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Why do you get up in the morning? If you’re a parent with small children, it’s obvious. If you work outside the home, easy to understand. But what happens when you decide to retire, or even retire early? If you want to live well to 100, what are you going to do for the next […]
Living to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones is a Netflix documentary that examines the lifestyles of people in several regions of the world that have a high proportion of people who live to 100. It’s a review of the observations of Dan Buettner, who has spent the better part of 30 years finding and […]
On Tuesday, I said that I couldn’t get past the word disease in the statement from CDC Head of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: “Obesity is a disease caused by many factors, including eating patterns, physical activity levels, sleep routines, genetics, and certain medications.” While we can agree that there may be a genetic or […]
It seems ironic that the last Memo was titled “Make Every Bite Count” while the CDC was in the process of releasing the latest obesity statistics. This shouldn’t be any newsflash, but as a country we’re fatter than ever. In 2021, 19 states exceeded 35% obesity among the residents; in 2022, it jumped up to […]
You’re eating vegetables, fruit, whole grains, dairy, proteins foods, and oils, and you’re staying within calorie limits for a healthy BMI. Does this sound abnormal to you? Sure, we can quibble about the need for dairy or the percentage of carbohydrates, but the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are reasonable, and they’re almost exactly the […]
“Make every bite count.” You might think that phrase came from one of the many nutritional gurus on the Internet or in the thousands of books written about the best way to eat. Fact is, that’s the tagline from the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 (DGA). Do you know what’s contained in those guidelines? […]
The results of the study seemed to be definitive: animal sources of protein yield more absorption of essential amino acids (EAAs). The reason the researchers undertook the study was that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 (DGA) uses the term “ounce equivalencies” when describing protein sources. From the DGA: one ounce equivalent equals one ounce […]
Protein quality is integral to our health at any age and even more as the years go by. We think of protein as it relates to muscle, but there are many other uses for protein in our body: bones, skin, hair, and the hemoglobin in your blood—virtually every body part or tissue. Then there is […]
We’re going to switch from mortality to morbidity: in this case, the objective is to reduce the risk of getting one of thirteen types of cancer. This was interesting for all kinds of reasons, but mostly because researchers specifically looked at subjects who claimed they didn’t exercise regularly. The data were part of a sub-study […]
Last week, we talked about how to lower blood pressure using a form of weight training called isometrics. As I made clear, you won’t look like a body builder, but it can help your cardiovascular health. This week, we’ll look at two recent studies to clarify how much aerobic exercise we need to reduce the […]
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