health and happiness

The Last Heart Attack

Yesterday (while I was wide awake, this time) I watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta's special, The Last Heart Attack, on CNN.  I highly recommend that everyone try to find this...

Irene, Sanjay and Bill

I wake up saddened to learn several surfers have lost their lives to Irene.  I can only imagine how excited the surfers are to get out there and get tubed in an over...

When to Say "NO!"

Good morning.  As mentioned a few days ago, I read an incredible article in the current issue of Newsweek called No- The One Word That Can Save Your Life.  I think t...

All That We Are

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought,...

EVERYONE Has 30 Seconds

There is no doubt we live in a world that is spinning too quickly and sometimes, we too, spin too quickly in an effort to attempt to keep up!  That leaves many of us...

Thank You, Father.

"He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?" -Hippocrates, the father of medicine (460-357 B.C) Amazing to me that Hippocrates had the ans...

A Love Affair

For those of you who claim to NOT like vegetables, I feel compelled to say that chances are you haven't given them a chance.  I was, for many years, a vegetarian who...

Bottoms Up

With all the stories I read about athletes (and non-athletes as well) collapsing because of heat exhaustion, a little bit more about hydration, in the midst of one v...

And the Readers Say:

All worth repeating, I am posting some of the reader tips I received in comment and email, regarding yesterday's post. Rita says:  Whenever I eat out, I visually div...

Got Water?

Recently, I watched someone talk about their weight loss tips, and when they opened their fridge, there was all different size bottles, types and brands of water.  W...

A Nation on Medication

I took most of my blogging time to read an article called My Chemical Romance, reporter Chris Norris.  It details his experience of spending 10 years on anti-depress...

The Protein Story

Today, a topic that confuses us all, including (and sometimes, especially) me, PROTEIN.  How much do we really need?  How much is too much?  Do I get enough to build...