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Sometimes the smallest mechanical changes can make a big difference. Here’s an example. When I lived in Indiana, a member of my running club had developed chronic hip pain. He spent over a year trying one thing after another with no real relief: new shoes, different types of shoes, orthotics, stretching the iliotibial band that […]
Keeping things balanced is important, and I try to do that in the Memos I write. Usually I tackle issues that are serious with significant health implications, but life is to be enjoyed so this week, we’ll lighten up before a holiday by talking about a guy’s wallet. And this is also about balance. When […]
Essential amino acids are becoming more prevalent in the sport nutrition supplement offerings. Yet there are still questions that remain, and we don’t have a total picture of who will benefit from EAA use. Let’s take a look. Questions Even with this new research, there’s so much we still don’t know about EAAs. Is there […]
One of the issues we all face as we get older is the loss of muscle mass; the technical term is sarcopenia. While some of the loss can be attributed to declining hormone levels as well as the decline in physical activity, we tend to eat less protein as we get older. Less protein intake […]
I’ve been getting many questions about essential amino acids lately. What are they? Why do I need them? Are they only for athletes? What can they do for me? In addition, I came across an interesting study that supports the use of EAAs in a specific population. The EAAs include the amino acids phenylalanine, threonine, […]
Let me be clear: I think that the single most important thing that you can do to be healthy is to exercise regularly. Whether walking, swimming, or one of the hundreds of other types of exercise, talking with your physician about it may be all that’s required for you to get started. Moving from exercise […]
The major observation I had as I volunteered at the Grand Rapids Triathlon was that the body weight distribution of the people participating in the triathlon mimicked the population of the U.S. We’re a fat nation; 70% of the population is overweight and half of those are obese. Those percentages also seemed to apply to […]
The Grand Rapids Triathlon was held this past weekend, and I volunteered to work at an aid station. The station happened to be at the transition area where everything is happening; I couldn’t have picked a better spot. People lined up to head to the river for the swim, coming back from the swim to […]
The study that was published in the Journal of American Academy of Cardiology created several issues that go beyond the headlines of supplements being of no benefit. Let’s first take a look at the published results of the study. The researchers found that most supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium, and vitamin C do […]
About a week ago when a press release about a study published in the Journal of American Academy of Cardiology stated that vitamins and minerals don’t seem to help the health of those people who use them; they should stick to getting nutrients from the food they eat. As you can imagine, I got questions […]
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