The Health Weblog
And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.
“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!
And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…
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Find Out How You Stack Up:
Back in his awesome List-Show video for Mental Floss, John Green knocked out 25 facts on fitness.
Well one of the points he forgot to talk about was BMI.
He also missed out on body-fat & lean mass composition.
But he Did bring up another measure that is very helpful.
And it’s one that’s even better than BMI…
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Pump-Up Your Chances Of Success With Fitness Knowledge!:
Prepping-up to get back in-shape after some yearly-reflection? Well you’re in luck.
Earlier, John Green put out a video on the why of High US Healthcare-Costs that is absolutely Must-See.
Now he’s back over at Mental Floss with another great list-show.
And checking out this list of facts about exercise just might give you that extra information-push to better reach your goals…
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Why, Gods Of Biochemistry, Why?!!!:
Aging introduces what seem to be a whole host of unfair changes at just about every level of biology.
And depending on your genes & environment, these changes can start becoming noticeable as early as the age of 30.
Unless you’re Elizabeth Bathory, or HealthTrekker’s favorite immortal, Yazemeenah Rossi, these changes can add up fast.
So what do you do if you feel young & you want your body to keep up with your spirit?…
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Oh God, This Sounds Like An Infomercial.:
We’ve told you before that Nutrition is king for losing fat or weight.
We’ve also told you that the slow-carb diets are the ones that pay the greatest returns over time, too.
And we’ve also recruited cast-iron triathletes and anorexic movie-stars to help convince you that you cannot out-exercise bad nutrition.
Well, the Danes came up with a neat footer to the one that says you can exercise too much,
And somehow, it says you may need less exercise than you ever thought…
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.
But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,
-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?
Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…
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An Interesting Measurement -Of The Wrong Thing:
For quite awhile, BMI has been used as an indicator of obesity.
And for most of that time it’s been considered as good as any measure out there.
But a recent study by 2 universities in Canada is trying to put the final punctuation-mark on many people’s recent critiques of its shortcomings.
And they just might have succeeded…
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Pervasive Computing For The 10%. -Bodyfat, That-Is:
When you’re trying to lose both weight and fat, a few of the things you can do to help are to weigh & measure first thing in the morning after you’ve cleaned up, but before you eat, drink; or even get dressed.
Over time you’ll be able to tell exactly where you’re leaning-out & how much.
Tip from the pro-players: Your Abs are always last to lose it. Your upper back, forearms and calves will look absolutely heroic before you lose anything perceptible on your middle.
And now a company appropriately-called Naked is out to take your personal scrutiny to the next level…
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Are your cheeks & jowls starting to sag? Smile lines starting to show?
Well look no further for your solution!
Because in an awesome throwback from at least the 80’s, we learn at some near Kristen-Wiig-ian-scale silliness…
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And now, another installment in our gym-tirade comes in the form of an insider-perspective.
From all the crazy people you might see in The Buff Dudes’ “Gym Wildlife” video, to some of the membership chicanery in Cracked’s sadly-accurate ad, and on to other topics like:
1) The sheer amount of dirt, germs & athlete’s-foot present; whether your gym cleans the equipment; or not….
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