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Are you exercising enough or too much? Do you feel you need to be doing more? It’s often hard to judge for yourself. So take a look at these cases, modified from patients I encountered this past month, and see what you think: Regardless of the activity, do be sure to listen to your body's needs! A competitive skier, who spends 5 hours/day skiing and 90 minutes/day hiking; A college student who runs 30 minutes, 4-5 times/week; A biker who biked 55 miles one day, 107 miles over 3 days; A coach who worked out at the gym 6 days/week, and spends 12 hour days physically active coaching. A woman with anorexia who runs 3-4 days/week for 40 minutes. If you’re thinking: “It depends”, you’re right. So here are some more details: The skier came to see me wanting to gain weight to improve her strength and performance. She was fully on board with gaining weight and with eating more. The college runner? He pushes the intensity and distance when he’s overeaten or binged and then also overcompensat...

Do you really need to give this up? Go ahead and eat how you’d like. Want to only buy organic produce? It’s your call—just don’t ask me to foot the bill. Into whole grains? Vegetarian or Vegan? Serious meat eater? Really it’s not for me to judge. But you know I can’t just leave it at that. My concern is that if you choose to eat in a particular manner that it be without unnecessary rules that negatively impact your wellbeing—either physical or mental. And I’m concerned when you and others get caught up in the supposed health hype of the day, only to learn the hard way that it just wasn’t worth it. Let’s talk gluten free Yes, I even add gluten to my breads! I hate pain and suffering. So if you have celiac disease and are suffering the effects of this autoimmune condition—this reaction to gluten that strangely results in self destruction of part of your small intestine, there is no diet I’d rather see you follow. Please follow it 100%. Period. Avoid cross contamination from wheat, rye,...