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Dr. Michael Greger Says: Take Two Tablespoons of Ground Flaxseed and 100 Micrograms of B-12 Daily

Posted on February 12, 2015 by

Dr. Michael Greger (below) is a heavy enthusiast for incorporating ground flaxseed into one’s diet (two tablespoons per day for adults), and if you’re vegan or vegetarian he says you should be supplementing with B-12 to the tune of 100 … Continue reading →

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President Obama and Vice President Biden Promote Running and Hydration

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Who Exercises in the United States? And What Does It Mean?

Posted on January 8, 2014 by

Who exercises in the United States? Richard Florida of The Atlantic summarizes some recent research: [E]xercise may treat diseases as effectively as drugs, as one BMJ study recently showed. Everyone knows it, but not everybody does it. Just a month after making those New … Continue reading →

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Love Your Hippocampus, Don’t Eat It

Posted on July 30, 2013 by

This should motivate you to manage your stress better. In The New York Times this past weekend was the following on hippocampus research: Peter Gianaros, a neuroscientist at the University of Pittsburgh, […] found that, among a group of 48 … Continue reading →

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A Good Reason For Meditators To Exercise A Lot (And Not Just Sit On Their Asses)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by

Want to be a calm Buddha with a highly attentive and awake “diamond mind?” New research suggests that maybe you should get out from under that Bodhi tree you’re sitting under and put on some running shoes instead, for exercise, … Continue reading →

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Citi Bike. What Is It?

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

This YouTube on NYC’s new Citi Bike bike-share transportation option is helpful:

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A New Olympic Sport is Born?

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For Optimal Fitness, Get on the Fast Train?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

This was at Wired this past weekend: [S]cience says that most recreational athletes are better off running or riding fewer miles and instead focusing on more intense efforts. It’s called high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and its benefits have been outlined … Continue reading →

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Skip Breakfast and Lunch as a Diet Method?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

I got pretty severe with myself, diet-wise, about two years ago, and stopped eating breakfast and lunch. I typically don’t eat until 2 pm, and I don’t overeat when I do start eating. Since then, I’ve dropped about 30 pounds. … Continue reading →

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Bottom Line: Exercise 30 Minutes a Day

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

A must-see YouTube by Dr. Mike Evans of the University of Toronto:

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Are You Sitting Down?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Maybe you shouldn’t be. The below chart was at Andrew Sullivan’s blog this morning, but I don’t know how accurate it is. It claims that long hours of sitting is deadly. Intuitively, this seems plausible.  The information—if it is information and not, … Continue reading →

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What Do Depression, Dark Chocolate, Vitamin D, Anxiety, Vilazodone, Bananas, Turkey, Salmon, Sunlight, and Exercise All Have in Common?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Answer: they might have something to do with whether or not you experience high or low serotonin levels. And what is serotonin? The New York Times yesterday had a good article about it: [S]erotonin in the brain has a basic personality. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Fat Company Corrupts Good Diets?

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

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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Does walking outdoors, even for just five minutes a day, improve health and well being?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

Startlingly, a new British study, as reported by the BBC, suggests that just five minutes of outdoor exercise provides a measurable health benefit: UK researchers looked at evidence from 1,250 people in 10 studies and found fast improvements in mood and self-esteem. … Continue reading →

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Lama Surya Das says that the Buddha represents “the fullest actualized potential of human beings.” My six-year-old daughter’s response: “This is wrong!”

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

In an essay at the Huffington Post today, Buddhist author Lama Surya Das characterizes in this way what the meditating stone Buddha in your spring garden symbolizes: The Buddha is actually an archetype representing enlightenment, an icon symbolizing inner wisdom, a pointer … Continue reading →

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Take 2,000 IU of Vitamin D?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Vitamin D seems to be a genuinely potent nutrient that a lot of doctors are recommending, including my family practitioner. The vitamin appears to be associated with lower rates of cancer and diabetes (to name just two large benefits). And the amount … Continue reading →

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21st Century Bohemian Hippie Joy

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

The liberated body and free-flowing consciousness. The hope of the world: When I watch this I think of John Keats’s famous lines from “Ode on a Grecian Urn”: Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all … Continue reading →

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Wanna Live to 100? Dan Buettner Thinks He Knows How

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

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

Posted on November 8, 2009 by

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

Posted on November 2, 2009 by

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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