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Category Archives: Diet and Exercise
How Exercise May Help Memory
The take home message is that both aerobic and resistance training are good for the brain in different ways. How Exercise May Help Memory – NYTimes.com.
Exercise May Help Protect Children From Stress – NYTimes.com
via Exercise May Help Protect Children From Stress – NYTimes.com There was no difference in the cortisol levels at home between children who were active and those who were less active. But when the researchers gave the children a standard … Continue reading
How to Prevent Stress from Shrinking Your Brain | Psychology Today
Good light roundup of reasons why stress shrinks the brain and how to fight against that. I would add anti-inflamatories to the mix. How to Prevent Stress from Shrinking Your Brain | Psychology Today.
Toxic Sugar?
Apparently Mark Bittman from the NY Times has bought Lustig’s thesis that “sugar is toxic” because an increase in a society’s sugar consumption is correlated with diabetes. So I guess that food is toxic because overeating and obesity is also … Continue reading
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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food – NYTimes.com
I don’t entirely blame the food companies–they are in fact giving people what they want, and it seems a stretch in a capitalistic society to ask them to promote food people don’t want. Nonetheless, they should use some of that … Continue reading
Why I’m taking daily ibuprofen: Could it give me more brain cells and prevent diseases of aging?
More and more, it is looking like the kind of inflammation that occurs on a daily basis, the kind you never really notice, can have serious health consequences. And there is good reason to believe that daily anti-inflammatories can be … Continue reading
Light-Activated Hydrogel Repairs Cartilage (photonics.com | Jan 2013 | Research & Technology)
This may actually be the best solution I’ve seen so far for cartilage repair because it addresses one of the gaps in current care. The article explains the problem with current therapy: Microfracture — a surgery in which tiny holes … Continue reading
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Exercise boosts the effectiveness of flu shots
Another benefit of exercise: researchers have known that it boost the immune system, and now there is evidence that it makes flu shots (and perhaps other vaccines?) more effective. Those volunteers who had exercised after being inoculated, it turned out, … Continue reading
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Children’s behavior and bribes
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Bruce Feiler explores the widespread phenomenon of bribes (rewards) to get kids to do what they should, and the equally widespread belief that using such “extrinsic rewards” will actually undermine kids’ … Continue reading
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Four techniques Navy Seals use to make it through rigorous training
The training for Navy Seals is extremely tough. For instance, recruits have to stay underwater for 20 minutes. They have a hose to breath from, but they have to deal with regular attacks from instructors who rip their masks off, … Continue reading