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Get More Sleep

June 18, 2010
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I don’t need to tell you about all the research that has been done about sleep deprivation and its negative consequences. The bottom line is that everyone should be getting a good 8 hours of sleep every night. Yet, most people don’t get 8 hours of sleep a day, and the reason oft quoted is [...]

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Being Fat is Your Fault

June 2, 2010
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The people who admit to that simple fact are the only ones who even stand a chance. Share and Enjoy:

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Defining Health Again

March 4, 2010
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For the average person, there are thousands of definitions of the word “health”. All of them I think boil down to a similar goal: Prevention or slowing of the onset of aging. If we assume that the prime disadvantage of aging is damage to individual cells and systems which negatively affect the function of the [...]

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Shifting the Blame of Fat

February 24, 2010
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I’ve seen a derivative of the phrase, “being fat is not your fault”, many times. It comes up in various forms. Some of these are videos, like this one that cites Gary Taubes, stating that “your’e not getting fat because you’re eating more, you’re eating more because you’re getting fat”. Even in books like ‘Mean [...]

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Sprinting vs Spelunking

February 18, 2010
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Sprinting is straightforward. The path is predictable, and the sole determinant was your effort and ability, you charged forward and finished first. Navigating a cave (spelunking) is tricky. The goal is clear but the path was foggy. Much was beyond your control, and you didn’t want to charge into a wall, fall into a crevasse [...]

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Adopting Healthy Habits

February 13, 2010
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Be it trying to lose some weight, sticking to an exercise regime, taking your vitamins, quitting smoking, or any other goal, if it is something that goes against your usual routine, adopting a new habit is going to be met with some resistance. You can reframe the problem (it’s about building NEW habits, not destroying [...]

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Don’t Be a Statistic

January 31, 2010
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Don’t be one of those people. Statistics are there to define the average person, with average habits, and the average diet, and the average job, average relationships, etc. Looking at the most healthy people in the world, they all have one thing in common. And that is the fact that they live outside the realm [...]

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Health Problems: A Car Crash in Slow Motion

January 29, 2010
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To summarise this post: Science works by random experimentation, and then picking out patterns. More importantly, we pick what we think is statistically significant; patterns which apply to a large enough set of averages. Health problems can be compared to a car crash, one that takes place over the course of years. Take this case [...]

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To all the obsessive people in the world

January 17, 2010
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This is to all the obsessive people in the world: Get out, get a life, get some perspective, get off your high horse and your holier-than-thou mindset. Get a breath of fresh air. Get some quiet. Get some peace of mind. Become clear of what you need to do, and why you need to do [...]

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Thinking in Black and White

January 16, 2010
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All too often, people like to shift between two modes. They’re either on a diet, or off a diet. They’re either eating clean, or swallowing everything in sight. Either on a perfect workout routine, or doing nothing at all. I’m guilty of that as well, and I attribute it to my impatience and perfectionism. Very [...]

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