WEIGHT BEARING AND WEIGHT LIFTING EXERCISES By Tom Wilson Up to this point, much of The Daniel Plan has focused on exercise and diet as a means to increase your overall internal health, help you maintain a healthy body weight and prepare your body for activity through core work and stretching. Now it’s time to ...

By: Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN; Lizzy Maltzman, MS, RD; and Erica Kasuli, MS, RD It’s that time of year again, where our mind shifts into summer gear. Is summer a bitter sweet time of year for you? On one hand you are looking forward to a slower lifestyle, more time outside, and picnics with ...

By Daniel G. Amen, MD There is no shortage of research on the effects of exercise on fat loss. Decades of scientific evidence has found that exercise, when combined with a healthy eating plan, can help you lose the blubber and keep it off. Of course, exercise burns calories, which is one of the keys ...

Excerpt from “Lose It for Life Devotional,” by Stephen Arterburn, M.Ed “He is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.” –Acts 17:27B-28 Some days it seems as though God is far away, watching us struggle from a distance. We know He created the whole universe, ...

New Year’s Resolutions tend to fade about now, so here are Dr. Daniel Amen’s tips for maintaining your motivation! Don’t give up or give in to previous habits. Keep the course. Your body, health, friends and family with thank you for it. Plus, you will be honoring God by keeping your temple holy.

Cravings can be the culprit that derails your good intentions to stick with a brain healthy program. Here are 9 simple changes you can make to your daily habits to get better control of your cravings. 1. Keep your blood sugar balanced. Low blood sugar levels are associated with lower overall brain activity, including lower ...

A key component for success in The Daniel Plan is to love yourself enough to stick with it. So how does that square, you ask, with the biblical teaching to love others and put them first? “The whole command of God can be summed up in one command: ‘Love others as you love yourself,’” tweeted ...

Want to know how others are doing on The Daniel Plan? Watch this short video featuring interviews with several people who were attending the second health and fitness seminar in 2011. Take note of these real-life tips that can have powerful effects in your life and everyone around you! Also, find secrets to pushing past ...

Excerpt from “Lose It For Life Devotional” by Stephen Arterburn, M. Ed. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” –Colossians 3:16 We need each other for the ...

Not all fats were created equal. There are fats that are good for you with superior health benefits — and then there are the fats that you want to stay far away from. This week’s superfood spotlight focuses on a fruit that is almost too good to be true. It is rich and creamy … ...