On 11/21/18, the day before Thanksgiving, I’m scheduled for a total hip replacement. They will be making an incision on the front of the left hip, separating the muscles (no cutting) and exposing the joint capsule. They will then cut open the capsule to get access to the head of the femur and the socket. Once

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Hip Replacement Part 1 – 5 Days Out

Core Values Honesty I do what I say I will do. I am honest with all clients and prospects about everything including being straight with them on their nutrition habits. Integrity I stick by what I say and stand for. If I say I’m going to do something, I will do it. Transparency All systems,

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IronBody Fitness – Core Values

This week’s recipe, from ruled.me is a Keto Pancake made with peanuts. Roasted Peanut Filling 1.8 ounces fresh shelled peanuts ½ teaspoon Stevia Salt to taste

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Keto Peanut Pancakes

This came across my Facebook feed today. It goes right along with what I wrote to you about last week; high carb diets are a direct cause of Alzheimer’s. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers/551528/ One more reason to cut your carb intake from sugars and starches down to under grams per day. That is still a lot of carbs

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More on Alzheimer’s, High Carb diets and Insulin

Carbs get a bad rap, but are they evil? No, the problem is we eat too many, way too many of them. By Carbs I’m referring to anything that either contains sugar of some sort, has had sugar added to it or rapidly converts to sugar in your body. The latter includes bread, cereal, and

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High Carb Diets and Alzheimer’s

Do you regularly take aspirin, acetaminophen or other over the counter pain relievers?? You may want to stop, here’s why. Over the counter (OTC) pain-relievers or NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) are the most over-used non-prescription drug. NSAIDs include aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), Ibuprofen (Motrin), naproxen sodium (Aleve, Celebrex, et al.). Most people take them at the first

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The Dangers of OTC NSAIDs

Macros – What are they, Why they are important You may have heard someone refer to hitting their macros or the “diet” If it Fits Your Macros (IIFYM) but what is a macro? What does it mean? Macros is short for macronutrient. Macro means large as opposed to micro or small. MacroNutrients are Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat and

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Macros

Today I want to discuss why we don’t start new people off with movements like the kb swing or clean. Normally when someone new starts they meet with me and go through a movement screen. You may have seen some people with colored wrist bands. They got them after they went through the screen and

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Method to the Madness 2