The search for clues as to why we americans are getting so fat over the past few decades stops at nothing. The other day I read about mice that were genetically altered to not be …
Why Should You Stay in Shape?
We all know why you should get in shape, why you should be healthy, fit, etc. We all make our best efforts to do so with the least amount of negative impact on our lives. …
Breast Cancer, Lymphedema and Weight Training
So, let’s consider the many reasons to NOT exercise: No time, inconvenience, don’t like it, hurts, boring, have to shower after, work/family/other obligations, too out of shape, sick….the doctors said I shouldn’t/can’t. Whoa! What the …
Workouts that Work
It’s christmas morning and all through my house, not a creature was stirring, except me. Hopefully the mouse that’s been meandering on the counter near my home-made bread – he/she never did get any but …
On Vitamin D: Changing Standards?
The other day, I got my tufts nutrition newsletter. There was a small piece in there about the need to take more vitamin D and how many are getting this message. The same day, the …
Too Much Time, Not Enough Activity
As I’ve reported in the past, sedentary behavior, of which we are all guilty in the modern society of advanced economies, is killing us. (Disclosure: while you sit and read this, I’m typing it standing …
Water and Calories
Just a pint full of water makes the calories go down, doown, dooown. I read this in another place and now in the NY times, of a study, and other supporting studies, that showed overweight …
Aging and ‘Physiologic Reverse’
Maybe you think I’m afraid of aging because I cover it so often. The reality is, we’re all doing it so I find its processes and progressions quite fascinating. Kinda like following my newborns’ progressions …
The Doctor-Patient Wt Management Plan
It’s on everyone’s mind, whether you’re lean and fit or obese and diseased: why can’t I/they/he/she lose weight? Well, if you’re a doctor administering to a patient whose health can be dramatically altered by losing …
Knees, Arthritis, Running: Are They Connected?
I’ve probably written on this before but this article in the ny times inspired tonite’s blog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/phys-ed-do-marathons-wreck-your… I alert you to the concluding line: ‘There’s no strong evidence,’’ he said, that, if your knees are …