Absolute Wellness Center

10/14/2026

If you have left me a phone message or email, I'm working through them! Appointments are 3-4 weeks out now.

10/14/2026

Lift, push, pull

In a nursing home filled with people in their 90s—many too frail to walk without help or stand up from a chair on their own—researchers decided to put them on a weight-training program.
Not light calisthenics. Not gentle stretching. High-intensity progressive resistance training, three times a week, with loads that eventually reached about 80% of each person’s maximum. The results, published in JAMA in 1990 by Maria Fiatarone and colleagues, upended long-held assumptions about aging and muscle.
Ten frail, institutionalized volunteers (average age 90, some as old as 96) trained their quadriceps for just eight weeks. Their strength exploded—an average gain of 174%, with some individuals more than tripling their starting numbers. Mid-thigh muscle cross-sectional area increased by roughly 9%. More importantly, function improved: tandem gait speed rose nearly 50%. Several participants who had needed canes or arm support to rise from a chair no longer did. Attendance was extraordinarily high; these were not people who were easily motivated by abstract health advice, yet they showed up and pushed themselves.
The study demonstrated something radical for its time: the muscles of people in their tenth decade still possess remarkable plasticity. They respond to progressive overload with substantial gains in strength, size, and real-world mobility—changes that meaningfully restored independence and reduced the burden of frailty. The relative magnitude of adaptation was comparable to what much younger adults experience under similar training.
In short, the experiment proved that chronological age, even extreme age accompanied by chronic disease and institutionalization, does not erase the body’s capacity to grow stronger. Strength training could reverse a large portion of the functional decline once considered inevitable.

10/13/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1An6loXD1Y

Feed your dog real food, avoid chemicals, and they won't need RX.

Millions of dogs are prescribed acid-reducing medications like omep...

10/12/2026

There are way too many AI written "natural health" and herbal medicine books for sale. Look at the author, do some research before buying something you plan to use as a resource.

10/12/2026

Interrupting this work from home day for an announcement based on the many comments about ordering labs.

Give your body the chance to clean itself up and "perform" optimally before spending a ton of money on labs. Eat clean, avoid all toxins, drink pure water, get sunshine, movement, fresh air, etc....for 3-4 months. Pretty sure most issues will resolve or reduce dramatically, and your lab results will be MUCH different without the influence of the chemicals/toxins, etc. YOU, yes YOU could fix the issues!! :)

Should your quit your supplements before labs? If they are full of synthetics...yes. Industrially processed rocks are not nutrients. If your supplements are providing NUTRIENTS like FOOD, no.

And friends, if you are dealing with life altering issues, or have been sick for years, you don't have the luxury of the 80/20 thing. I know it's tough, I've been there myself. I've made the excuses and bargained with myself. If we are "toxic" and continue to eat processed foods and use toxic chemicals on our bodies, and in our environment 20% of the time, it's going to drag out healing significantly and set us up for failure. (Our minds will play tricks on us telling us to give up). Why put the extra stress on your body? Get healthy, then you have some wiggle room.

Go ALL IN for as long as you can! Eating real food and avoiding poison should NOT be viewed as "alternative or fringe." Eating well and taking care of ourselves is not punishment, quite the opposite, it's honoring what we have been gifted with while on this planet.

Eating trash wrapped up in a flashy rapper and taking the "big brand, dr recommended" supplements full of synthetics marketed to our sensitivities should be the alternative!!!

The harder your body has to work to deal with toxins, and the less nutrient reserves your body has, the harder it is to overcome poor health.

Plan ahead, shop local with farmers you trust, cook at home for a while. The money you can save by not eating out will add up quickly!

You can do it, you can do it, you can do it!

10/10/2026

The reasons most diets don't work has a lot to do with insulin. Fasting glucose can be normal for years, then "all of a sudden" there are problems. (We should be looking at insulin levels)

For years physicians have been telling people to eat what they want and take insulin to lower the blood sugar.

LOW blood sugar and extra fat on the body is a sign that you aren't burning any fat for fuel, only glucose. Excess sugar in the blood gets moved to the liver and converted to fat. Too much insulin keeps the body from burning fat.

The advice to eat more frequently to raise low blood sugar, or eat eat fruit/drink juice and nut butter is not beneficial for the long term. Go for some protein. For people who deal with glucose swings, take time to make the change.

One of the biggest issues I see is folks being determined to consume "healthy smoothies" full of fruit (sugar), which for someone with glucose and insulin issues is a problem. That is a dessert.

Cut sugar, eat protein, do muscle building exercise. The "food noise" WILL GO AWAY without using chemicals.

10/09/2026

Every day, there are questions about these topics. There is NO 1 answer and definitely not a quick fix. If you struggle with brain fog, poor attention, poor sleep, and anxiousness, consider these possible contributors.

As far as options that can help with all of these. Get outside and away from screens as much as possible. Put some physical stress (safely) on your body. Make sure your are getting the right micro and macro nutrients in your diet. STAY HYDRATED. Fix your gut. Address life's problems head on rather than avoiding them....they just stack up and become worse. Kick the chemicals to the curb. Create sleep hygiene habits, and be consistent. (you can find suggestions online).

*sedentary lifestyle - Sedentary behaviors have wide-ranging adverse impacts on the human body including increased all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, cancer risk, and risks of metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia; musculoskeletal disorders such as arthralgia and osteoporosis; depression; and, cognitive impairment. ` from Korean J Fam Med. 2020 Nov 19;41(6):365–373. doi: 10.4082/kjfm.20.0165

*poor attention - "Prenatal exposure to alcohol, ni****ne, or environmental toxins increases risk. Premature birth and low birth weight are associated with higher rates of attention problems. Chronic early-childhood adversity, trauma, neglect, extreme stress, can alter the development of prefrontal circuits in ways that mimic or worsen underlying predispositions.

In adults, attention problems that emerge without childhood history are often attributable to acquired causes. Traumatic brain injury, even mild concussion, can disrupt prefrontal functioning. Sleep deprivation is particularly damaging; just one week of sleeping six hours per night produces cognitive impairment equivalent to 48 hours of total sleep deprivation.

Certain MEDICATIONS, particularly those affecting dopamine or serotonin, can produce attention problems as side effects." Think meds for parkinsons, several psych meds, nausea meds, look at your meds.
` https://neurolaunch.com/cognitive-attention-deficit/

*poor sleep - the list is exhaustive, this article covers the basics https://www.sleepon.us/what-causes-poor-sleep-quality/

*anxiousness - many factors covered this this article, but from I have experienced and witness, there is a STRONG connection with anxiety (fear), and lack of real problem solving/follow through. Let me explain - "take the example of analysis paralysis," as in reading, and researching, spending hours, asking questions over and over and never ACTING on the issue. Same thing with folks that are so upset about what the TV and internet tell them is happening in the world who just stay upset, but don't take ACTION to improve the situation. Additionally - when a BRAIN doesn't have the raw materials to function, and a GUT is a mess, neurotransmitters go rouge. Be a problem solver! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anxiety/the-causes-of-anxiety

The true cause of anxiety is being a human being, gifted with the capacity to imagine a future. As a mental state of apprehension about what might, or might not, lie ahead, anxiety reflects uncertainty about future circumstances, whether regarding one’s own health, job, or love life, or climate ch...

10/08/2026

I've been asked what I eat, here is an example.

Last night I had a steak and a few boiled shrimp for dinner. No sides, REAL BUTTER with garlic as a dipping sauce. This morning I had a 3 egg sandwich. (I eat a ton of eggs!) Lunch was a can of white albacore, some dates and a little almond butter. Tonight I'll eat some grass fed burger, by some I mean around 6-8 ounces, maybe some organic cottage cheese. I don't really "snack" and if I do, it's usually a scoop of protein powder in raw milk as a hot drink. I add a little salt and extra organic cocoa which cuts the stevia taste. Protein powder is from Earth Fed Muscle (Truly Grass Fed Whey, Organic Cocoa, Organic Stevia).

When I think of it I make sauerkraut and enjoy it with dinner (Zeus likes it too).

When I make sourdough....I eat it every day...:)

As the temps fall we will eat a lot of chili, soup, and stew. I like 1 pot meals. Mr. Neill can turn a PB&J into a full sink of dirty dishes...lol.

I prioritize protein and make sure it's from a good source. Most of the protein I eat naturally contains fat. If I need more, I add butter.

If you are struggling with weight loss, choose protein for snacks and eat your protein first at meal time. Make sure you are getting enough protein for your body and goals.

10/08/2026

What movement have you incorporated into your day that is improving your health?

To move better and have a lower risk of injury we need to get up, bear some weight, hinge, squat, push. Can you stand up at work? If you don't work, how can you reduce your time on your feet and out of a chair? Can you work in a walk or some bodyweight exercises after meals? MOTION IS LOTION! If we don't use it, we lose it. Our bodies repair upon demand.....think about that. Age, pain, stiffness, debility, etc.....shouldn't keep us from doing what we CAN DO and BUILDING ON IT.

There is a "workaround" for almost everything. Everything can be modified. We need to look at FUNCTIONAL movement not movement in isolation. If you can get on the floor and back up, do it everyday so you don't lose that ability. If you can't, start with refining how you get out of a chair. Friends, this is so important to long lasting health. I hope you get after it!

10/07/2026

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