Do your workouts make you feel this good?

Dr. Stacy Irvine, DC Why We Care So Much About What We Do…… An important part of working in the Health and Fitness industry, includes staying on top of the latest research along with developing an awareness of what is being presented to your clients and patients through a wide variety of media sources.  The […]

Why Inflammation Makes You Old

Dr. Tamara Kung, ND The definition of aging is a progressive change that leads to increased debility, disease, and death. Wow! That sounds depressing. Don’t despair, there are things you can do to make it a much more pleasant picture. As we age, there is a reduction in our cells capability to read the right genes at […]

Think You Are In Pretty Good Shape? So Did This Guy.

By, Tim Irvine I was recently talking with a friend of mine about a hiking trip he was planning and it reminded me of this article I read several years ago. If you want to read about an objective, physical transformation, give yourself five minutes to do just that and be amazed at what a consistent, sustained […]

Sleep: Some Essential Facts You Likely Don’t Know

Dr. Tamara Kung, ND Humans try all kinds of rational to shortchange sleep. Deep societal and cultural shifts have brought in an era where sleep is seen as second rate, an afterthought, a passive thing we do when there’s nothing else to do. We think sleeping means laziness and we’ve been actively fighting against it, […]

Do you move young… or old?

At Totum, we often talk about ‘moving young’ for as long as possible. This obviously has an impact on those 60 and above, but it actually starts in your 20’s. Tennis, running, swimming, biking, golf, you name it. Your ability to perform any of these activities is lessened if your muscular power decreases, and that […]