"Since we made 'cut down on fat' our favorite food craze roughly 30 years ago, the U.S. obesity rate has doubled. Among children, it has tripled. That’s a failed food policy if ever there was one."
"Betsey Goering had fallen into a common routine: Order dinner in and watch TV all night with her husband. But when she found herself reaching for a new pant size ('All of a sudden I was a size 12'), she ditched the takeout menus for a new body – and a new passion."
"The study subjects who practiced martial arts had 12% less body fat, were able to do twice as many sit-ups, had enhanced flexibility and leg strength, demonstrated a stronger immune system and showed greatly improved balance."
"'I can't impress enough how much risk reduction can occur by taking control of your life,' says Ray DuBois Jr., M.D., Ph.D., a professor of cancer biology and cancer medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. And it’s really not that difficult. Here are three simple ways to reduce your risk of colon cancer every day."
"Every culture has its own secrets to better health and longer life. These traditional remedies and practices might seem inconsequential, but researchers are discovering that these little things can make a world of difference."
"A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health followed more than 120,000 people over the course of as many as 20 years, to see what they ate and how it affected their weight. Some of the findings are surprising, including these: Nuts and yogurt were most closely correlated with weight loss. And potatoes of any kind caused the most weight gain."
"I ran or exercised for at least half an hour every day (except two) last month. Karel complimented me on my rapidly improving physique, and I discovered that my newfound core strength paid off in other (ahem) areas of our life. But the biggest impact was on me alone: I felt healthier, stronger, more alert, and just generally better. Even if Karel hadn't noticed, I'd try to stick with this one for me… and the better sex."
"But to tell whether your body can power you through a busy workday, a Spinning class and a night out dancing—not to mention a long, healthy life—you need to know your fitness level."
"Thankfully, most EAFUS ingredients are benign, but a few of them do have potentially harmful effects."
"Results showed that heavy media multitaskers are more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli and from irrelevant representations in memory."
"As technology allows people to do more tasks at the same time, the myth that we can multitask has never been stronger. But researchers say it's still a myth — and they have the data to prove it."
"We have not yet found something that [multitaskers] are definitely better at than people who don't multitask.”
"The real reason we seem to be eating more (calories) is we're eating often... The frequency of eating is probably, for the average overweight adult, becoming a huge issue."
"Within ONE WEEK of Scarlet eating 100% grain, legume, and dairy free the difference in this child was nothing short of amazing. Before paleo, Scarlet said about 5 words. One week after paleo, she is using more than 20 words. It has now been two weeks on paleo and we cannot keep up with the word explosion!"
