One of the strangest things I have learnt revolves around our experience. Indulge me for a minute. Each millisecond, we experience life. Our experiences are shaped by circumstances and beliefs. But experience is shaped most by expectation. What do you expect to experience? How much does that shape what you
Let me make a bold statement. No one reading this article is free from some kind of pain. Physical pain of some kind. It could be a joint pain, a shoulder that does not rotate, a muscle in the thigh, or a back that hurts. It may be obvious or
Red light therapy is not a gimmick. It is real science. Your cells have mitochondria. Think of them as batteries. Red light penetrates the skin. It activates an enzyme in your body that helps your mitochondria make more ATP. ATP is the energy your cells need to function. More energy
Alcohol is a controversial subject. Should you be drinking or not? How much? How often? But even more controversial is the following question. Should you be drinking with children? At the risk of being crucified, let me wade into this topic. Allow me to start by saying that no amount
Sleep
For large parts of our social history we didn’t sleep in one long stretch. We slept in a manner called biphasic sleep. In fact, in the Viking era, biphasic sleep was the norm. People would go to bed after sunset, wake up after four hours, and spend an hour
If you’ve ever had unexplained stomach pain, throw up frequently or have indigestion, it might be more than stress or bad food. It could be H. pylori. Short for Helicobacter pylori, it’s bacteria that lives in your stomach lining. For many, it causes no symptoms. But for others,
I have always wondered how we will go to Mars. The planet, in this case, being a moniker for space travel. It takes about 30,000 years to get to the edge or our solar system, for example. Space is a very big place. Which brings me to necrosis. Necrosis,
Sleep
Imagine you are having dinner with close family. You are enjoying the company, food and conversation. You think nothing of the fact that all of you are sitting in one large room together. But now imagine if all of them said they were tired and wanted to sleep over. They
Your gluteus maximus is the engine of human movement. They are also the muscles you sit on every day. The largest muscle in the body, evolution, built it to extend the hip, propel you forward, and keep you upright. So how are your glutes doing? Big muscles burn more glucose
If you have ulcers, one of the most common beliefs is the link between spicy food and ulcers. Does spicy food cause ulcers? The link is seductive. Spicy food “burns” your tongue. So, it lends itself to logic to believe that spicy food could burn your intestines. Enough to give
Have you put something bitter into your mouth recently? Your face developed an awful visage as the taste hit your buds? But did you know that bitters are really good for you? When you swallow a bitter, saliva flows. Deep inside, the stomach begins to churn. So what are bitters?
Your genes have been the new oracle. It tells you what to eat. The report promises revealing secrets. Eat more kale, less rice. Take methylated folate. Avoid coffee after noon. What is nutrigenomics? The notion that your DNA can guide your nutrition. Let us use one example to illustrate this.