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Not Born With the “It” Factor….Here’s How you Can Get “It”
Remember a few years back when Charlie Sheen totally went off the rocker, drinking tiger blood and self claiming that he was “winning” in all things. Who could forget right? We all watched and eventually just filed it away in the category of celebrities who went crazy. At the time, not many people would actually […]
The Art of “Switching It Up” and “Seeing Some Shit”
Nothing like sitting back between sets, a deep breath, a quick scan of the room and taking it all in. Your in the middle of it, at the watering hole with all of the other animals getting your daily fix. In your peripherals, some dude decked out in spandex is grunting each hip thruster along, […]
Corporate Wellness – Nothing But A House of Cards
Just a few months ago I received an email regarding an exciting new wellness initiative coming Jan 1, 2018. My company is on the preventative health bandwagon and charging full speed ahead. Hey, I’m always down for a little health in the workplace so I was pleasantly interested in what this program was all about. And […]
Everyone at the Gym IS Looking at You…..
Growing up on Long Island I naturally had a few traits hard-coded into my DNA, one of the the most prevalent : Bagels rule the Morning! It’s rare that you travel more then a mile of local streets (yes, even across the Suffolk farm land) without seeing a sign shouting that bagels were baked for […]
Pain Meds Make You Care Less?
SD – Over-the-counter pain medicine such as Ibuprofen and acetaminophen may influence how people process information, experience hurt feelings, and react to emotionally evocative images, according to recent studies. Hold the Phone! Let me make sure I’m processing this information correctly, I just gotta remember if I took any Ibuprofen this morning….. Nope, I’m good. […]
Kids Acting Up? – Blame the Air
PS -“It’s very well known that air pollution can affect respiratory function or health. But it’s not as well known that it can also affect the brain,” says Younan. Over the past decade, scientists started to note mounting evidence that suggests inhaling polluted air is toxic to the brain. That is slowly being linked to […]
Chile is Redefining the Food Advertising Game
NYT – The Chilean government, facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling rules aimed at transforming the eating habits of 18 million people. Nutrition experts say the measures are the world’s most ambitious attempt to remake a country’s food culture, […]
Is “The Neighborhood” Making you Fat?
NW– The theory that weight problems could be spread via social networks isn’t new. In 2007, researchers found that people were up to 57 percent more likely to become obese if a friend or family member did the same during a certain period of time. For this study, the team wanted to answer whether living in […]
Are you a Weekend Warrior???
I think its fair to say that the majority of young-working Americans fall into the “Weekend Warrior” category. Typically in Bed at 10:30pm Monday through Thursday and then Friday 4pm hits… All routine, structure and daily habits are put on pause and random acts of weekend vibes ensue. Not a bad thing at all. Well, […]
It’s Just Five Pounds…Huh
NYT – An ambitious new study published this month in Cell Systems, however, promises to shed some new light, enumerating for the first time the thousands of changes in genes and various biological systems that may occur after even a small amount of weight gain, and which may — or may not — be reversed […]
It’s Hard Work – To Work Hard
Its Hard Work to Work Hard Thinks about this statement for a little, let it light up your brain as you try to decipher the code, its inner meaning. To me this sentence can also be presented the following way : “Working Hard is Hard Work”. Working hard has always been an outspoken pillar to […]
Would you be Friends with your Identical Clone?
NYT – Researchers in China reported on Wednesday that they have created two cloned monkeys, the first time that primates have been cloned with the technique that produced Dolly the sheep more than 20 years ago. The long-tailed macaques, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, were made from fetal cells grown in a petri dish. […]