The primary hormone that makes a man a man? Testosterone Can testosterone influence everyday decisions? How about fidelity? Negotiation ability? Competitive drive? Overall health? Joint pain? Muscle maintenance? Depression? Memory? Energy? The answer is YES to all. This is an excellent documentary from National Geographic on the many varied roles of testosterone. If you’re a…
People think of proteins as the body building nutrients, the material of strong muscles, and rightly so. No new living tissue can be built without them, for proteins are part of every cell, every bone, the blood, and every other tissue. Proteins constitute the cells’ machinery- they do the cells’ work. The energy to fuel…
A fellow student sent me a short recap of her weekend and it brought to the forefront a reminder for me to tell myself and all of you to slow down when you eat – slow down your life just 10 minutes a day. Do you eat with so much hurried tension that you literally…
Bisohenol A (BPA) is one of the highest volume chemicals produced worldwide, with over six billion pounds produced each year. It was mainly used for the production of epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics. Epoxy resins are commonly used as food-contact surface lacquer coatings and polycarbonate plastics are used in compact disk manufacturing, household appliances, food…
In conversing with a male student the other day I was responding off the cuff as usual about his question to me of finding the perfect routine to help with some partial tears in his rotator cuff. I’ve never gone under the knife for my MANY joint injuries over the years. It doesn’t mean in…
A new study published in Nutrition Journal was titled “Popcorn is more satiating than potato chips in normal-weight adults.” One cup of regular potato chips is about 28g and 150 calories. Six cups of low-fat popcorn is 27g and 100 calories. Participants expressed less hunger, more satisfaction, and lower estimates of prospective food consumption after…
A site I’m liking for a quality meditation program is GetSomeHeadSpace.com Give this video a watch for a primer on the science of meditation.
Are you a food addict? Several studies now suggest that food and drug addictions have much in common, particularly in the way that both disrupt the parts of the brain involved in pleasure and self-control. While the scientific community continues to debate whether food addiction is real, researchers at Yale have devised a Food Addiction…
Food choices are often automatic and made without full conscious awareness. An editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses how it’s beyond probable, it’s certain, that placement of foods in stores and access to foods in our environments make a significant contribution in our consumption. Millions of people in the U.S. claim…
Soft drinks – a source of “happiness” or major cause of disease – or both? Remember the Coke polar bears in commercials? Cute, fun-loving bears just enjoying an icy Coke. What could be wrong with that? Alex Bogusky, formerly an ad agency legend with former clients such as Burger King, Dominos and Coca-Cola, has created…