7. Eliminate the time-wasters from my day. Except for watching "The Middle" or "Glee", TV watching always leaves me bored and unsatisfied. So, why bother wasting the precious time? The same goes for my mindless internet cruising, checking in more than necessary with email, the NYT, and...
About 90% of the time it's a whole wheat pita with no-tahini humus (Sahara brand), carrot sticks, Whole Foods no-oil Triscuit-like crackers, and an apple. I don't have a problem with needing lots of variety. There's a market-like restaurant downtown that has a good salad bar ...
Up to the present time, seafood, and in particular, fish oil-derived products, have been the richest sources of n-3 LC-PUFA. The human diet generally contains insufficient amounts of these essential FA due largely to the low consumption of seafood. This issue provides opportunities to enrich...
We chat about sleep aids, Man Of The Year Kim K, what charities are for, guided audio cook-along content, she puts ice in her cereal, and we talk about cereal a lot, she keeps backup chili down in the basement, she used to drink milk-beer as a child, ordering pistachio milk in ...
William Castelli, the former long-time director of the Framingham Study, "Heart Disease Risk, Cholesterol & Lipids: What Do We Really Know in 2011?" Click here. Think about getting your triglycerides way down--under 80--or 60 is even better! My Favorite NYT article of the week: Estrogen...
NYT 10/24/11 "Mammogram's Role as Savior is Tested." ***Honestly, I didn't plan on writing about breast cancer prevention today. No way. I was all set to summarize the BBC's fascinating documentary, "Eat, Fast, and Live Longer" I watched it on Saturday & loved it! So, I'm ab...
I've provided a "mash-up" of my favorites. Some from NYT's readers and some from Michael's book. Sleep Tips: How to Sleep Better, Lose Weight, and Live Longer, by Mark Hyman, MD, practicing physician and pioneer in functional medicine. Huffington Post, Jan. 9, 2010. Click here for...
Jane Brody, the long-time New York Times health writer, published a much-needed piece about spinal (aka vertebral) fractures yesterday. This is a subject that's close to my heart--both my mother & aunt experienced them--setting them off on that slow downward disability spiral. Unfortunately...
Whole Foods 365 Brand & Eden Foods make no-salt beans. Eden Foods packages them in no-BPA cans, & now 365 Brand packages their beans in tetra-boxes. 5. Eat Whole Grains Read all bread, tortilla, pasta & cereal labels CAREFULLY. The first ingredient should include the word WHOLE, as ...
For starters, it's not really a cereal grain, but a seed, related to rhubarb & sorrel. It's rich in flavanoids, like the antioxidant, rutin, loads of B Vitamins, sky-high in magnesium, potassium, & phosphorus, & it helps to lower glucose levels. Read everything you'd ever want to...