How Many Fruits and Vegetables are on Your Plate?
How Many Fruits and Vegetables are on Your Plate? Created in Newsletter Library, Nutrition & Healthy Eating The human body evolved to consume a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain a number of plant compounds that your body needs in order to operate correctly. If you don’t consume enough […]
The Next Ten Years
The Next Ten Years Created in Newsletter Library, Staying Motivated What does the future hold in store? None of us can know with certainty, although some predictions are possible. Stock market indexes will rise. Then they’ll fall. Then everyone will hope that the indexes will rise again. Hemlines will fall. Then they’ll rise. Then in […]
Saving the Planet
Saving the Planet Created in Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips Did you ever think your health and well-being are important factors in the health and well-being of the planet? It’s true. The choices each of us makes each and every day are important for our family’s welfare as well as the welfare of our neighborhood, our […]
When Are Simple Headaches Not So Simple?
When Are Simple Headaches Not So Simple? Created in Newsletter Library, Chronic Conditions Headaches are big business. For the drug companies, that is. Approximately 10 million Americans suffer daily headaches, and 50 million have headaches often enough to seek medical care. Approximately 23 million Americans suffer from migraines. Billions of dollars are spent each year […]
The Power of Cross-Training
The Power of Cross-Training Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness Cross-training refers to a combination of different methods of exercise. Specifically, cross-training refers to the combination of strength training and cardiovascular training in your overall exercise program. Whether you’re a 14-year-old just starting out on your first fitness program, or whether you’re a 74-year-old […]
Your Fellow Travelers
Your Fellow Travelers Created in Newsletter Library, Nutrition & Healthy Eating It has long been known that over evolutionary time the human organism developed in tandem with a vast host of microbial fellow travelers. The 100 trillion microorganisms inhabiting our gastrointestinal tracts assist in numerous physiological processes critical to our health and well being. The […]
When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease
When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease Created in Newsletter Library, Chronic Conditions Chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes have increasingly high prevalence in world populations.1 Such prevalence is rising despite extensive use of prescription medications. Problematically, many people have two or more concurrent chronic disorders and are taking multiple medications. But frequently the […]
To Lift or Not to Lift?
To Lift or Not to Lift? Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness If a great Shakespearean protagonist had, anachronistically, joined a gym, his internal existential inquiry might have been, “To lift or not to lift?”. Many centuries later, the identical inquiry, or controversy, persists. Joining a gym (health club) usually implies the new club […]
Whiplash – Getting Well Naturally
Whiplash – Getting Well Naturally Created in Newsletter Library, Injury Rehab & Prevention You’re driving to work and stop for a red light. You’re minding your own business and – bam! – your car rocks forward and backward, slammed in the rear by another car driven by some guy yakking on his cell phone. Or […]
Action or Reaction?
Action or Reaction? Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness We’re all familiar with the mechanism of action-and-reaction in the world of sports. Pitcher-and-batter is an action-reaction duo in baseball. A basketball guard driving to the hoop and a defender leaping to block the shot is another example. A racecar driver negotiating a tight turn […]