Don’t Be S.A.D. -- You Live in Bozeman

Phil Cameron

As we approach the shortest day of the year, we here in Bozeman really feel the effects of less sunlight each day. There is a true medical condition associated with this change called seasonal affective disorder or S.A.D for short. SAD is a…

Gratitude: The Emotional Powerhouse

Phil Cameron

One of the most interesting things about human behavior is how we can be affected by emotional responses. Emotions are neurophysiological responses to a sensory stimulus that causes us to change how we “feel” about a situation. It is easy…

Brain Sucking Zombies

Phil Cameron

Have you ever awoken from a deep sleep in a cold sweat in a dark room scared to death from a nightmare where a zombie was trying to eat your brain? Zombies are mythical creatures, defined as the undead, mindless corpses that want to feed on human…

The Centenarian Club

Phil Cameron

Turning 100 years old

The Triad of Health Part 3 of 3

Phil Cameron

The Triad of health requires balance of the bodies structural, physiological, and psychological systems. All the systems must be in balance and working together to allow us to have optimal health. We have previously discussed the structural and…

The Triad of Health Part 2 of 3

Phil Cameron

In last months article we described the triad of health and looked at how structural balance is very important in our overall health. The triad of health relates to equal balance of the structure, the physiology, and the psychological aspects of the…

The Triad of Health

Phil Cameron

Part 1 of 3

ABCD ETC. Vitamins are more than just an alphabet

Phil Cameron

Ever picked up a bottle of vitamins and were reminded of alphabet soup? It seems like there is a vitamin for each letter and some of the letters even have multiple numbers associated with them; B1, B2, B3. The use of daily vitamins has been a topic…

Energy Alchemy

Phil Cameron

How often do you hear yourself say, “I wish I had more energy”? With only 24 hours in a day and so many things to do we often feel we are falling short of accomplishing everything we want too. Last month in Bozeman we had Neil deGrasse…

The Skinny on Fats

Phil Cameron

For many years there has been a misconception about the fat we eat and the fat in our body. Starting with elevated cholesterol on a blood test, to doctors telling their patients not to eat diets high in saturated fat because it will raise their…

Adapt and Overcome...Sometimes

Phil Cameron

The greatest aspect of human beings is their ability to adapt to their environment and survive. This is proven as we have inhabited every corner of the world, and have learned to survive in many different environments, from jungles, to deserts, to…

What You Kneed to Know About Your Knees

Phil Cameron

Living in Bozeman there is a good chance that in your garage there are a pair or skis or a snowboard, bikes, fishing poles, rifles, backpacks, hiking boots, snow shoes and various other pieces of recreational equipment. That’s why we live here…

Immune System Boot Camp

Phil Cameron

You wouldn’t jump off the couch and go run a marathon without having done any training to prepare yourself for the long distance run would you? If you did you would feel an incredible amount of pain, breathing would be hard, your legs would…

21st Centuty Caveman

Phil Cameron

200,000 years ago during the Paleolithic era Homo sapiens evolved genetically into the modern humans of today. What is most significant about being a human is the size of our brain compared to all other species found on earth. With the increased size…

The Tricks of Treats

Phil Cameron

Trick-or-Treating has its own very scary story.

Educating Your Brain

Phil Cameron

Unfortunately, many people’s brains are being abused and mistreated and not living up to their full potential, and deteriorating faster then they should.

Take a Hike

Phil Cameron

Our nervous system is programmed by the cross crawl pattern that our body uses when it walks.

Squaring the Curve

Phil Cameron

Getting old isn’t for sissies

Travelling Healthy

Phil Cameron

When we travel to new places we become immersed in new environments with different temperatures, grasses, pollens, molds, bacteria and viruses that are native to those places but foreign to our immune systems.

Recreation or Re-creation?

Phil Cameron

If you examine the word recreation you will see that at its root, is the word create.