The Internal SPF. The Top 5 Countdown of Best Foods. Number 5.

The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids are very well known, especially for reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.    There are 2 basic kinds of omega-3s – docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentenoic acid (EPA) – which, beyond the benefits it brings for your ticker, are also...

Internal SPF Foods. The Top 5 Countdown.

It’s summertime. And with the combination of more sunshine + more time out in it, sun becomes the best source of vitamin D and also the most readily available source of skin cancer generation.   The bottom line is that you need the sun but not too much. The...

The New Freshman 15 Is The “Fitbit 15”. A Cautionary Tale.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished They say that “No good deed goes unpunished.” In this case, it’s definitely the case. You get the schmancy wearable device complete with flashy lights, beeps, reminders, apps, it tells you your calories, steps, heart rate and billions of other things you didn’t even...

Enough Is Enough, But How Much Is That?

I was going to write a big long post about overdoing exercise, it’s potential bad effects on your heart, and just the impossibility of keeping up with that unless you’re already Joe Athlete. So in stead, I just thought I’d answer the basic questions. If you’re not running marathons,...

Never Chew On A Tree

“Do what you love, love what you do?” Even as I write this, it sounds like a cartload of kum bay ya ya sisterhood of the traveling meaningless aphorisms. It just needs Sarah McLaughlin warbling in the background to tie-dyed retro hippies dancing in some field. That said, and...