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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Maybe one of the most direct and important benefits of a balanced, healthy immune system is how it may help mitigate and lessen the lost productivity that happens when someone comes down with the winter crud and misses a lot of work or school class time. Getting waylaid by a winter bug can put you behind [...]
Well, everyone is eating Thanksgiving leftovers this weekend. A lot of that food will be brown and beige in color. Gravy, dark meat, potatoes, etc. In other words, yummy stuff that has a lot of starch, empty carbs, calories and fat. You can do better, especially if you’re wanting to keep your immune system as [...]
Sometimes, I think the human immune system is a model for many other things in life: religion, diet and nutrition, lifestyle, and, most certainly, the economy. I know this may seem a bit…or a lot… absurd. But, hear me out. When we talk about immune system balance, we’re talking about immune cell response being aggressive when [...]
The CEO of the company that owns Embria Health, maker of EpiCor, tells audiences that his father used to casually feed fermented by- products to his cattle on his small farm. He eventually noticed that cattle eating those fermented material seemed to be healthier and require less attention than other herds. Soon, he was developing [...]
One of my favorite beverages is beer. I’m probably not alone in that category. But, unlike my reckless college youth, I now prefer a small amount of a really good craft beer, rather than greater amounts of mass swill. One of my favorite beers is Millstream Windmill Wheat, brewed not far from my home, in [...]
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