Category Archives: Diet and Exercise

How to run faster than you can run

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Chris

The world racing authorities have decided that women’s running records have to be set in women-only races. That is to keep them from being paced by generally faster men. What difference should that make? Another recent study cited in the … Continue reading →

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One way exercise might boost memory

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Chris

It’s been shown for a while that exercise leads to increased production of nerve cells, and that exercise improves brain function. Tara Parker Pope writes about a study in which people were given memory tests while in an imaging machine, … Continue reading →

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Is Sugar Toxic? Le Chatelier and Succrose

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Chris

  I’ve been meaning for a while to write something on this NY Times article asking if sugar is toxic. The basic gist is that sucrose (table sugar) is broken down into two sugars, glucose and fructose. Glucose feeds right … Continue reading →

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To Lose Weight: Learn to Be Hungry

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Chris

It sounds like a joke: if you want lose weight, go hungry. But I’m serious. A lot of the obesity we see exists because our bodies have forgotten how to be hungry. We are designed to fast occasionally. Our bodies … Continue reading →

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How to get yourself to exercise more

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Chris

I find that when I first start a run I can sometimes feel like a steaming pile of dog poo, especially if I have been away from running for a bit. But I also know that if I keep on … Continue reading →

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How much would an exercise pill be worth?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Chris

I recently went to a talk at Stanford by Kenneth Walsh of the Boston University School of Medicine, in which he spoke about his research on the molecular basis of obesity-linked cardiovascular disease. He did some fascinating experiments in which … Continue reading →

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