Moving and Eating Walk after meals. Stand and move after you eat. You’ve probably heard this advice somewhere. But does it really work? If the goal is preventing diabetes, it seems to prove true – at least for a group of folks studied at George Washington University. The Study People 60 and over at risk […]
Position Matters – The Right Side is Not Always Right (And not just in sleep -10/26/10)
And Your Position Is… So where do you sleep? On your back, on your right or left side? Flat on your stomach? Chances are good you do all three, even if you don’t know it. People move like crazy in sleep, especially in “phase transitions” where they go from light sleep into REM sleep. One […]
Why don’t we eat vegetables? (The Sugar Society) – 10/6/10)
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 […]