5 Simple Steps That Will Change Your Life

Dr. Chris Pellow and Dr. Eric Shuemake discuss the 5 simple steps that you can take that will help you to maximize your potential and help you end up on a cruise ship and not a nursing home.

Learn more about these steps at our National Maximized Living Makeover.
Where: Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River ave.  
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Call Lucy at 253-1900 ext.1 for details

The Truth About High Blood Pressure

by Dr. B.J. Hardick

One in four American adults suffers from high blood pressure and nearly one third don’t even know they have it. High blood pressure is a leading contributor to Heart Disease which will unfortunately cause the death of 50% of Americans.

DID YOU KNOW -  that over 5 million U.S. children take blood pressure medication!? (more)

Saving Your Brain From Age

By Dr. Shannon Pearce

Exercise is not only good for your waistline but it is also good for your brain.  The University of Colorado Boulder recently discovered that even a minimal amount of exercise can help to protect against brain damage and memory loss .  Microglial cells are the immune defense cells of the brain, these cells are known to become more reactive to infection with age resulting in excess damage to the brain including the memory centers.  The researchers at University of Colorado Boulder wanted to know if there was any way to prevent or even eliminate this process in order to preserve memory with age.  Their conclusion was very simple, exercise is good for the brain!The study showed that even small amounts of exercise profoundly reduced the amount of inflammation in the brain and it’s residual memory impairments.  Research has previously shown that dementia often follows bacterial infections, such as pneumonia or E.coli, due to the release of inflammatory cytokines.  It would stand to reason that if one could reduce brain inflammation and cytokine release they would also reduce the damage associated with memory loss. (more)

Headaches - A Warning Sign Of Something Far More Dangerous?

By Dr. Courtney Jones

Nine out of ten Americans suffer from headaches. So how do you avoid being one of the nine out of ten?  A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center in Durham, NC, found that spinal adjustments resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headache than a commonly prescribed medication. (more)

Exercise of the Week

Chocolate Almond Protein Bars

Chocolate almond protein bars are one of our most requested recipes from our Maximized Living Nutrition Plans (MLNP) book and a crowd pleaser! These no bake, quality protein, high-fiber bars are a cinch to make and perfect for weight-loss.

Watch and follow along as MLNP co-author Dr. B.J. Hardick prepares this recipe in the following video. Recipe is included below.

INGREDIENTS

Base
2 cups almond flour
1 cup ground flax seed meal
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
3 scoops of chocolate NaturePro Whey Protein
½ cup of xylitol (or ¾ tsp pure powder stevia)
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup organic butter
3 squares unsweetened chocolate
½ tsp pure vanilla

Chocolate Topping
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 tbsp of coconut oil
1 tbsp of organic butter
¼ cup of xylitol (or ¼ tsp of pure liquid stevia)
 

1. Place almonds meal, flax meal, shredded coconut, Nature Pro and xylitol (stevia) in a food processor.
2. Pulse until ground into meal
3. In a double boiler melt coconut oil, butter and 3 squares of unsweetened chocolate.
4. Once melted add vanilla to melted chocolate/coconut mixture.
5. Mix liquid chocolate with dry ingredients in a bowl until turns into a paste
6. Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish.
7. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens.
8. In a double boiler, heat butter and coconut oil until liquid.
9. Add xylitol (stevia) and heat and stir until dissolved
10. Add 4 squares of unsweetened chocolate.  Stir until melted.
11. Pour melted chocolate over pressed mixture in glass dish.  Return to refrigerator for at least until chocolate hardens.
12. Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve. (If chocolate cracks when cutting, let soften for 10 minutes first)

Keep refrigerated.  These also freeze well.

Accessing Your Fountain Of Youth

Would You Rather Be On A Cruise Ship or Nursing Home? Learn how to access your fountain of youth and regain your health through Maximized Living's 5 Essentials.

Our Next Maximized Living Makeover is coming up on October 8th, 2011 in the U.S. and October 15th, 2011 in Canada. Visit our website for more information on how to attend this life changing event! http://www.maximizedlivingmakeover.com/