Zen and the art of financial advice
During my last year at Stanford in 1978, I remember taking a class: Sports and Society. Yeah, it was one of those “Mickey Mouse” classes. You remember those, right? I think every college had them and probably still does. When he had a particularly heavy class load, he would...
What is brown fat and why should you care?
Do you realize that we have different types of fat in our body and each one has different properties? White fat, which is what tends to stretch your pants to the limit and spills over your waist, stores energy. There is no surprise there. You also have some brown...
Top 10 benefits of living without TV
Do you think you cannot live without your electronic companion, the television? Do you think getting rid of television would leave your life empty and meaningless? On the contrary, living without television can be much calmer, more pleasant, healthier and happier. You can imagine…? 1. You miss all the...
Deadlift Specialization
Here’s a simple, yet brutally hard and effective workout used by veterans to build rock-solid muscles and work on their deadlift skills. This specialization program has put 20-30lbs of muscle on some people in just 6-8 weeks! That’s not exaggeration bs, it’s a fact. One of them was a...
Perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause: what are the symptoms?
Menopause is divided into 3 phases, each phase has an indeterminate duration in each woman. To add to the confusion, every woman will experience menopause differently. The 3 phases are perymenopause, menopause and postmenopause. Perimenopause begins years before your last period. Small changes can happen without you even realizing...
How many carbohydrates per day do you consume or eat with Medifast?
Before I did a lot of research on this diet, I didn’t know that it was actually designed to be low carb. It works much like the South Beach or Atkins diet by putting your body into ketosis and burning its own fat. But you don’t have to eat...
Pros and Cons of the Vampire Facelift
Did you see Kim Kardashian’s vampire facelift? He looked hideous and terrifying as she screamed in obvious discomfort. In the end, she indicated that it was all worth it. Would you go through something like this if you knew more about the procedure? Why do they call it a...
If you want to know how to lose weight in college, this is the quick and easy way to do it.
There are many students who want to learn how to lose weight in college, and there are many students who gain the most weight they have ever gained while in college. In fact, gaining a lot of weight is so commonplace in American colleges that there’s something called the...
Home Fitness Equipment and You
There are many good reasons why you should be concerned about your physical health and protect yourself from the growing number of heart-related diseases, diabetes, and obesity that threaten both men and women today. Home fitness equipment allows you to get in shape in the privacy and comfort of...
Mobility: Is moving affecting you?
Most people don’t think too much about personal mobility, they just get up and walk wherever they want! But for those who find it a problem to get around, what are the alternatives? We tend to think that mobility problems are only associated with the last years of life,...