Keeping Insulin in Check

Keeping Insulin in Check

Insulin is such an important hormone. We literally would die without it. Like any hormone, however, it needs to know its place. Too much insulin over too long a period of the day will set us up for weight gain. Last month we identified an all-too-common reality:...

More and Bigger

More and Bigger

Gaining weight in the form of fat comes in two ways: more and bigger. More refers to the fact that we can grow more fat cells. They increase in number, but stay about the same size. The second way we gain fat is by enlarging the size of fat cells. They literally get...

Leg Power Brain Power

Leg Power Brain Power

We were made for exertion. Jesus told a parable in which a lord, about to travel to a far country, called three of his servants before he left, and gave each of them talents. The one who had received five talents, used them. The one who received two talents did...