“Your blood never lies.”– James B. Lavalle__________________ Health, performance, and longevity are inside-out propositions.Learn your position on the continuum… Fit yet unhealthy… Performance Medicine™ has partnered
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Environmental factors like pollution and smoking are unhealthy and incite hormonal and epigenetic changes. These factors are often referred to as epi-toxins and endocrine
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Hormones are a chain of amino acids with complex functions in the body. Hormones contribute to functions in the body like stress management, sleep
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There is strong correlational evidence that genetics play an important role in athletic performance. Correlation means two things have a demonstrated tendency to express
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Health and longevity have taken a backseat to performance. Endurance athletes often equate fitness with health. Health must predominate performance in the endurance sports
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What happens when those endorphins kick in after physical exertion on short orlong hauls while covering trails or pavements? First, it may not be
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Endurance athletes require nutrition precision. Nutrition guidelines for the mainstream do not apply to the rigorous exertion, tireless effort, and inexpressible demands of endurance
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Being fit and unhealthy is a recurring theme; it delineates effort from struggle – in life and sport. I have never met an endurance
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Genetics plays a key role in determining phenotypes. Your DNA sequence represents propensities – not absolutes. Genetics may program for brown hair but hair
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WHAT THIS MEANS Appetite is a combination of hunger response and satiety. Many studies have identified DNA variations that contribute to hunger and satiety signaling.
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The beauty of blood analysis is its ability to define the truth. Blood analysis provides a unique window into an endurance athlete’s health, performance,
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You fall asleep in the backyard lounge chair after the third beer. Just can’t keepthose eyes open. Meanwhile, the devil Snake will draw your
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Sleep is the cornerstone of the complex human system. Sleep imbalances profoundly impact your ability to function. Sleep is the foundation of your limitless potential
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The beauty of endurance training is that it teaches us awareness. This awareness not only delineates effort from struggle but reality from perception –
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Quentin Tarintino’s movie “From Dusk to Dawn” provides the opposite of Aquarius. Things go okay early in the day, dawn, as well as one
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