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Habits that promote good sleep
There’s a lot of advice out there about getting good sleep; here are tips that work for me: Good habits for good sleep: 1. Exercise most days, even if it’s just to take a walk. 2. No caffeine after 7:00 p.m. 3. An hour before bedtime, avoid doing any kind of work that takes alert [...]
Continue reading...Four Reasons Health Care is so Hard to Fix
9. September 2009
Everybody agrees that something is wrong. Yet it remains remarkably hard to fix our $2 trillion healthcare system. Part of the reason, obviously, is that a lot is at stake. Healthcare accounts for 16 percent of the economy, a far higher portion than in most other developed nations. Yet even though we pay more, the [...]
Continue reading...Top Diet Myths are Exposed and Debunked
12. August 2009
If you’re so committed to losing weight that you refuse to eat a baked potato for fear of eating empty carbs, you might be missing out on important nutrients and backing your diet into a corner. Open your mind to the truth behind these diet and weight myths and learn how to enjoy some of [...]
Continue reading...Superfoods You Should be Eating , But Aren’t
27. May 2009
Eaten many coconuts lately? How about cherries or blueberries or grass-fed beef? You should, because these are all foods with powerful health properties. However, few people pack their grocery carts full of these items. Take kiwifruit. It’s chock full of vitamin C–a whopping 115% of what you need to eat in a day. It’s also [...]
Continue reading...Swine Flu Declared a Health Emergency
25. April 2009
The World Health Organization warned countries around the world Saturday to be on alert for any unusual flu outbreaks after a unique new swine flu virus was implicated in possibly dozens of human deaths in North America. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak in Mexico and the United States constituted a “public health emergency [...]
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7. April 2010
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