For some people, exercise is a daunting challenge.The good news is that if you use the Peak Fitness Method, exercise can be fun and efficient—you won’t need to take a lot of time out of your schedule to do it!“Peak Fitness” was coined by Phil

The Wonders of Massage

Nov 1st, 2015 22m 18s

Hands-on massage feels marvelous, but it has many health benefits, too! More and more people—especially baby boomers—are recognizing the health benefits of massage.For non-medical massage sessions, you may want to learn a few techniques on you

10 Steps for Stress Relief

Oct 24th, 2015 16m 37s

Everybody has a different idea about what is stressful in life. A situation or an activity that may seem stressful to you might be enjoyable for someone else. So, what’s important for you is that whatever it is that gets you all tense and balle

Top 10 Strategies to Help Prevent Breast Cancer

Oct 12th, 2015 18m 2s

In the 1960’s, 1 in 20 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer. Back then, this was considered a very serious and threatening national medical situation. Unfortunately in 2015, fifty years later, close to 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with bre

Super Brain Food – Part 3

Sep 29th, 2015 25m 21s

Part 3 is all about Super Brain Food Snacks—yummy treats that keep your energy up while keeping your weight down! After all, who doesn’t enjoy a good snack?Now, by “Good Snack” Kira and Bill Van Ittersum mean snacks packed with brain-powering

Super Brain Food – Part 2

Sep 19th, 2015 18m 5s

What we eat has a lot to do with the health of our brains. A diet balanced in organic, whole vegetables, “good” fats, and protein will keep your brain in optimum running condition. In fact, if you misguidedly tried to cut out all fats from you

Super Brain Food – Part 1

Sep 17th, 2015 15m 4s

When you make eating healthy foods a daily habit, it not only nourishes your body but it increases the odds of enjoying a happy, healthy brain for the whole of your life. So much research has now concluded that eating healthy—fresh, organic, an

6 Reasons to Keep A Meal Planner

Sep 7th, 2015 16m 24s

Keeping a meal planner simplifies the whole eating process and keeps eating healthy on track! We all want that, right? You won’t have to stop and think about what’s for dinner—especially when you’re tired and hungry and you’re resistance is waa

Deep Breathing for Life

Aug 20th, 2015 23m 24s

We all need to breathe to stay alive, but much of the time we just take our breath for granted. Breathing is an act of inspiration, which in its expanded definition means “a divine act to receive sacred revelation.”In this podcast, Kira and Bi

5 Tips for Weight Loss

Aug 8th, 2015 19m 25s

No weight loss strategy works if you find it unpleasant. If you don’t like doing it you won’t keep it up for long. Anything that you don’t follow through with doesn’t get done.In this podcast, Kira and Bill Van Ittersum share five simple tips

Healthy Gut – Healthy You!

Jul 23rd, 2015 28m 14s

In addition to breaking down all the food you eat, extracting the nutrients, and processing most of the remaining waste, your gut is also responsible for 60 to 70% of your entire immune system! Your gut is an amazing organ and most people treat

Make Exercising Easy!

Jul 16th, 2015 18m 9s

Physical movement is so important to your overall health. If it’s fun and easy, you’re more likely to do it!Moving your body oxygenates your cells, helps carry wastes from your body, and strengthens your muscles and bones. Physical movement al

A Healthy Liver Is Vital for Life

Jul 7th, 2015 22m 24s

Your liver is your body’s chemical plant. It processes and eliminates waste products and dead cells from your blood stream, it detoxifies poisons, heavy metals, and other pollutants, it metabolizes drugs (OTC, prescription, and recreational ali

Sunscreen Pros and Cons

Jul 1st, 2015 23m 2s

Some people are worried about some of the ingredients in commercial sunscreens. Some dermatologists are concerned with these chemicals in the sunscreens, but the majority of dermatologists think that the FDA approved ingredients are perfectly s

UV Radiation and Your Skin

Jun 27th, 2015 27m 7s

Ahhhh, summertime, and the livin’ is easy! Time to go down to the beach and catch some rays or work outside in the garden. However, if you are exposed to frequent and intense UV radiation, you are exposed to one of the major risk factors for me

Relaxation Techniques

Jun 13th, 2015 45m 31s

Ahhhh! Time to relax! Get a cold or hot drink, watch some TV or grab a mystery or a romance novel, kick your feet up. Who could ask for more, Right?Wrong! These activities, including the sugared and hi-carb drinks do little to reduce the damag

Diabetes: What Can I Do About It?

May 29th, 2015 20m 22s

When your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin, or stops producing insulin at all, or your cells stop responding to the available insulin in your blood and can’t absorb glucose from your blood stream, you will have a condition called diabetes:

Cataract Surgery

May 23rd, 2015 40m 27s

More than 3 Million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S. annually. This large number makes cataract surgery the most common surgery of its type in the country. It is elective surgery and the Boomer Generation is choosing to have it done

Thank You for Not Smoking!

May 13th, 2015 25m 49s

Over 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes. Add to this number the people who smoke cigars, pipes, or use chewing tobacco, snuff, and other tobacco products and you have 1 out of 6 Americans addicted to tobacco. There are over 480,000 tob

Late Evening Snacking Tips

Apr 28th, 2015 24m 15s

Late in the evening, the “food siren” calls to you from the kitchen! “Come to meeee! Come to meeeeeee!” In this podcast, Kira and Bill share their tips that they use to “snack healthy,” yet satisfy their cravings.Food manufacturers have been u

Banana Energy Bread – Kira Style

Mar 29th, 2015 22m 22s

Banana bread is always a treat, but now with gluten-free flour, sea salt, organic eggs, raw sugar, coconut oil, and walnuts it can be a high-energy “pick-me-up” snack for young and old alike. Kira and Bill Van Ittersum talked about this bread i

Meditation Success Stories

Mar 10th, 2015 27m 27s

What is it about meditation that inspires some people to make it a daily practice? What are they enjoying that most of society is missing out on? In this podcast, Kira and Bill Van Ittersum share personal stories and real-life experiences from

Healthy Family Snacking Tips

Feb 28th, 2015 18m 44s

Kira and Bill Van Ittersum are talking in this podcast about healthy snack foods for the entire family. They are all too aware of how important it is to have nutritious snacks on hand, because, not only are they attempting to keep waist expansi

Gluten-Free Baking

Feb 16th, 2015 19m 38s

In this podcast, Kira and Bill Van Ittersum are introducing you to the joy of easy and scrumptious gluten-free baking!Kira knows firsthand that reactions to wheat gluten may not always be obvious. She has suffered with headaches and lethargy t

Why Restful Sleep Is Crucial to Your Good Health

Nov 30th, 2014 54m

We’re pretty sure that most people would agree that problems arise when you don’t get enough sleep. However, depending on your age, we’re not quite so sure that even most people would agree that good sleep is absolutely necessary for your good