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Is Happiness Overrated
We have many markers for health like blood work and strength, but the way they conduct studies for happiness is by asking people how...
Dave
Oct 25, 2024


Follow the Money
The USDA sets dietary guidelines for a 5-year span. They are starting to let out some of the information that will be used in the...
Dave
Oct 11, 2024


Guilty Until Proven Innocent
There seem to be four groups of thinking when it comes to seed oils: · They are good for you, go ahead and eat at will · ...
Dave
Oct 4, 2024


Vehicle Safety. How Much is in Our Control
2020 and 2021 are the most recent years for which they publish these statistics. Accidents were the fourth leading cause of death. The...
Dave
Sep 27, 2024


One Step at a Time
Ten thousand steps a day has become a popular goal with an old and odd origin. In 1965, a Japanese company sold a step counter named...
Dave
Sep 19, 2024


Fruits. Vegetables
I think that too often fruits and vegetables are lumped together into one category. Maybe because they have a lot in common. They both...
Dave
Sep 12, 2024


Do You Mind?
This blog is supposed to be a mind/body category, but I browsed over my past topics and they are overwhelmingly body and very little...
Dave
Aug 29, 2024


When a Calorie is Not a Calorie, Part III
Parts one and two were back on October 26, 2023 and November 9, 2023. I talked about the differences between 140 calories of Coke and...
Dave
Aug 22, 2024


To Snack or Not To Snack
One of the classes I took last year had a lot of client case studies. Part of those case studies was a question of what, when, and how...
Dave
Aug 15, 2024


Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Last week I talked about the benefits of sleep quantity and quality. This week I will talk about how to get better sleep. Consistency...
Dave
Aug 8, 2024


Sleep Tight
In October 2012, Felix Baumgartner received the Guiness World record for the fastest freefall by taking a helium balloon capsule to the...
Dave
Aug 1, 2024


Stretching. It's Not Just for Warming Up
There are many benefits of stretching – some predictable and some surprising. It took me a long time to come around to the idea of...
Dave
Jul 25, 2024


Here Comes the Sun, It's Alright
Most of the people “looking out for us” don’t trust that we can moderate our behavior or make more than the simplest decisions. To...
Dave
Jul 18, 2024


Happy Independence Day
Our Founding Fathers (and their wives) were very impressive in many ways. They were ahead of their time in mind and body wellness as...
Dave
Jul 4, 2024


Try Meditation, Quit, Repeat
This is my experience as well as a few people I have talked with. If it is so hard to stick with meditation, why do we keep trying?...
Dave
Jun 27, 2024


My Grandma
This article is in remembrance of my grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease the last few years of her life. The thing that got...
Dave
Jun 20, 2024


Let's Devilify a Few Things
Overeating How would we know the correct amount to eat if we didn’t occasionally under and overeat? We don’t have a full line like a...
Dave
Jun 13, 2024


Anterior Mid-Cingulate Cortex, Self-Efficacy and Hope
Willpower gets bad press. Maybe that is because it is easier to sell books, pills, workout devices and articles if they boast of an...
Dave
Jun 6, 2024


Metabolic Health From a Structural Rather Than Chemical Viewpoint
Very often, metabolic disfunction (insulin sensitivity, pre-diabetes or diabetes) is looked at as a chemical problem in your body and we...
Dave
Jun 3, 2024
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