Next Week Is Our Resolution Week. Try Reverse Psychology.
HERE’S HOW TO REALLY MESS UP YOUR DIET We face every January with renewed resolutions to fight the fat, battle the bulge, handle the love handles. And yet, every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that our obesity rates are increasing. What’s wrong with this picture? We are either the...
Iron Skillets Are The Non-Apple Product.
Apple just got busted for making their phones slow down and drag after they reach a certain age — trust me, I know what it’s like to slow down and drag after reaching a certain age. But theirs was an intentional business strategy. They did it because it’s great...
Wait. So Supplements DONT Help? Whooda Thunk?
Our physiology is what it is, how it is, and why it is because of its relationship with this Earth and the things that grow on it. That relationship is so intertwined, so long and broad and deep that the very notion that some invented pill could come along...
3 Myths of Cold Weather Health
The weather outside is frightful, but you exercise’s delightful …. But many don’t get outside and move. Why? Because it’s cold AND because there are ideas about chilly that simply are not true. This video talks about three of them. Once you’re done with the video, well you’ll know...
Almond Crescents
A delightful cookie for any time of year! You’ll Need · 1 cup butter · ½ teaspoon almond extract · ¾ cup powdered sugar, sifted · 2 cups flour · ½ teaspoon salt · 1 cup oats, uncooked · ½ cup almonds, finely chopped · Additional powdered sugar for...
If You’re Bored By This Article, You’re Doing It Right
Let’s just say you’re eating normal food: veg, dairy, some meats, grains, etc. You know, what healthy people do all over the Earth. Let’s say I came to you and breathlessly told you how amazing this new amazing stupendous molecule was (Vitamin K2, OH. EM. GEEEEE), and that you...
One Is The Loneliest Number That You’ll Ever Do
“They say” that exercise can be a great stress reliever. But there are often mixed data on this — whether it is or is not a stress reliever. Given that, there must be some other factor that’s mucking up the data. This study looks at one of them. When...
Dietary Magic Pulls Something From Thin Air
And now for my first act, I’m going to turn nothing … into something. In violation of Newton’s Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy I’m going to poof something right out of thin air by taking a zero-calorie thing, and turning that into luv handles and spare tires....
A Karma Kumbaya for Jocks and Nerds
Funny how life is. High School is normally divided between the nerds who were mental giants, and the jocks who were often just mental. The nerds could get more in shape any time they wanted, but spent way too much time computing the algorithm showing what a waste of...
The Problem With Solutions and Solution To Problems
Don’t run from problems, mine them. Don’t hope for solutions, find them. Finding solutions is like clearing your desk. Sort through each problem and put it away. When nothing’s left, you’ve found the way....
A Harvard doctor says blah blah blah your body
I read this article (below, originally pubbed here) because it had the word ‘Harvard’ in the title. We have this knee-jerk to leap — somehow leaping was NOT listed as one of the 5 best exercises for your body — to this conclusion right away. But then immediately did...
Hear Me Out. Here’s What Noise Pollution Does To Your Health
I feel for the Grinch, I really do. When you’re a child, you think “oh, Mr. Mean Green Man, leave the cutsey Who people alone!” When you get older you’re more like, “Yo Whoooodlums, with the banging all the time, what evil Aunt or Uncle bought you drums for...