Pandemic Pounds…

The 2021 Stress in America report by the American Psychological Association found dramatic unwanted weight gain by adults = 61% of U.S. adults said they experienced unwanted weight gain in the pandemic, averaging 29 pounds. I’ve written before about the pandemic’s toll on mental wellness and weight – and a couple of weeks ago, we launched an

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Microbiome-Gut-Brain-Axis Involved in Mood/Weight Connection – New Study

Interesting new study showing the relationship between the Microbiome-Gut-Brain-Axis and BOTH mood and weight. We showed a few years ago that you could CHANGE this relationship with the right combination of probiotics, prebiotics, and phytobiotics. In those peer-reviewed and published studies, we showed that targeted supplementation improved microbiome diversity, elevated mood, and reduced body fat

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Mental Wellness Meets Metabolism (GBX Fit Science)

Here are the slides from my (January 20, 2022) deep dive into the science of the ingredients in GBX Fit – the world’s first “QuadBiotic” to combine a specific probiotic, prebiotic, phytobiotic, and postbiotic to enhance weight loss, metabolism and fitness. The general idea behind the GBX Fit formula is to harness the power of

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Toxic Food is Killing Us (and Our Microbiome) – How to Fight Back

In 2008 (a long time ago), I produced a feature-length documentary film about America’s obesity epidemic. It was called “Killer at Large – Why Obesity is America’s Greatest Threat.” It was a lot of fun to make – it won numerous “best documentary” awards on the film festival circuit – and was screened at the

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Why is Noom Missing the Mark?

Welcome to 2022! If you’re like millions of other Americans, you’re just a few days into your New Year’s Resolutions – and since SO many people have gained weight during the pandemic, it’s a good chance that your goals for 2022 might involve losing some of those pandemic pounds? When it comes to weight loss,

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Athletes for the Mental Wellness WIN!

In 2021, it was (once again) athletes who changed the way we think about mental health. BRAVO – Athletes for the WIN! Icons and heros to many, professional and elite-level athletes train their bodies and minds to exceed expectations – often at physical and mental costs that are impossible to sustain. Some might say that

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