I have a morning routine that I've been doing for years, but I only recently shared it with a stranger while we were discussing our daily habits. It occurred to me that my routine is quite ritualistic and resembles a luxurious spa treatment. As I was describing my routine, I thought about how I sounded like Christian Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, from the movie American Psycho, when he described his morning routine and saw the humor in it. As much as I see the benefits to doing it, it also sounds comical, so I am going to share it in this post in hopes of amusing most of you and, maybe, enlightening some of you to some lesser-known health interventions. I hope you enjoy it.
Read MoreWe always hear that we must eat fiber to be healthy, but I have had none and am healthy. I even have the lab test results to prove it. Fiber gets fermented into beneficial short-chain fatty acids, but other food sources can be fermented into them as well. One of them is called propionate, and it helps us burn fat. There is a simple and safe supplement that promotes the formation of propionate. Read on for more information.
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