I recently heard my friend, physical therapist Alan Tyson, say that broccoli is his favorite pick for “green” food hands down. Alan talks to his athletes and clients about nutrition almost as much as he talks about their injuries. Here are Alan’s nine reasons we should be eating our broccoli:
1. Cancer Prevention Broccoli contains glucoraphanin, which the body processes into the anti-cancer compound sulforaphane. This compound rids the body of H. pylori, a bacterium found to highly increase the risk of gastric cancer. Furthermore, broccoli contains indole-3-carbinol, a powerful antioxidant compound and anti-carcinogen found to not only hinder the growth of breast, cervical and prostate cancer, but also boosts liver function. Broccoli shares these cancer fighting, immune boosting properties with other cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
2. Cholesterol Reduction Like many whole foods, broccoli is packed with soluble fiber that draws cholesterol out of your body. [Read more…]
Most of us, by the time we are in our forties (some even earlier), have discovered that losing weight or even maintaining our ideal weight can be more difficult than when we were younger! Metabolism starts to slow, exercise routines become routine, and even our attitudes need revamping as we age. In other words, most of us understand the meaning of hitting a plateau when it comes to our weight. However, knowing what to do when this happens can be confusing. There are lots of diets out there claiming to be the answer as well as plenty of promising new exercise programs designed to recharge our system. It’s hard to know where to turn. 
I realized long ago that I’m no Gumby. Unfortunately for way too long I have accepted that I can’t really do anything about my ability to be flexible. But that is changing. As I get older I am trying harder to change my non-Gumby status…and I am determined to become more flexible because I know that the implications are far greater than just not being able to touch to ground with my fingertips. The following is an article by 
I recently wrote on 9 Kid Fitness about the myth of “developing” long, lean muscles. Shortly afterward I received an email from trusted sports physical therapist Alan Tyson about “optimizing” lean muscle development ( a subtle, yet much more accurate way to say it). Instead of explaining in my own inadequate words, I decided to reprint the entire article here. Note how Tyson says to avoid ALL sugar and fruit juices two hours after exercise. Most of us are familiar with High Intensity Training HIT (or High Intensity Interval Training) and Tyson explains it further here… 
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