The OC Blog
Complete Proteins: What They Are, What They Aren’t, and Why You Should Care
Hey Everyone! Today we're going to talk about a topic that's not only close to my heart, but absolutely crucial for anyone interested in fitness, muscle growth, or just plain good nutrition. I'm talking about complete proteins. You've probably heard the term "complete...
Enhancing your quality of sleep
Difficulties with your sleep schedule such as staying asleep, frequent trouble falling asleep or getting back to sleep in the middle of the night may often leave you foggy, tired, and irritable. It’s no surprise so many people wonder how to fix sleep schedules. Not...
Stress
You might think of stress as innately negative, believe it or not that isn’t always the case. Just as the muscles and bones need physical exercise to stay strong, we also need certain amounts of stress to stay healthy. Actually, a complete lack of stress would not be...
Rest
Technically there are three different types of rest but for the sake of writing length we are only going to talk about one for now, Sleep. When life throws us for a loop, one of the first things that gets set on the back burner is our sleep. We have to get to that...
Movement
It’s important to have a dream or clear vision about your exercise goals. Without it, you really don’t know how much exercise is enough (too much or not enough), or you don’t know what types to do. Mimicking what other people are doing may not be ideal for achieving...
Breathing
It truly is amazing how something as simple as your body’s breathing pattern can cause all sorts of health problems if you aren’t doing it correctly. Breathing is a function that is fortunately controlled by our bodies autonomic nervous system. Autonomic control means...
Hydration
De-Hydration, is it water or something else? Whatever the cause, de-hydration can result in significant impairment of cellular function and health. The relative contribution of malnutrition relative to dehydration is specific to each individual. This must be looked at...