Looking for a quick, fun, immediate sense of stress reduction? Let the music move you. A study in Nature Neuroscience found that listening to our favorite songs or even simply anticipating certain parts of a song can cause a pleasurable flood of that feel good chemical, dopamine. Pick a few of your favorites and listen to them a few times a day. "These doses of dopamine can … [Read more...] about Let the Music Move YOU
Archives for March 2012
Simply Soup-er
What a great, great party last night. Well over 100 people came out last night to support Lesley and Richards fund-raising event for the soup kitchen. The theme was soup-er and everyone who attended, no doubt, had a soup-er time. Really, who has 2 bars in one backyard? The Epsteins do because they most definitely know how to throw a soup-er party. It was absolutely … [Read more...] about Simply Soup-er
Worth Repeating
In 2010, 17,200,000 households, 14.5 percent of households, (approximately one in seven) were food insecure, the highest number ever recorded in the United States. My guess is that the number cold have only gotten higher, given the state of our country's economy. This morning I would like to say thank you to Richard and Lesley for all they are doing to help those here in … [Read more...] about Worth Repeating
Everyone Eats. Thank you, Paul.
How exciting to see them giving away so much food to the contestants local food-banks last night, thanks to Newman's Own, as part of the pop challenge on BL. Contestants would load up trucks with 15 and 20 pound boxes of Newman's Own and the one who finishes first would win a 1 pound advantage at the weigh in. Mark has a great strategy and skates past Kim and Megan to win the … [Read more...] about Everyone Eats. Thank you, Paul.
To Cut or Not to Cut…That is the Question
I am trying hard to understand and wrap my brain around the news that gastric bypass surgery is also being called diabetes (type 2) surgery. News reports (based on a study at the Cleveland Clinic) say that studies on patients immediately after the surgery show such great improvement in their glucose numbers that the surgery is being recommended as a treatment (even a cure) … [Read more...] about To Cut or Not to Cut…That is the Question