Resistance is Futile? People often ask me why folks – particularly women – are so prone to fad diets. I tell them there are lots of reasons. One big one – lying is in. If national leaders lie about wars, extramarital affairs and criminal acts, why can’t hucksters ply new heights of health hype? And […]
What your gut tells your brain (9/20/11)
Is It Romance, Or Do the Right Bacteria Make the Mood? Brain, your gut is calling. It’s got a lot to say – about, stress, anxiety, and your mood. That’s the potential upshot of a recent study published in PNAS (http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/26/1102999108.abstract?sid=1091d71a-9201-45df-90ec-6134dfd8231d) by Javier Bravo and company from the University College, Cork, and nicely described in […]
Underestimating sleep (9/13/11)
Do You Think You Sleep Better Than You Do? Do you get enough sleep to feel rested, refreshed and regenerated each morning? Much of the answer may lie in how much sleep you think you get each night. Which is usually less than most believe. College Sleep The most recent data come from a study […]
Electronic insomnia Part II – the future (6/27/11)
The Future of Electronic Insomnia Electronic insomnia is indeed the wave that will extend far into the future. Kids and adults will do what humans have done throughout the millennia – go to extremes until they can’t go any further. Sleep will be cut back as far as people think they can manage it. Texts […]
Don’t let daylight savings get you down (11/21/10)
Messing with Mother Nature It happens like clockwork every year. Patients arrive and tell me they can’t handle daylight savings. The body clock change of merely one hour, compared with a flight to Europe, where the change is usually six hours, makes them feel uneasy, skittish, unhappy, unmotivated, and fatigued. How come? Here are some […]