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What is sisu? It’s a Finnish word that has no real translation. My interest began with watching a movie of the same name, and once the movie was over, I spent a considerable amount of time trying to get a sense of what the word could mean. The reason is based on Tuesday’s Memo or […]
As Paula and I were discussing something we should do the other day, I said, “Yes, but not now.” That wasn’t meaningful in the moment, but a little while later, Paula commented that she knew she should cut back on sugar, but not now. Bam. How many times have you said that? Not something you […]
While the strategy for eating less I described on Tuesday used no type of tracking, this story is going to be the opposite. I ran into another person who has spent a couple of years focused on getting to a normal body weight. A couple of injuries playing sports set him back a little, but […]
My philosophy of getting to a normal weight and staying there is to find out what works best for you by trial and error. When you find something that works, stick with it. This week, I’m going to relay the conversations I had with two people within 24 hours and how they approached weight reduction. […]
For everyone who has purchased Protecting Your Brain, the first update will be on the way soon. As I stated in the webinar, when there is something important related to your brain I’ll send up an update, and a recent study is worth a follow up: researchers demonstrated that the microbiome in your mouth is […]
If there’s one thing we all would like, it would be to retain as many of our memories as we can as well as all of the things we’ve learned over our lifetime. We’d also like the ability to learn new things, like how to make a doll house for our granddaughter or how to […]
I recently learned a fascinating new word: scienceploitation. As it has been defined in various journals and articles by scientists and lawyers, scienceploitation uses new ideas and research to develop products that will “solve” whatever issue you have; examples are stem cells, microbiome, and lately mitochondrial dysfunction. Wellness gurus and social media influencers take advantage […]
In another off-beat recent study, researchers examined if hydrogen sulfide (H2S) could increase the longevity and vitality of C. elegans worms. (Personally, I don’t see what’s elegant about this nematode, but scientists seem to love it; it was the first multicellular organism to have its whole genome sequenced and has been the subject of four […]
In the next few Memos, we’re going to talk about several studies out of the mainstream. Today we’re starting with adding carbonation to water. If you walk the aisles of a grocery store, you can’t help but see 100 feet of shelves full of water—not just the regular purified or distilled, but flavored with every […]
Paula, Riley, and I were in South Carolina for the past week visiting our son and his wife; the picture shows some of us collecting shells at Edisto Beach. After getting in and out of a boat, I came face to face with an issue that’s been bothering me for a while: balance. I don’t […]
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