New York Times health columnist Jane Brody is upset. Like most advocates for public health, she can’t understand why Americans don’t eat their vegetables. The advantages are so great and so obvious, why won’t the population bend to the media barrage and do the right thing? Simple – because they are strongly conditioned not to. […]
Sleep your way to weight loss? (10/5/10)
Sleep, Weight, Muscle and Fat There are dozens of studies that people who sleep less weigh more (and also die younger.) Can sleeping more cause weight loss? Probably. Most of the studies done have observed very few people for very short periods. Their answer has generally been yes – you can lose weight when you […]
Regeneration and cancer (10/3/10)
Regeneration and Cancer Regeneration is what rebuilds your body and keeps you healthy. The process is vast, fast, and deeply influenced by what you do. How fast? You whole gut lining is gone in a day or two. The pumping cells in your heart are essentially replaced in a few days. The cells that make […]
Why do I gain weight if I rest less? The 60-7 rule (10/1/10)
Rest is as necessary to survival as food, but people can’t wrap their heads around that fact. They also can’t understand how getting less sleep causes them to gain weight. Though the physiology is complex, the answer is simple – stop treating your body like a machine. We rebuild and regenerate through rest. Without that […]
Calming the everyday crisis (9/30/10)
Crisis. Just the word makes people nervous. Yet imminent threat is what a lot of us feel these days. Add in an economic crisis cutting the heart out of the American middle class, and people feel crisis becomes an everyday thing. So what do you do if your kid is sick and has to get […]