Timing Your Health As the Romans wrote, time rules life – especially our biological inner life. Body clocks influence or directly control large segments of human physiology and performance. So recent work by researchers at Cambridge’s MRC Research Unit, demonstrating that viruses as varied as herpes and influenza A infect at ten times the rate […]
Time Rules Weight (2/11/13)
The Weight on America Americans are obsessed with weight. We read about it, think about it, twitter about it. We even pay billions to lose it. As I’ve argued before, weight is not the enemy. An impoverished, narrow view of health is the real culprit. Medicine looks to “fix” the “homeostatic” human machine rather than […]
Are smokers made or born? Biological clocks and smoking (11/16/11)
Biological Clocks and Smoking Addictions possess a high genetic component, and many varied protein and control genes affect who and who does not get hooked. Some of these genes involve our powerful biological clocks. Night people, or owls, smoke more than morning types. Owls get more addicted to cigarettes, and have a harder time getting […]
I’ve got rhythm – to sleep (11/1/10)
Getting in the Rhythm Wayne Rooney is one of the more internationally famous people most Americans never heard of. England’s National Team striker is famous for many things beyond his magic foot, his recently wrangled secret five year contract with Man United, his giant house and supposed visits to a prostitute while his wife was […]
Leaving rehab – what to do when you’re out (10/21/10)
(Lindsay Lohan walked into Rehab reading my book “The Power of Rest,” and is scheduled to leave Rehab on October 22nd. This note is for her and others leaving inpatient addiction treatment.) Leaving Rehab – What to Do When You’re Out Once you leave the tough times start. You’re exiting the cocoon, the tight environment […]