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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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The Cost of a “Healthy” Diet

December 16, 2009
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One very pertinent issue that must cross people’s minds in the cost of the food that they eat. In my view, many people have the view that eating healthy (link to a post) is more expensive than eating normally (whatever that may mean). I’d have to say, this idea has some merit. However, the difference [...]

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Vitamin D for the layperson

December 1, 2009
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This post is exactly what the title and graphic suggest: it is a post talking about one of the essential vitamins for good health, Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a sunshine vitamin, and it is made in the skin when exposed to UVB radiation. Unfortunately, our paranoia over skin cancers has led people to believe [...]

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Reading About Science

November 26, 2009
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Just like Michael Shermer said, “Science is not a thing, it’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things.” What I want to talk about is not the horrendous inaccuracy of so much of science journalism [1], but rather, certain rules of thumb to take note when reading about science (or anything in general). [...]

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