“Genetics may load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger.” - Dr. Pam Peeke As a nutrition nut, health coach, and food lover, I have always been fascinated with research on anything health & wellness related. When I attended Blogfest at the wellness & fitness conference IDEA World a few weeks ago in Vegas, after the Blogfest festivities concluded, I had some time to attend a few IDEA World seminars before flying home. There were so many interesting discussions to choose from, but I absolutely loved the ones I decided to participate in. I want to share my take-aways from one of those presentations with you today. The topic at hand? The science behind epigenetics - how you can change your DNA behaviors. The IDEA World talk was led by Pam Peeke - a physician, ... [Read More]
IDEA World Convention
IDEA World Convention 2016: Working Out with Jillian Michaels & Trying POP Pilates
If you're an exercise enthusiast, the IDEA World Convention is a wonderful event to attend. Not only does it attract lots of personal trainers, but it also brings bloggers and health coaches like myself together, along with fitness lovers who don't work in the industry and come solely to participate in the workouts and get inspired by motivational speakers in the fitness world. Last weekend I got the chance to attend this year's IDEA World Convention. A few years ago I was able to go to Fit Approach's Blogfest within IDEA World (recaps here, here and here), but unfortunately this year I could only make it up to Los Angeles for a day. There were some seminars that looked interesting, but I decided to keep it simple and instead participate in a few workouts, then explore the expo ... [Read More]