Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
Just heard a sugar story today on the radio. If I remember correctly, the report said Americans should limit processed sugar intake to the equivalent of no more than 9 teaspoons a day. Right now, we average 28! And sugar is hell on immune function. The radio report centered on a new commentary in Nature, [...]
As if the human immune system and the many health conditions it impacts aren’t complex enough. Try wrapping your brain around this. Some new Yale research paints a wild picture of how the immune system in the gut, controlled by a mix of good and bad bacteria or “microflora,” may actually be transferred from one [...]
This TED Talk presentation given late last year is worth a watch. It’s a 17-minute overview of the immune system, given by Tim Mossman of the University of Rochester. It’s got a lot of complicated charts and images that attempt to describe the infinitely complex immune system If you don’t view the whole thing ,at [...]
My daughter and her design studio friends in college put in a lot of late nights getting projects ready to turn in. In addition to consuming massive coffee, she and her fellow late nighters are drinking a lot of green tea as well. She buys the loose leaf stuff in the fancy store in the [...]
You ever wonder why so many political consultants and managers seem a bit sickly, overweight, pale, etc.? They live in a world of conflict, of attack mode politics, of demonizing. And they live it 24/7. The pros who make it big in this field endure this existence for years. Or how about a manager or [...]
There a lot out there about stress and immune health, and stress and digestive health. But what about all three? Stress. Gut health. Immune health. The all three interact with each other. What’s the real story? Here’s a brief explanation. Stress can alter the bacterial composition of the digestive tract. When that happens, good/bad bacteria [...]
Now that 2012 is under way, how about a simple resolution for lifelong health that you can easily remember: The Five S’s. Or Sx5. The Five S’s refer to five things you can do to maintain optimal immune health. In my book, these measures will also impact many other health areas, including weight, cardio, skin [...]
My family and I went to Scotland over the holiday. Had a wonderful time. Now that I’m home and back to the work-a-day grind, I’mreflecting on why I might have gotten through that trip relatively unscathed, healthwise. Here’s my list of what potentially could have sidelined me during the trip, but didn’t: 1. The sleepless [...]
It’s Dec. 26 in Iowa and it feels like living in the Southwest or Northern California. 50 degrees, sunshine, a spot of rain in the forecast, but no snow or sub-zero temperatures in sight. What the heck is going on here? Well for one, more people are going to be getting a lot more fresh [...]
Hopefully, you’re enjoying some great holiday food. But don’t overdo the sugar. I don’t want to be a killjoy (as I am writing this I’m eating a bag of nuts mixed with chocolate-covered raisins). However, processed sugar, as we all know, it is hard to avoid and if we could just get a handle on [...]
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