Tony D'Assisi

The Health And Fitness Discipline Coach and President of The Life Wellness Group Inc. Creator of The Life Wellness Approach. Owner of BodySculpt Transformative Personal Training and Weight Loss. Creator of the Get Your Baby To Sleep System.

Carving Some Time Out For Yourself When You Have a Young Child

Home and Family: Babies Toddler • Published: August 21, 2009

So when they're sleeping, I think that might be a pretty good time to do it. During their nap time you might want to have a more regular time to do any type of mindfulness meditation.

Three More Infant Massage Tips For Getting Your Baby to Sleep Better

Home and Family: Babies Toddler • Published: August 21, 2009

A few quick or important tips that you should know if you want to begin baby massage now, and you can't take a class and I don't want to go to Chapters or Indigo or Amazon or Barnes and Noble to buy a book. First of all, again, I'll reiterate.

Simple Infant Massage Tips

Home and Family: Babies Toddler • Published: August 21, 2009

Some very simple useful easy tips for parents to think about if considering infant massage to help get their baby to sleep. Is there anything from the massage therapy tradition that can help parents with babies' sleeping solutions?

Two More Tips For Perfecting Your Child's Sleep Environment

Home and Family: Babies Toddler • Published: August 5, 2009

Do not over-decorate bassinets, cradles or cribs with mobiles, stuffed animals or other toys. This is usually a distraction and interferes with the amount of stimulation the baby is getting by overdoing it where they should have as little as possible when trying to sleep. Maybe one toy for a child to bond with while you are not in the room with them.

Baby Sleep Help - Seven Tips For the Perfect Sleep Environment to Get Your Baby to Sleep

Home and Family: Babies Toddler • Published: August 5, 2009

What should you do? What should you avoid? Knowing these simple rules and tips will ultimately help your baby get to sleep quicker and have deeper, more restful nights.

Minerals - Throw One Off And Your Whole Body Will Not Function Optimally

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: June 9, 2009

Minerals. The role and their importance for the human body. Minerals, like vitamins, are simple chemical elements that cannot be synthesized by the body.

Vitamins - How Important Are They?

Health and Fitness: Supplements • Published: June 2, 2009

Vitamins are organic compounds with no caloric value that are used to help regulate metabolic reactions in the body. They cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore must be obtained through diet or supplementation.

Water - Seven Facts You Need to Know That Can Help Lower Your Body Fat Percentage

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: May 17, 2009

When the body has the optimal amount of water, it can function at a higher level of brilliance. For instance: The endocrine system is instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function, metabolism, and sexual function and reproductive processes. In general, the endocrine system is in charge of body processes that happen slowly, such as cell growth.

Water - A Simple Look

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: May 14, 2009

Without food, you could survive for almost two months, but without water, you'd be lucky to last two weeks. The general recommendation for the consumption of water is eight to ten eight-ounce glasses per day. Post-exercise, the body can handle up to eight ounces of fluids every 20 minutes or so.

Protein - Are You Informed?

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: May 4, 2009

Protein is a more complex mix of atoms when compared with carbohydrates. This is because of the addition of nitrogen to the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen mixture. However, one gram of protein, like one gram of carbohydrate, yields four calories of energy when burned up by our cells.

Fats - What You Need to Know to Stay Healthy

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: April 28, 2009

Fats, along with oils, waxes, and related compounds, in nutritional terms, are considered lipids, which means that they are not soluble in water. Fats are primarily a mix of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. They differ from carbohydrates in that they have fewer oxygen atoms present.

CARBOHYDRATES - One of the Six Major Nutrients Our Body Needs to Thrive

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: April 15, 2009

Carbohydrates are made up of three atoms: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (CHO). These atoms can be linked together in different ways and numbers to form various types of carbohydrates. There are three main variations: complex and simple carbohydrates, which are stored as glycogen (the fuel that supplies our bodies with energy) in the liver and muscles, and fiber, which contains non-digestible cellulose that gives plants their shape.

What Are Antioxidants? And Why Are They Important?

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: April 9, 2009

WHAT EXACTLY ARE ANTIOXIDANTS? First we need to understand "oxidation," the process whereby free radicals are generated in our bodies. Antioxidants are substances that inhibit the oxidation process by helping neutralize and protect - and even prevent - damage to cell proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.

The Top 5 Tips You Need to Know For Healthy Dining Out

Health and Fitness: Nutrition • Published: April 1, 2009

The top 5 tips for healthy nutrition that people should know when dining out. Stay on track with your healthy nutrition plans when you follow these simple but effective five tips.