The Watchdog

Mike Geary has been a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer for over 15 years now. He has been studying nutrition and exercise for almost 25 years, ever since being a young teenager. Mike is originally from Pennsylvania, but has fallen in love with mountain life and now resides in the picturesque mountains of Utah. Mike is an avid adventurist and when he’s not spending his time skiing, mountain biking, hiking, or paddleboarding on the lake, he has enjoyed skydiving, whitewater rafting, piloting an Italian fighter plane (seriously), scuba diving, heli-skiing, and traveling all around the world, enjoying learning about different cultures. At the age of 40, Mike now feels healthier, stronger, and more energetic than when he was 20... All because of a healthy lifestyle and great nutrition!

4 Essential oils that are more powerful than antibiotics

by Cat Ebeling & Mike Geary co-authors of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Antibiotic overuse is creating monstrous superbugs that can cause incurable infections, serious illnesses, amputations, and even death. Antibiotic overuse in the beef, pork and poultry business, in human medications, and even antibacterial hand soap and cleaners …

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The top 10 essential oils: Impressive Benefits

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by Cat Ebeling & Mike Geary co-authors of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Essential oils seem to be showing up everywhere lately, but they have been in use for thousands of years for many different types of health, medicinal, meditational and spiritual purposes. These healing oils work well as …

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What the heck is Jackfruit?

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By: Cat Ebeling & Mike Geary Co-authors of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix This GIGANTIC tropical fruit tastes amazing and has some decent health benefits too Ever heard of Jackfruit? Most people haven’t. While it is a delicious, sweet, juicy fruit when it is ripe, it is also becoming …

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Why To Use Cranberries All Year Long

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By: Cat Ebeling & Mike Geary Co-authors of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix The powerful health benefits of cranberries, including urinary tract health, digestion, cancer fighting, etc I just picked up a bag of fresh cranberries at the store and started thinking about this amazing little round berry that …

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Why Sacha Inchi Seeds Are My New Favorite Healthy Snack

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by Catherine Ebeling  co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix Do you have nut allergies or peanut allergies? I do, and I really miss being able to snack on healthy, satisfying nuts. Well there’s a new nut-like snack that is actually a seed—easily digested, and very unlikely to cause …

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The Amazing Power of Cumin

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By: Catherine Ebeling  Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I just returned from an amazing trip to Nepal, where I ate spicy Nepali food every day. Nepali cuisine is very similar to Indian food with lots of spices and curry flavorings in almost every dish. One of the …

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17 Amazing Uses for Epsom Salt… Some You Won’t Believe

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Today’s blog republished from my friends at TheAlternativeDaily is going to explain the potential benefits of Epsom salts. Please read on to discover the amazing benefits of this super-mineral… Epsom salt, which is not really a salt at all but a mineral compound comprised of magnesium and sulfate, gets its named from a saline spring at Epsom in Surrey, England. …

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The Magic of Shiitake and Other Mushrooms

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By: Catherine Ebeling  Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix We tend to think of healthy superfoods as being dark green, red or orange—but there is one superfood that is actually tan, white, or brown—the mushroom. And as a superfood goes, it contains some very astounding power! Mushrooms contain …

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Pumpkin Seeds – Nature’s Forgotten Superfood

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Benefits of pumpkin seeds includes blood pressure, urinary health, immunity, Testosterone, and lots more… By: Catherine Ebeling  Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix One of my favorite salty, crunchy, nutty snacks is pumpkin seeds. I especially love these because they are great if you happen to have a …

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Five Good Reasons to Eat More Cherries (Plus a Healthy Cherry-Infusion Cocktail Recipe!)

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By: Catherine Ebeling & Mike Geary Co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I love cherries! Dried, fresh, frozen, tart or sweet…in smoothies, on salads, even in main courses. They are an excellent sweet healthy snack full of antioxidants, and fat burning ingredients. Cherries contain some unique and pretty …

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