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Fat Company Corrupts Good Diets?

The apostle Paul says that “bad company corrupts good morals” (I Corinthians 15:33). Not that I give a shit what the old misogynist says about anything, but, in this particular instance, Paul may actually have some science to back him up. It turns out, … Continue reading

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Reverse Super-Size Me: Kenda Swartz Pepper Feels Like 1.02 Billion

People, that is. Kenda Swartz Pepper, on March 20, started an experiment: to spend 21 days experiencing what it’s like to join the one billion people on the planet who go to bed hungry. Here’s Kenda today: 1.02 billion people in … Continue reading

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Wanna Live to 100? Dan Buettner Thinks He Knows How

Dan Buettner has been thinking about longevity issues for a long time, and here’s a digest of his ideas via TED TV:

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H1N1: Yet Another Good Reason to Get Your Flu Shot

At around 6 pm this evening, I listened to a radio host at KFI, the largest radio station in Los Angeles, do a segment on swine flu. The host has a four year old daughter, and he noted that medical researchers … Continue reading

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Three Days a Week; Thirty Minutes a Day

It doesn’t take all that much effort to keep your heart reasonably healthy. This today in the UK’s Daily Express: Just 30 minutes of jogging or cycling three times a week has amazing results for people with heart problems – … Continue reading

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To Reduce Your Risk of Death from Swine Flu This Fall, Should You Get a Pneumonia Vaccine?

The Los Angeles Times today reports that a widely available pneumonia vaccine might substantially reduce your risk from dying of the swine flu virus (H1N1) this fall. My family is planning to request the vaccine from our physician. Money quote from … Continue reading

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Want to Lose Weight? Soup Tricks the Pyloric Sphincter Valve

I didn’t even know that I have a pyloric sphincter valve! But the BBC says that I do, and that it can be made to shut with the eating of soup, and that’s a good thing for weight loss: After … Continue reading

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