Filed under: 07-Health
Lately I’ve been taking one baby aspirin per day for health reasons. Dr. Oz says take two. Here’s his reasoning.
Dr. Mehmet Oz: Aspirin absolutely benefits the heart and prevents clots from suddenly closing off an artery. Most men and women over the age of 50 should take 2 baby aspirin a day. The reason we give 2 rather than one is that many Americans are resistant to aspirin. And because the side effects are so minor, it makes sense to give double the dose.
Filed under: 07-Health
I’m rarely impressed by most “health” type websites. Most seem to be pushing one philosophy or product with little if any scientific evidence to backup their claims. “Blue Zones” is an exception and thanks to Dr. Oz. I found the book which started the program and a great website for all sorts of great information and videos. www.bluezones.com
Here’s also a nice introductory video.
Filed under: 10-Misc
I was watching a recent Hubble telescope show on TV and some of the statements by scientists were quite startling.
There is five times more Dark Matter [DM] (we don’t know what this is) then there is Physical Matter[PM].(atoms, chemicals etc.)
Otherwise galaxies would fly apart – something is holding them together – Dark Matter.
Even if you add the Dark Matter and the Physical Matter, the universe is still missing 2/3 of the matter.
Let’s say that we have knowledge of 1/1000 of the physical world.( I’m being generous, but we have to start somewhere.)
If PW = X
What we know = 1/1000X
DM = 5X
X + 5 X = 1/3 Total (T)
6X = 1/3 T
18X = T
What we know of everything = 1/18000 = .0000555
Filed under: 07-Health
An article from the April 2009 Consumer Reports on Health showed how easy it is to build your strength with minimal training. Instead of the two to three sets of ten of each exercise, they said that one set of strength type exercises builds about 66% as much strength as two sets. (They didn’t mention what percentage that is of three sets.) They also recommended that you lift slowly (two seconds) and then lower even more slowly (4 seconds).
While I’ve found is that I can get stronger by lifting weights just twice a week, I’m going to give the one set method a try and see how it works.
For people over 60 they also recommended lifting just twice a week to let muscles recover.
Filed under: 10-Misc
As I’m helping a friend with a budgeting program for kids, I thought I might post the one-page budget I’ve used ever since college. You can find it at (click here) If you have group which would like a presentation on this subject let me know.
Filed under: 07-Health
Here’s more evidence from the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease to show that coffee might help in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. “Mice with a rodent equivalent of the disease showed a 50 per cent reduction in levels of amyloid protein in their brains after scientists spiked their drinking water with caffeine. The change was reflected in their behavior as the mice developed better memories and quicker thinking.” (link)
It’s always amazing how simple it is at times – Use It or Lose It.
It can be physical strength and stamina or confidence and self-esteem.
You’re either getting stronger or weaker – the choice is up to you.
Note how crowded this gym is – and it’s free!
The red arrow points to my favorite equipment for strengthening my back.
It seems to work!
Filed under: 04-Action-Attraction
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought anybody could do it and Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, when actually Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Filed under: Uncategorized
On a recent TV show, they mentioned that there really wasn’t much difference between turkey bacon and regular bacon. I decided to do a little research and here’s what I found.
They both have 2 grams of protein, 35 calories, 1 gram of Saturated Fat and 3 grams of total fat.
The turkey bacon has 15 mg of cholesterol while the regular bacon on 7.5 mg.
The turkey bacon has 180 mg of sodium, while the regular bacon has 145 mg.
It looks like regular bacon wins out in every category!
I’m wondering why turkey bacon can make the 50% less fat claim?
I notice that it does say when using USDA data – I wonder if that is old data for fatter pigs?
I recently visited a St. Louis organization whose sole purpose is to help people who are out of work. It’s called Businesspersons Between Jobs. www.bbj.org. I went there to to let them know about Toastmasters and how it might help people with their jobs interviews. I passed out a flier about our clubs upcoming Open House and briefly told them of the benefits of Toastmasters. I handed out 35 fliers. I also sent the same information to two people I know who are out of work.
Of the 37 people who knew about the meeting, only one showed up.
Guy Kawasaki talks about the need to go from Evolutionary to Revolutionary.
Unforunately, there’s a category before Evolutionary. I call it Rutionary.
These are people in a rut and either too lazy or too scared to get out of their rut.
That probably describes 90% of the population and in this case 36 out of 37 people.
