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I read an article Insulin resistance and pre diabetes and just had to report the findings of the major study they refer to. ‘lifestyle changes reduced the risk of diabetes by 58 percent’ The main recommendation is to be active and eat well. I just wanted to make the point that insulin resistance can be reversed. They also found that many people with …
Ok, I’ve come back from a game of tennis and I wanted to make a couple of notes. A big part of the reason for this blog is to collect my thoughts and I need to keep this brief so here goes. The main points I want to make are about: Transfer of learning: where the transfer is and is …
When I left Uni I wanted a career in the health industry but at the time I learnt that these were hard to come by. Most people left the industry in their late twenties or early thirties because they’d reached as far as they could. They took their skills to other industries where they could go further. That coupled with …
Ok, so I’ve just heard about the ‘Paleolithic Diet’ and started checking it out for reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet . Very interesting. I like the concept. I’m not really one to say we should all go back to the way things were and assume it was all perfect back in the day. On the other hand though I like to understand history …
Ok, here’s another one. Where is it in our ~DNA that say’s when we’re past 50 we just can’t do what we used to do? I’m serious. I haven’t found one scientific article or even one person that I’ve met in the gym or elsewhere that proves to me that our DNA first of all knows how old we are …
I took these notes from the TED lecture given by Richard St. John The talk details are at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/70 I have to say that when I look back I can say that each success that I’ve had owes a lot to the things Richard talks about. He put’s it so clearly and precisely I just had to note it for …
I hear so much about what risk factors there are to make us die sooner and all the things we should do or not do but because I like to research both sides of the story I always find things that contradict each other. I’m coming round to the view that the overall risk really depends on where we are …
I love ted talks and here’s one from Michael Pollack with another talk on The Omnivore’s Diet. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5549505480247201730&q=&hl=en I believe in symbiosis. Us working with nature, nature working with us. It follows the concept of recycling. everything in balance as nature has worked out for so many years
Wow, I just listened to a really interesting talk http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6546917677559455845 given by Michael Pollan author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It was just fascinating to hear about the history and political context of where food comes from. Granted this is based on America but the same thing is true here. I just like the discussion he gives.and I like the way …
OK here’s another idea. this one is something I feel like putting out there to see if it stimulates a debate. I don’t know of any research to support it. I just wonder whether it holds water when put under scrutiny. So in the interests of open debate I’ll put it out there. Is it possible that viruses or virus …
Ok, heres’s another thing that amazed me when I found it out. I probably learnt it years agon cos I just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA and found it called complementary base pairing which rings a bell to me. Going back over it I see that it’s effectively a binary code. Just like the code that runs in computers. What’s the point then. Well it’s …
Just felt like sharing this amazing video from Jeff Hawkins titled “How brain science will change computing” from ted.com that really helped me form a stronger view on how my brain works. It’s also fascinating how the improvement of computers matches what we see with humans. We have more space to remember info and better connections to share it.
It occurred to me just recently that I had a possible explanation for the muscle DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness) effect. This effect is basically the pain you experience in a muscle when you push it further or in a different way than you have for a while. Research generally shows that it is when you have worked to …
Wouldn’t it be great if the very act of doing something you love could make you fit and so you could acheve two separate things in one go. That’s something I’m always trying to acheive and when it comes to getting fit and healthy I consider it the holy grail. Well, talking to my wife yesterday we started to wonder …
If you’re like me, you like to know basic statistics that help you understand the bigger picture. Many cultures emphasize big, fast results, but the feedback from research and from successful lifestyles that manage weight well is that small and slow results are better than big and fast. So I thought I would record this stat and how I worked …