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Does Saving More Lives Lead to Perpetual Overpopulation?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 10, 2019
Inspiration

Here, Bill Gates brilliantly explains why efforts to eradicate preventable diseases won't lead to perpetual overpopulation.

Yes, saving kids from dying due to diarrhea, polio, and malaria will contribute to a bigger world population, but history and statistics clearly show that as populations get healthier, people choose to have less progeny. Read more about Does Saving More Lives Lead to Perpetual Overpopulation?

 

Another Way To Improve Insulin Sensitivity

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 08, 2019
Core Strength

As a followup to a previous post on How to Improve Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Sugar Regulation, and Body Composition, this is an option for those who may be limited in their ability to do bodyweight squats. Read more about Another Way To Improve Insulin Sensitivity

 

Try This To Improve Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Sugar Regulation, and Body Composition

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 03, 2019
Hip Mobility Exercises

To improve your body's ability to store glucose as glycogen in your skeletal muscles, try doing some body weight squats before each substantial meal. Even one set of 10 to 20 body weight squats is enough to prime and prepare your skeletal muscles to act as receptive storage sites for glycogen. Read more about Try This To Improve Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Sugar Regulation, and Body Composition

 

A Simple Way To Care For Your Hips - One Minute Daily

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 24, 2019
Hip Mobility Exercises

This is a simple way of restoring and maintaining hip mobility at any age.

While sitting on the ground or on a chair, start with your leg straight out in front of you, heel on the ground. Rotate your foot as far as it will go internally and externally and alternate between these two end points, really feeling this range in your hip. Read more about A Simple Way To Care For Your Hips - One Minute Daily

 

How to Gently Break Up Adhesions in a Frozen Shoulder

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 20, 2019
Spinal Mobility Exercises

The definitive cause of frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is unknown. Some believe it is a self protective mechanism to prevent damaged tendons from becoming further damaged. Others point to an autoimmune mechanism that creates inflammation. Read more about How to Gently Break Up Adhesions in a Frozen Shoulder

 

A Simple Mobility Exercise to Reverse the Effects of Slouching

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 11, 2019
Shoulder Mobility Exercises

If you work at a desk or counter on a regular basis, chances are that you slouch forward to some degree, at least enough to cause mild to moderate tightening of the muscles that line your chest, anterior shoulder region, and even your upper arms.

This is a stretch that can you can do daily to help reverse these and other effects of slouching. Read more about A Simple Mobility Exercise to Reverse the Effects of Slouching

 

Joshua Lee Turner

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 05, 2019
Music

If you're a fan of music by Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, and Patsy Cline, I think you'll appreciate the brilliance of Joshua Lee Turner who is more than underground famous via his YouTube channel. Below is a sampling of his wide range of fun and inspiring collaborations with fellow highly skilled musicians. Joshua is currently on tour on the east coast of the States and the UK - dates and locations are listed at his site, linked above.

Crazy - Patsy Cline Cover Featuring Allison Young: Read more about Joshua Lee Turner

 

How to Treat and Prevent Ganglion Cysts

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Aug 12, 2019
Natural Health Solutions
Mobility Exercise Routines

A ganglion cyst is a fluid-filled bump that forms under the skin near a joint, most commonly in the wrist area, and sometimes in the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle, or foot regions.

The conventional medical view of ganglion cysts is that they are idiopathic, meaning that definitive causes are not known. Ganglion cysts are usually left alone, aspirated, or excised. Read more about How to Treat and Prevent Ganglion Cysts

 

Achilles Tendon Care

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 31, 2019
Ankle Mobility Exercises

This is a look at a simple and highly effective way of keeping your Achilles tendon and lower calf muscle healthy - runners and other athletes who do a lot of sprinting, cutting, and jumping and who have a history of Achilles tendonitis or tightness in this region can benefit in doing this daily. Read more about Achilles Tendon Care

 

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