You can’t imagine how many times I’ve been asked, “What’s the fastest way to health?” Very simply, being honest with yourself about the choices you make in your life and your health is the simplest and best answer I know. Yet, when I ask people why they keep making...
Personal Development
Working Out of a Negative Mindset
Are you feeling overwhelmed from having a negative mindset from time to time? Do you find yourself acting in ways that are painful to yourself and others, but not knowing how to stop or use the power of your mind to create freedom? During my current 7 A’s of Healing...
Making The Most Out of Your Meals
What constitutes healthy eating? There’s so much information to sift through, not to mention the constant recommendations from “nutritional experts” out there about the newest diet trends, it can be really hard to know what really works. First and foremost, what...
Carnivore vs. Vegetarian Diets
Recently, you may have heard about the latest craze, the carnivore diet, sparked by a book written by Shawn Baker. As you probably figured out, this diet goes way beyond the ketogenic mode and focuses squarely on various meats, along with eggs, butter, lard and bone...
Juicing 101 For Your Good Health
Juicing your foods may be an ideal way to condense and extract nutrients from veggies and fruits, especially if you have problems eating enough of them every day. It seems simple enough. Buy some good organic whole foods and a juicing machine and find some recipes and...
State of the CHEK Union: Change is Good!
Change is good! The CHEK Institute is going through quite an expansion. Because of its growth, we are implementing many changes, and you’ve probably seen some of them already! Some of these changes will take effect immediately, while others will be rolled out over the...
The Fungal Infection as a Teacher
The problems associated with fungal infections are ones I know very intimately. When I was 17 or 18, I recall having this terrible jock itch. Sometimes, it was so bad, I’d scratch it with a screwdriver so hard that I left my skin bloodied. When I went to a doctor, all...
Sugar is the New Fat
Did you know… More than 70 percent of all packaged foods contain added sugars. The average American consumes more than 60 pounds of added sugars every year. A single 12-ounce soft drink contains 11 teaspoons of sugar, nearly double the amount of sugar that most people...
Why Do You Exercise?
The real theme behind the title of this video is the importance of having a dream or clear vision about your exercise goals. Without it, you really don’t know how much exercise is enough (too much or not enough), or you don’t know what types to do. Mimicking what...
How to Reduce Inflammation in the Body
Many people focus so much on pain that they don’t appreciate how problematic and pervasive inflammation can be. In reality, inflammation is a warning sign about pretty much all kinds of disease. When you see or feel it, you know something is wrong, especially if...
CrossFit: Trial By Fire?
Although the headline may lead you to believe something else, this video is not an attack on CrossFit. There are many other exercise programs that are no different in their basic makeup. I’ve seen people trash themselves with every kind of bootcamp or Americanized...
The Low Bar Squat
When you do high bar squats at the gym, how are your neck and back feeling afterward? Do you experience a lot of tightness and pain trying to be a superhero in the gym? In this video, I’ll show you how to prevent those problems by showing you how to perform the low...