Once I was old enough to develop critical thought, I had always been interested in health and human performance. I love to analyze and practice. I didn’t get a lot out of early practice, such as elementary school basketball camps that propelled me towards averaging 0.2 points per game in a typical five minutes of… Read More »
I am finding this new concept – or at least new to me for sure – of evolutionary medicine quite fascinating. The philosophy basically uses our understanding of how humans evolved to figure out why they may get sick and fixing the underlying causes of disease – creating health – rather than figuring out how… Read More »
Bert Betterman may not have all the devices of modern convenience, but he doesn’t have any of the downside risks either. Check that…his world found a way to make them risk-free, the best of both worlds…hot ice (Rookie of the Year reference, anyone? Come on, Gardenhoser!). That would certainly be nice. Our world, though, has… Read More »
People frequently ask me why I eat such “weird” things as beef liver, why I insist on finding grass-fed meat instead of grain-fed when possible, why I am so emphatic about eating a certain number of vegetables every day, or especially why I still take supplements despite eating a “crazy perfect” diet. I usually answer… Read More »
First of all, we need to get rid of the typical connotation of the word “diet.” Usually when someone says they are “on a diet,” that seems to imply that they are eating less and trying to lose weight. But being “on a diet” simply means you are eating certain things that you have decided… Read More »