Your life is hectic, stressful...you're often tired and feel
challenged by mood swings and weight gain. But what if things were
different? What if, instead of fatigue, you felt energized, motivated?
What if you felt INVIGORATED?
Vigor is the dynamic new fitness concept that has researchers and health
experts worldwide paying attention. Today, up to 75 percent of the U.S.
population -- including children and teens -- experiences some form of
burnout. Americans chronically overwork and overstress themselves,
resulting in an ever-growing list of health problems. Vigor is a state
of well-being that is almost the exact opposite of burnout, and in this
book biochemist and exercise physiologist Dr. Shawn Talbott explains how
you can bring vigor back into your life.
It starts with the Four Pillars of Health...
"Quite simply," Talbott says, "the secret of vigor is to balance your
biochemistry." Four processes -- Talbott calls them the Four Pillars of
Health -- are the key to biochemical balance: managing oxidation,
controlling inflammation, stabilizing glucose, and balancing stress
hormones. After explaining in simple terms how the Pillars operate,
he describes how to optimize them using an easy-to-follow self-help
program. First, assess your vigor score using the Vigor Self-Test.
Then, depending on your needs, you can choose from carefully selected
Vigor Improvement Practices that include:
- improving sleep and reducing everyday stress, including managing
electronic interruptions
- managing cortisol levels, blood sugar spikes and inflammation with the
right foods
- learning the simple Helping-Hand Approach to know how much to eat
- adding personal Interval Training exercises and FlexSkills, an
illustrated series of stretches
- using dietary supplements that are tuned to each of the Four Pillars
-- the last piece of the biochemical-balance puzzle
This program is proven to reduce fatigue and alleviate depression,
sharpen mental focus, help you lose weight, and reduce your risk of
diabetes, cancer and heart disease. You will also see a dramatic
reduction in your stress levels and have an unmistakable sense that
there is something new and exciting in your life: vigor!
