Using Life’s Speed Life is fast. We use up our internal “stuff” very quickly. What “stuff”? Anything involving energy, materials, and all that passes information. And what happens to it? It gets recycled. Without recycling, we don’t live. Not so surprisingly, improving or speeding that recycling appears to create positive health outcomes. They include changes […]
5 Things to learn from Paula Deen’s Diabetes (1/18/12)
Media Diabetes Paula Deen has diabetes – for three years. Just as in the movie Casablanca, people are shocked! Shocked! But before demonizing Ms. Deen and her butter filled southern recipes, let’s look at what the public should gain from this overhyped, simplified media story: Diabetes – even “adult onset” type II – is highly […]
Depressed? Use a Systems Approach to Treat It (8/26/11)
Too Many Are Depressed Depression is one version of hell on earth, and Americans have a lot of it. A recent international study run by Evelyn Bromet of 18 countries found America near the top, with 19.2 percent of the population having experienced depression — only France, at 21 percent, ranked higher. With our tottering […]
Diet and exercise won’t solve obesity (5/27/11)
The Missing Link That Explains Obesity? It’s front-page news – the missing link to explain why we’re so fat. In the May 26th New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope reports on a new study led by Timothy Church that “a sizable portion of the national weight gain can be explained by declining physical activity during the […]
Prepare for daylight savings (3/9/11)
Thieves of Time People don’t get enough light in their lives. They really become distressed when governments take sunlight away from them – rather like officials increasing the tax on air. With daylight savings approaching this weekend, the politics of daylight are heating up. Scotland The most recent example of public unhappiness is Scotland. Attempts […]