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Learn about the 9 factors of optimal health from Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, creators of the popular Whole30 program.

The Great Social Experiment

By Melissa Hartwig, who reminds you she is an introvert AND  from the East Coast Let’s start out by saying I’m from New Hampshire, where people as a rule do not talk to each other much. Oh, us East Coast folks are polite and nice, but we generally keep to ourselves when dealing with strangers. It’s not in our makeup to ask our grocery store clerk how their day is going, or our waitress whether she has any kids.  In fact, I'll tell you a story. Three years ago, we were visiting Dallas' family … [Read more...]

Unplug the Noise, Sharpen the Signal

From Jamie Scott and Dr. Anastasia Boulais, Whole9 South Pacific During our last visit to the 9 Blog, we talked to you about the importance of connecting to your tribe: a group of like-minded people online and in the real world. Today we shall look at the flip side of the coin: disconnecting. Messages From Nature The human body is an amazing machine, crafted over millions of years to interact with the world around us. Our five senses serve as a gateway between our environment and our mind. … [Read more...]

Whole9’s Holiday Simplicity Guide

As we checked out at the grocery store at 2 p.m. the day before Thanksgiving, a cacophony of holiday-themed magazines screamed out at us in ALL CAPS: Drop 33 Pounds by Christmas! Sneaky Causes of Fall Tiredness! Create This Unique Crudite Plate! 77 Brilliant Holiday Entertaining Ideas! Holiday Heels That Dazzle! 20 Crafty Gifts Under $20! Wow Everyone: Holiday Hair! So, let me get this straight…between now and Christmas, I’m supposed to lose more than a pound a day, produce a gorgeous updo, … [Read more...]

Lies We Tell Ourselves

People typically don’t brag about their dedication to cocaine, or their disciplined daily alcohol consumption. These behaviors (excessive drug use or drinking) can bring upon bona fide addictions, and literally destroy health, happiness, and quality of life. But what about other addictions—unhealthy obsessions that masquerade as conscientiousness, dedication, devotion to something "healthy?" How often do you hear people proudly telling others about their obsession with the gym, their … [Read more...]

The 400,000 Hour Body

A nice little reminder from the Whole9 archives. Also, we've not read the 4 Hour Body, so can't speak to its contents - we just thought this title played nicely. We get a lot of questions about products, services and protocols that promise miraculous results - improved body composition, fitness, energy or health - with minimal effort. This slant is not new – the lure of a shortcut (or “free lunch”, as Gym Jones calls it) has been the carrot dangling from our health-and-fitness stick since … [Read more...]

Are You Recovering, Or Are You Just Resting?

workout recovery

We’ve been working on this post for a while, but Life got in the way. (Alternate story: Dallas is better at starting projects than finishing them.)  Nonetheless, we’d like to talk about recovery. No, not economic recovery—though that would be lovely—but physiological recovery from the stressors placed upon us by our modern physical world. Rest vs. Recovery These two words, "rest" and "recovery," have distinctly different meanings when applied to health, fitness or athletic contexts. Recovery … [Read more...]

Stress Addicts Anonymous (Part 2)

In Part 1 of our Stress Addicts Anonymous series (http://whole9life.com/2011/11/stress-addiction-1), we introduced the very real, very dangerous condition of stress addiction. Now, in part 2, let's take a look at the physiological effects of living in a chronic state of stress, and more importantly, some steps you can take to rehabilitate your own inner stress junkie. Stress Gone Bad In moderate amounts and for brief periods of time, stress can be beneficial - and most people are well-equipped … [Read more...]

Stress Addicts Anonymous (Part 1)

This series of posts was inspired by Dallas and Melissa's very personal experience with stress addiction. From Melissa: "See, at my very core, I am a typical Type-A.  In fact, there were times I considered bumping herself up to a Type AA, because I believed Type A’s were actually kind of lazy. No offense. I'm a perfectionist, but also a procrastinator, and I do my best work when there's a crisis. No crisis? No problem. I'll just create one." (Dallas has far fewer of these tendencies - thank … [Read more...]

Context Matters: Additional Factors

If you read our 9 Blog articles, participate on our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter, you’ve probably heard us say, “Context matters” on more than one occasion.  Just last week, we published our Whole9 Health Equation, laying out our big-picture view on health and underscoring that very same point.  But aside from the obvious factors, what else is involved in the discussion of context? CON·TEXT noun /ˈkänˌtekst/ The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, … [Read more...]

The Whole9 Health Equation

whole9 health equation

Since founding the Whole9 in 2009, we've used “our 9” to address the multi-faceted nature of a healthy lifestyle with our consulting clients.  But after developing a great working relationship with Robb Wolf and attending several extraordinary nutrition seminars (including Robb’s), we decided to concentrate our public health focus on nutrition.  Since then, we’ve written extensively about nutrition’s role in a healthy lifestyle over the past several years, and conducted more than 70 Foundations … [Read more...]

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