There are several components to health, diet being the one most talked about. While I consider diet to be foundational and the most important factor in health (you can’t outrun a bad diet),…
When we were kids, “exercise” existed purely in the form of “fun”. Then we became older kids and for many of us, that “fun” took on the shape of “sports” and “winning”.…
We’re fast approaching my favorite time of the year: Thanksgiving! Then, following close afterward is Christmas and New Year’s Day. Combined, these are often called the “happiest time of the year”. But, is it? These three…
In a recently published article in Nature magazine, researchers used smart phone data to track the activity of 717,527 people over the course of 68 million days in 111 countries. Some of their findings made…
Michael Slepian is a professor at Columbia Business School who is interested in the impact of keeping secrets. In a soon-to-be-published study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology he reports…
A recent study demonstrated some significant adverse effects of drinking on not only your brain size, but also its function. Any Topiwala and colleagues recently published their 30-year study in the British…
It’s funny; I just finished a two-week vacation in Greece and actually lost weight. I dropped just one pound, but my wife lost five! The strange thing is, we hardly exercised, ate…
Eddie Lacy is a NFL running back with the Seattle Seahawks who recently received a $55,000 bonus for dropping below 255 pounds. Ponder that for a moment: $55.000 is more than the median…
Gluten has gotten a lot of press lately, bringing many new types of diets (including some fad diets) that recommend we avoid it altogether. The paleo and wheat belly diets come to…