Understanding What ‘Real Food’ Is, Part 1
Last Friday, I told you we’re going to do a multi-part series on taking control of your health. Today, we’re going to start discussing food, because your diet is the cornerstone, the 90% component, of...
View ArticleUnderstanding Food: What Are Fats Besides a Bad Word?
For the past three (four?) decades, the macronutrient we were most often told to avoid is fat. Fat is joined by protein and carbohydrates to form the triumvirate of macronutrients you hear bandied...
View ArticleUnderstanding Food: Proteins
Last week, I gave a layman’s breakdown of dietary fat — that perennial bogeyman — and what types are out there and what you should and should not eat. Up this week: protein. I will first say this: if...
View ArticleUnderstanding Food: Carbohydrates
Ah, carbohydrates. The new bad guy, right? The one who makes you decline those buttery dinner rolls and carrot cake? Well, yes. Bad guys. Sort of. Not all the time. Depends on you, your metabolism and...
View ArticleControlling Stress: The Part of Your Health You’re Probably Ignoring
You’ve heard it before: stress is called ‘the silent killer’ and is skyrocketing in the United States. It’s no longer foo-foo to say that you need to manage stress; even family doctors are telling...
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When It Comes to Health and Fitness, Tracking Is Knowing
The Taking Control of Your Health series thus far, in case you missed earlier posts: The First Step Towards Better Health: Bloodwork as Your State of the Union Understanding What ‘Real Food’ Is, Part I...
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Tracking is Knowing: The Fitbit
Last week we talked about the notion of tracking is knowing as it relates to understanding the food you eat (in terms of caloric value and macronutrient breakdown). As I said, it’s probably the biggest...
View ArticleCasual Friday: Sitting Is the New Smoking
We’ve posted a bunch about health and nutrition before, and we got a bit nerdy. Maybe too nerdy (as if there’s such a thing). But today, we’re posting about health again, but we’ve cut out almost all...
View ArticleCasual Friday: St. Barth’s and a Bodyweight Conundrum
My wife and I just returned from St. Barth, a small island in the French West Indies known for its elite business mogul and celebrity travelers. Us? We went in the low season where the most famous...
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Things I Like: The Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer
A little while ago, I told you about a device that brought some super useful data to my health and fitness awareness: the Fitbit. I won’t go into it again, but suffice to say that nearly a year later,...
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