a pair of Apple’s Airpods bluetooth earbuds. The...
How Air Travel Affects The Body And Brain
Flying is a brutal thing to do to a human body. Electromagnetic radiation, dehydration, restricted movement, oxidative stress - oh yes, and emotional...
Is CBD (Cannabidiol) A Legitimate Medicine? Here's What The Research Says
If you’ve been paying attention to the natural health world the past few years, you will surely have noticed that therapeutic/medicinal uses of...
Why You Need To Know (Immediately) If There's Mold In Your Home
If You Aren’t Worried About Mold In Your Home, You Should Be When people think of the factors that determine one’s health, generally...
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[Study Results Released] Synchro Gold Reduces Soreness And Improves Muscle Recovery In Athletes
Some Background Our liposomal turmeric elixir Synchro Gold was released in October of 2014, and to date it has dramatically improved quality of life for...
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The Synchro Guide To Truly Healthy Skin [Part One]: Dry Skin Brushing
Every once in a while I come across a practice so obviously valuable it seems crazy that I could have gone so long without...
Transdermal Magnesium: The Critical Muscle-Relaxing Nutrient You’re Missing
Magnesium deficiency is something I’ve written about on more than one occasion over the years, and for good reason. According to the...
Why You Should Stop Wearing Socks
There's a few recurring themes that you'll see in a lot of the articles I write for this site. One such theme is...
A Synchro Guide To Fixing Your Posture
Generally when people want to improve the way they look, feel or perform, they look to changing things like their diet or lifestyle habits...
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[Hyperhydration] Why 'Water Weight' Is Sexy (and Healthy!)
Most of the articles of mine you'll find on this site are highly data driven. They're researched obsessively, sometimes for weeks, generally with a dozen-or-so research papers...
Triclosan: The Thyroid-Disrupting Ingredient In Your Soap
During the 1990’s, antibacterial soaps went from a being a small-scale medical industry product to a billion dollar consumer industry. Soap manufacturers poured...
5 Most Effective Ways To Reduce Your Inflammation (Inflammation Series: Part Three)
(This is part three of a three-part series on inflammation. You can find part one here and part two here) In the two...
How Inflammation Makes You Fat And Slows Your Brain (Part One: The Body)
(This article is part one of a three-part series on inflammation. Find part two here and part three here) You're probably familiar with...
How Inflammation Makes You Fat And Slows Your Brain (Part Two: The Brain)
(This article is part two of a three-part series on inflammation. Find part one here) The Brain And The Immune System Until about 10...
Is Your Shower Exposing You To Dangerous Toxins?
I've written previously about how important it is to be drinking high-quality water that is free of the chlorine, chloramine and fluoride - which takes...
Can Sitting In A Sauna Raise Human Growth Hormone (hGH) Levels?
Saunas have long been valued in societies around the world for their ability to detoxify the body and promote vitality. Recently, however, research seems...
Xenoestrogens: Plastic's Dirty Secret
Remember the BPA scare of a few years ago? Nalgene was pressured into doing a recall of all of their bottles and...
An Owners Manual For Your 100 Trillion Gut Bacteria
The first thing to know about your gut bacteria is how little we (meaning "science") actually know about what's going on down there. We...
The Wild World Of Legal Brain Enhancement
If you've seen the movie Limitless, you know it's based on the widely-held fantasy that there may exist an as-yet-undiscovered drug that unlocks oceans...
How To Stay Healthy (and Synchro) When Traveling
As I'm starting this article, I'm currently on the first leg of a multiple-flight business trip - which serves as a nice prompt...
Your Chair Is Killing You...Time To Start Squatting.
Sitting Is Killing You Slowly You'll probably be surprised at how much evidence there is out there that sitting is terrible for our...
The Case For Barefoot Shoes
Your Screwed Up Joints For most of us, our bodies don't move the way they should. Our joints are chronically tight and misaligned....
Improving Your Life One Ritual At A Time
Beautiful shrine by the incomparable @shrineon. This may seem counterintuitive coming from someone who's written 10's of thousands of words on diet optimization,...
Why Detoxing Matters + The Best Simple Detox Strategies
Raw cacao in the pod. A rarely seen side of one of the world's most powerful detoxifiers. "Detox" has become quite the buzzword...
Seven Secrets To Naturally Amazing Skin
You can tell a LOT about a person by looking at their skin. I'm of the belief that our skin is first and...
Protecting Yourself From Electromagnetic Pollution (EMF's)
EMF's are a tricky issue to talk about. There is increasingly a ton of research coming out of academia confirming negative health effects...
Time To Get Fluoride Out Of Your Water
I'll spare you any of the hyperboles about the importance of water to the body. I'm sure we all know well how critical...
High Intensity Interval Training: Explained (Why Your Cardio Workout Might Be A Waste Of Time)
Get stronger, fitter and leaner in less time... Let me start by clarifying the title a bit...cardiovascular fitness is far from a waste...
Solving The "Alcohol Dilemma"
One of the most common questions I consistently get from people is "what my thoughts are on alcohol?" and "where and how alcohol...
5 Tips To Hack Your Way To Better Sleep
Sleep quality is a cornerstone of optimized, vibrant well-being and high performance. Perhaps this is a case of...
Power Your Brain with Creatine Supplementation
A Polarizing Subject This latest in the series of Synchro Life Design practices is unquestionably the one that I have had the most...
The Power of Water (part 2) - The First 10 Days
our water jugs and wall shrine Part two of this series...
The Power of Water - An experiment with natural spring water.
The importance of water quality has been written about more times than necessary and doesn't need re-hashing here. Still, there are many...
