Food: Friend, Foe or Fuel?

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat ~ Socrates
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four.  Unless there were three other people ~ Orson Welles.
When I was a kid I had a plate with an angel’s face on it that said, "Be an angel, eat it all".   In fact, when [...]

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Exercise Keeps Telomeres Long, and Cells Young

Telomeres may sound like a new brand of running shoes, and perhaps it should. Because telomeres–DNA at the tips of chromosomes that protect the cell- are an excellent indication of aging, or, one hopes, lack of aging. As HealthDay explains,…
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Interview with Kristine Weber: Part Two

Part two of my interview with nordic body fitness champ and intermittent fasting user Kristine Weber.
Me: Could you describe your training routine – for example, do you have a preference for lower or higher volume, or lower or higher rep ranges? Do you stick with the basics or do you include a lot of assistance [...]

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The Weighty Price of Obesity: $344 Billion Over Ten Years

How fast are we getting fatter? So fast, according to a recent report from the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention, that If current trends continue this country will have more than 100…
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The Three Best Pieces of Exercise Gear for (Way) Less Than $25

For readers who are both fit and thrifty, L.A. Times fitness writer Jeannine Stein asks three local trainers to recommend their favorite and least expensive (less than $25) piece of exercise equipment. Dan Saltos, assistant personal training manager at Crunch…
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Get Healthy Now: Eight Ways To Look Better, Feel Better, And Have Fun

It’s nearly Jan 1st, time for the dreaded “New Year’s Resolution” (a topic for another day). That means lots of people you know, and possibly you yourself, are going to be making a commitment to making positive health changes. So today is going to be one of those high-level posts that brings together [...]

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Research: Exercise Reduces Anxiety

For the anxious, let’s go straight to the facts, at least some of the facts: in research conducted at the University of Colorado, rats taught to feel anxious showed increased serotonin activity in their brains, while other rats that had…
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Methods of Endurance Training: Summing Up Part 2

Ok, as is so often the case, what was meant to be a two-part article has now gotten utterly out of hand.  But today’s article will finish up.  In Methods of Endurance Training: Summing up Part 1 I summarized loading parameters for all of the methods I’ve discussed and looked …
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Answers to Questions About the Mammography Dilemma

Is it the first move of a conspiracy to ration medical care, or is it a long-overdue effort to reduce the harm of overtreatment, based on irrefutable statistical evidence? The Washington Post responds to the great confusion over new guidelines…
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Interview with Kristine Weber: Part One

Andreaz Engström wasn’t the only one at the Nordic Championships using intermittent fasting to take first place in his category. Norwegian beauty and body fitness gold winner Kristine Weber is a big fan of the approach as well.
Me: Tell us a little about yourself – anything at all you’d like to share with someone that [...]

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