The Watchdog

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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!

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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Cilantro: 7+ Reasons to Love this Super-Herb for Your Health

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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 Cilantro is known as Chinese parsley, and also coriander, although typically Cilantro refers to the leaves and stems of this plant and Coriander refers to the seeds of the plant, but in many places these names are used interchangeably. …

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The Truth about Watermelons…and Benefits

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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 Nothing says “Summer” better than a cool, refreshing, sweet, juicy, delicious slice of ripe watermelon—no matter what time of year it is. But I often hear cautions on eating watermelon—that it is high glycemic, full of sugar, mostly water, …

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Artichokes: 10 Health Benefits you Didn’t Know

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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 There is not a more delicious and satisfying vegetable than a roasted artichoke, drizzled with some melted grass fed butter, a squeeze of lemon, sea salt and pepper. In fact, I am getting hungry right now just thinking of …

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Rooibos tea: Even healthier than green tea?

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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 Rooibos tea is gaining popularity around the world as a delicious, healthy, and calming drink. Rooibos tea comes from deep in South Africa, and it has been used for centuries for good health amongst the Africans—and for good reason! …

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Ashwagandha – 9 powerful health benefits of this super-herb (including Thyroid health, Adrenal health, blood sugar, anxiety, and more)

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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 The supplement section of my health food store carries these cute little bottles, with curious labels, like “I am Happy”, “I am Sleepy”, “I am Focused”, “I am Energized”, etc. Sort of reminds me of Alice in Wonderland. Curious, …

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Rosemary: Benefits for brain health, pain, cancer, inflammation, and more

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By: Cat Ebeling, RN, MSN-PHN, co-author of the best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen, The Top 101 Foods that Fight Aging & The Diabetes Fix I’ve shown you in previous articles how herbs and spices most times contain a LOT more antioxidants than fruits or vegetables do… and rosemary is one of those perfect examples. The rich savory smell of rosemary makes you think of …

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Are Plastic Water Bottles Causing you to Gain Weight and Contribute to Diabetes & Cancer?

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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 & Surrounded by a sea of plastic and hormone-disrupting chemicals that includes plastic water bottles, plastic soda bottles, plastic bags, plastic food containers, soaps, shampoos, food packaging and pans treated with nonstick coatings, studies are showing definite connections between plastic compounds …

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