Archive for March, 2010

Oreos, Back Pain and the UFC.

Wow.

Finally saw a UFC fight that was worth staying up late to watch.

(and trust me, this is an AMAZING feat of will power for me..)

Now, regardless of whether or not you approve of Mixed Martial Arts I … Read More

The Office

It’s time to do everyone at your work a GIANT favor.

It’s time to get rid of “Cookie Tuesdays” and “Cake Thursdays”

It’s also time to get rid of the “Cookies and treats at every meeting” mentality.

You CAN make … Read More

Nobody was ‘meant’ to be fat.

Some people are naturally big and strong, while some people will always be small.

Some are short, and some are tall.

But nobody was ‘meant’ to be fat.

You can always improve.

You can work within your strengths, and improve … Read More

70 years later…and breakfast is still the target…

Check out this POST regarding a General Mills Cereal ad from 1943 on the ‘health benefits of Breakfast’…then give this a look….

Really, it’s just like fashion… we just keep going in circles.

BP

PS- I don’t hate breakfast. … Read More

‘In the Trenches’ Experience

Imagine if other industries behaved like the health and fitness industry…using the same off-the-wall marketing and the same “action before education or preparation” mentality.

Imagine this approach in…say… aerospace engineering:

Speaker: And in conclusion, that is my theory on how … Read More

Nude Arctic Cruises (Brown Adipose Tissue)

OK, here’s the deal.

Yes there have been several (4 that I know of) studies showing that Brown Fat Exists in humans.

Even in adult humans.

It looks like we do have a tiny little bit left, mostly behind our … Read More

The “Strange Custom” of fasting

***Special Thanks to Brian for this find.

Every wonder why breakfast is good and fasting is bad?

This is an ADVERTISEMENT that was found in “The Milwaukee Journal” back in 1943

I’ve also blown up the text part so you … Read More

Lose Body Fat

The miracle of our bodies is that they come with their own giant rechargeable batteries.

You may know of these batteries as “fat cells”.

This is where we store energy for use later.

Brilliant design.

The only issue is, in … Read More

Live Longer

Life Extension.

My personal opinion from reviewing the fasting/caloric restriction (a term I hate) research is that there really isn’t anything non-medical we can do to greatly extend our lifespan.

On the other hand, there is a LOT of things … Read More

2000 Calories

2,000 Calories

Ever wonder what it looks like?

Health Canada recently put together a website called “My Food Guide” that tells you what you are supposed to eat.

So here’s how it works

You enter your gender and your age … Read More