Gene Smart Wellness

01/19/2017

It’s easy to eat more than you need every day, getting into bad habits that encourage you to snack more and enjoy your food less. You can try to eat healthy by choosing healthy snacks, but it’s still possible to eat too many calories if you mindlessly snack on nuts, seeds, and dried fruit. Here are 6 habits that you can change to cut down on the calories you didn’t really mean to eat. Adopt enough of them, and you may find yourself losing a pound a week, which you’ll forget about until you need new pants. Find out the easy weight loss habits you can start today.

Simple Ways to Cut 500 Calories Each Day If weight loss is one of your goals, we recommend reducing your daily caloric intake by 20%-30% of what is needed

01/17/2017

It's hard to stop eating the food you love. These are supplements to add to your diet and make that self-control easier.

Eliminating sugar, processed food, and other unhealthy junk food is only part of the weight loss equation. You also need to add these to your diet!

12/22/2016

The mechanics of s*x change as we leave our 40s. Working through these physical changes joyfully can help you maintain a fun and satisfying s*x life.

12/15/2016

Exercise is the single greatest anti-aging treatment we currently know.

If you really want to be youthful in your 60s and well beyond, you must be active— the more active you are, the more energetic and lively your life will be.

11/24/2016

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. Don't eat too much!

11/17/2016

So how “old” we are depends in large part on how old we think we are. I like to say, “our thoughts become our actions, our actions become habits, and ultima

11/03/2016

Use it or lose it applies to so much about our health, including our heads. Learn about new research for preventing Alzheimer's.

“Exercising” your brain can have profound effects on brain health. New research shows how important “brain games” can be to prevent cognitive decline.

10/27/2016

Foods once thought to be unhealthy can be a health-enhancing part of your diet. Here are four foods that science is showing may not be so bad for you after all…

10/20/2016

Foods once thought to be unhealthy can be a health-enhancing part of your diet. Here are four foods that science is showing may not be so bad for you after all…

10/13/2016

You know that you need omega-3s, healthy inflammatory fats. But did you realize there's more than one? Here's the lowdown on which you need and how to get them.

http://www.genesmart.com/300200989/epa-and-dha-which-do-you-need/

10/06/2016

Information you can use: what essential fatty acids are, the differences between omega-3s and -6s, how they work, and more.

09/29/2016

Treating disease by manipulating your own immune system is a research area that certainly shows an incredible amount of promise.

09/22/2016

Every year, roughly 12 million people get news that they never imagined they would hear: “You have cancer.” As a cancer survivor myself, I can tell you how I dealt with the emotions that followed and set myself up to live.

Once you get over the initial shock, how you conduct yourself next can make a world of difference in how well you respond to treatment and recover.

09/15/2016

You can certainly do what you can to tip the scales toward an anti-inflammatory diet, similar to how our ancestors ate. Your primary focus should be to eliminate processed foods and increase your plant-based and omega-3-rich foods, like salmon. While this should help balance out your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in favor of omega-3s, the problem is, you just don’t know for sure. Until now…

Knowing your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is step one to adjusting your lifestyle to achieve optimal health. I’ve done it, and my friends and family have too.

09/06/2016

I get excited when research shows pharmaceuticals and supplements can work together to create even greater benefits. I don’t believe prescription drugs are bad, and I don’t believe that nutritional supplements are the be-all-end-all. Find out how to take these two together.

New research shows that combining omega-3s and statins can improve the heart health results of your prescription. Learn more now.

09/01/2016

The modern Western diet is scientifically designed to manipulate your unconscious mind. Take control by invoking your deliberate thought about what your eating, how much, and why.

Understand your brain's unconscious programming to see how your unconscious emotions and reactions controlled by your brain circuitry affects your diet.

08/18/2016

Many people fear having a genetic predisposition for a disease means their future is pre-determined. But lifestyle can influence whether you develop it.

08/11/2016

Try this incredible therapy that science shows can have emotional and physical benefits: meditation. Control your anxieties and upgrade your brain in just minutes a day.