Many people have unrealistic exceptions when they first heard the phrase portion control. The most common association is to eat as little as possible the equivalent of starvation. But that’s not necessarily the case, many people hear the common expression when they want to lose weight. Instead of looking at their personal health on all spectrums, imagine you are trying to balance two things on a scale one is your overall health and on the other end is the portions of food you are consuming. It is extremely easy for most people in today's modern society to lose weight but it can be extremely hard to keep the weight off long term. The key to shedding weight and keeping it off is diet and lifestyle. This complementary couple will give you that imaginary certificate called good health.

The word stress can be such a complex word there are so many variables in our lives that make up this word. Also, each person's perspective plays a large role. What might be a major stressor to me may be minute to the average person. I often wondered where the stress came from and after years of research I have gathered its true origin is our prehistoric ancestors. The sympathetic nervous system also known as the “fight or flight” response was used by our ancestors to detect if they were in immediate danger.