They’re loud. The noises made by professional tennis players have increased through the years. Now a study from the University of Hawaii using tennis simulations demonstrates what should have been obvious – grunting distracts your opponent. Grunting on the court gives several advantages to the grunter – including distracting your opponent, and making them unconsciously […]
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 […]
Regeneration – how to spur creativity and productivity (9/27/10)
Americans are in a tough place, with many losing jobs, homes, and the ability to feed their families. So, too, is the American economy. Competition is increasing within a worldwide recession. As human beings are equally talented throughout the globe and knowledge industries are the future, to grow the economy will require innovation on every […]
Regeneration – The Health Insurance No One Can Take From You (9/26/10)
What You Can Do to Take Control The medical care bandwagon is losing its very wheels. Health insurance is becoming prohibitively expensive – and only if you can get it. More and more people in their forties, fifties and sixties believe that given the changes in our economy and politics, Social Security and Medicare will […]
Is melatonin really like crack (9/24/10)?
Biologically, not even close. Yet according to actor Ryan Reynolds, the Spanish authorities treat it that way. Reynolds is in Spain filming the movie “Buried,” where he plays an American truck driver kidnapped in Iraq and stuck in a coffin – where he apparently spends a lot of time. Being filmed locked in a coffin […]
