Some Thoughts on Caloric Restriction and Healthy Lifespan
We have an epidemic of obesity; a recent article Life Extension Magazine stated that the obesity numbers in the US are drastically understated - it is worse than the government is telling us. We eat too much, we eat too often and we eat the wrong stuff. There are now...
Autism: Gut Flora, Immune Development, Brain development – All Tied Together
Mercola.com sent out a youtube video of a phone interview with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride (DrCM) on the topic of intestinal bacterial, fungal and viral population in our gut and the impact this population has on immune function and particularly on autism and related...
Risk involved with Atrial Fibrillation – or Afib as the commercials call it!
I'm one of those with bouts of irregular heart beats that fall in this category. Mine are typically a skipped beat follow by a chest-thumper of a beat, that happens every 4-11 beats or so. Fibrillation, to me, means a fluttering of the atrial chambers, wherein the...
One Step at a Time
Having had to battle my weight most of my life I know how hard it is not only to maintain but lose weight. I have done a great deal of research and investigating why some people can eat all they want and not gain a lb and others, like us, hardly eat, and carry extra...
How to make your world a better place and feel good via NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
Frank's Comment: This is a really good exposé of using imprecise language in self-talk and communication with others that leads to poor performance/results in practically every situation. I always liked playing with words and as long as I remember was good at science....
Neuro-Linguistic Programs – Joining together the body and mind
Neuro Linguistic Programming is usually a topic interesting to a lot of consumers as it particularly deals with the connection between person's behavior, emotions and how guy communicates and thinks. NLP doesn't help any individual or won't be able to improve a...
What I Do to Make Sure I Never Repeat My Quad-bypass
Atherosclerosis is basically an autoimmune disease, wherein the immune system is attempting to repair arterial damage. One of the most common causes is periodontal disease which chronically leaks bacteria into the vascular system, infecting the points of the system...
Some Recent Newsletter Items of Interest:
Dr David Williams' Alternatives Newsletter for April was a comprehensive essay on "The Dangers of Our Antibacterial Lifestyles", presenting the growing list of conditions related to disruption of our symbiotic relationship with this worlds bacteria, viruses and fungal...
The Mind, Metaphor and Health
This article explains why metaphor is a natural way to describe illness and health, the importance of recognising patients' and clients' metaphors, and how working within these metaphors can activate an individual's personal healing process. The use of metaphor and...
Got Guilt? How to Get Over It
Frank's Comment: Has useful examples of the impact of changing self-talk: how to be less critical of self and how that empowers us to perform better in most areas of life. Joan Borysenko, PhD Claritas Institute for Interspiritual Inquiry Quick: Think of three things...
At What Age Should We Start battling the Aging Process?
Well, I would call it the Age of Awareness - it's that first time we look in a mirror and realize things are a-changing for the worse. Usually it shows as a slow buildup of mid body fat for men - they haven't yet noticed loss of muscle, but it's happening. For the...
A Brief Wrap-up of 2011 for Senior Fitness
Here it is half-way through January, the decorations are back in storage, tax season is beginning, and it seems like the last thing I have time for is writing about health and aging well. But it has been a long time since I did a Frank's Column and the search engine...