Growing Up Thinner Go to bed early. Wake up ten years later slimmer than your peers. Is weight control really this simple? Perhaps. The tantalizing question remains – does more closely fitting your biological clocks and getting more sleep equal less obesity? Recently, researchers looked over data from a study that gathered evidence from 1991 […]
The Sweet Part of Sleep
How much sleep do you need? There are over seven billion propers answers to that question. Some people function beautifully on three. Quite a few, particularly ill folk, need eight or nine hours or more. To rebuild the body takes time. It takes different amount of sleeping rest for different people. But when the American […]
Diets: What Don’t We Know
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just come out with its latest dietary guidelines. Most of us won’t read them. Many of us should. Media attention immediately went to the cholesterol recommendations. No surprise there. That’s where “the money is,” in terms of drugs and the food industry. A few things which skipped attention you might consider […]
Can Bacteria Make You Fat? (3/1/15)
Bug-Brain-Waistline Forget the screaming headlines and the infomercials – dieting, weight gain and weight loss are not simple matters. Did the faecal transplant received from a daughter make a Rhode Island woman ravenous, rapidly fattening despite liquid diets, exercise and strict medical supervision? Are the supplements sold everywhere as probiotics the answer to irritable bowel […]
Getting a Smarter Body
Want a smarter body? One that helps deny cancer, dementia, heart attack and stroke and gives you fuller physical, mental and social well-being? Then it’s time to use biological intelligence – how your body creates and uses information. To get a smarter body, check out this video