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Contemporary Western postural yoga projects an authenticity and unbroken ancient heritage onto the yogic tradition, while mourning the commodification, secularization and denuding of that tradition by the West. Such lamentation belies the fact that modern postural yoga is a creature of fabrication and reinvention.
--Farah Godrej
Genetics Summit
Aug. 18th, 2017 10:43 amIt's a free, online, educational event about how to interpret and act on your own genotypes. There will be some fascinating lectures here, and some very basic ones. I definitely want to hear the one about ketogenic diet. You can sign up here.
EDIT: I did listen to one lecture per day, or at least part of each one. Genetics and Epigenetics since it became a thing have been an interest of mine. The programs were oriented at the general public, and I garnered no new information. I was hoping that it would go a little deeper and nerdier for me. Would be very useful for folks who are just getting introduced to the significance of modern science with regard to their genetic makeup and health. Lots of correlates. Very interesting.
The funny thing is that the clinicians all say the same thing, that your SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) for the most part won't do you harm if you keep your general level of physical health strong. There's a lot of redundancy build into human genetics and systems. If someone forgets to cross a T somewhere in your genetics, you'll probably be fine, long as you don't wear yourself to a frazzle, skip sleep, and consider trips to the refrigerator to be adequate exercise.
EDIT: I did listen to one lecture per day, or at least part of each one. Genetics and Epigenetics since it became a thing have been an interest of mine. The programs were oriented at the general public, and I garnered no new information. I was hoping that it would go a little deeper and nerdier for me. Would be very useful for folks who are just getting introduced to the significance of modern science with regard to their genetic makeup and health. Lots of correlates. Very interesting.
The funny thing is that the clinicians all say the same thing, that your SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) for the most part won't do you harm if you keep your general level of physical health strong. There's a lot of redundancy build into human genetics and systems. If someone forgets to cross a T somewhere in your genetics, you'll probably be fine, long as you don't wear yourself to a frazzle, skip sleep, and consider trips to the refrigerator to be adequate exercise.
The National Institutes of Health, 10 large drug companies and seven nonprofit organizations announced an unconventional partnership on Tuesday intended to speed up development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
During the course of a five-year, $230 million effort, the participants will share data in regular conference calls and meetings, working together to determine which findings are likely to lead to effective treatments. They will make their findings and data publicly available.
...What concerns me about this is the emphasis on drugs. There are better ways to adjust physiology than taking in foreign substances. And there are more useful things we could study. Like food, and exercise, and how to they affect our biochemical and electrical mileau. Sex, we should throw more money at studying sex and how it affects neurotransmitters. On the effects of chewing gum and on understanding the endocrinology of sexual preference. And on why our hearts slow down as we age, and a million other questions. I'm just curious: I really want to know the answers. I wish that the money spent on medical research was directed more by altruism and less by profit motive.
SOURCE
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/health/nih-joins-drug-makers-and-nonprofits-on-stubborn-diseases.html
During the course of a five-year, $230 million effort, the participants will share data in regular conference calls and meetings, working together to determine which findings are likely to lead to effective treatments. They will make their findings and data publicly available.
...What concerns me about this is the emphasis on drugs. There are better ways to adjust physiology than taking in foreign substances. And there are more useful things we could study. Like food, and exercise, and how to they affect our biochemical and electrical mileau. Sex, we should throw more money at studying sex and how it affects neurotransmitters. On the effects of chewing gum and on understanding the endocrinology of sexual preference. And on why our hearts slow down as we age, and a million other questions. I'm just curious: I really want to know the answers. I wish that the money spent on medical research was directed more by altruism and less by profit motive.
SOURCE
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/health/nih-joins-drug-makers-and-nonprofits-on-stubborn-diseases.html
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Walking better than Chemo for Cancer
Apr. 3rd, 2013 12:11 pmhttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/780807?src=wnl_edit_specol&uac=89474MT
Great to hear a conventional oncologist going over the recent research and saying that doctors should suggest walking instead of chemo for cancer patients. But guess what: it's more effective. So getcha some sneaks and get out there. And get a dog: it will MAKE you walk.
Great to hear a conventional oncologist going over the recent research and saying that doctors should suggest walking instead of chemo for cancer patients. But guess what: it's more effective. So getcha some sneaks and get out there. And get a dog: it will MAKE you walk.
This is some pretty wild new info. According to Mercola, cooling the palms of the hands may activate brown fat cells causing more fat to burn. Burn baby burn.
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/03/30/hand-cooling-device-for-effective-workout.aspx?e_cid=20120330_FNL_art_1
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/03/30/hand-cooling-device-for-effective-workout.aspx?e_cid=20120330_FNL_art_1
Obesity Trends per CDC
Feb. 6th, 2012 11:54 amhttp://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
You can check out the progress of America's increasing BMI by state, since 1985, on this govt page. The South leads the charge.
Colorado is the Rocky Mountain holdout but they are sliding too.
You can check out the progress of America's increasing BMI by state, since 1985, on this govt page. The South leads the charge.
Colorado is the Rocky Mountain holdout but they are sliding too.
Loss of Muscle with Age is not due to Age
Dec. 16th, 2011 01:50 pmIt's due to inactivity. Stay active as you age, and you can maintain your muscle mass. My mom is proof that you can kick ass in your 70's. She's STRONG. And strength, especially in the core, is what gives us good balance. Anyway, at this link is Mercola's take and videos of his mother's weight lifting routine.
QotD: Do Something
Dec. 13th, 2011 02:12 pmSomebody has to do something.
It's just incredibly pathetic
that it has to be us.
--Jerry Garcia
Walking is a man's best medicine
--Hippocrates
Both quotes swiped from this vid, entitled 23 and 1/2 hours. The author is a doctor who'd like to convince you that the best thing you can do for your health is limit your sitting and sleeping to 23.5 hours/day.
It's just incredibly pathetic
that it has to be us.
--Jerry Garcia
Walking is a man's best medicine
--Hippocrates
Both quotes swiped from this vid, entitled 23 and 1/2 hours. The author is a doctor who'd like to convince you that the best thing you can do for your health is limit your sitting and sleeping to 23.5 hours/day.
QotD: Armstrong on Pain
Oct. 10th, 2011 07:55 amPain is temporary.
It may last a minute, or an hour,
or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside
and something else will take its place.
If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
--Lance Armstrong
It may last a minute, or an hour,
or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside
and something else will take its place.
If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
--Lance Armstrong
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2011/05/13/getting-fit-doesnt-mean-killing-yourself.aspx
Useful article here. It describes how to differentiate between an easy, moderate, and hard workout, and gives ideas about how many times a week you should be doing each.
Useful article here. It describes how to differentiate between an easy, moderate, and hard workout, and gives ideas about how many times a week you should be doing each.
Ask your physician how to feel good, and he’ll look you squarely in the eye and say, ‘Eat right and exercise.’ Yet for every dollar spent in fitness centers, Americans spend nineteen dollars on cocaine.
The reason? Two seconds after you snort cocaine you feel like Superman. Two weeks of diet and exercise just makes you hungry and sore.
~ Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads
The reason? Two seconds after you snort cocaine you feel like Superman. Two weeks of diet and exercise just makes you hungry and sore.
~ Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads
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Sitting Could Be the Death of You
Aug. 12th, 2010 08:05 amResearchers at the Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, Louisiana analyzed 14 years of data ('93-'06) on 120,000 people, adjusted for smoking and obesity, and discovered that just plain old sitting is a major health risk. Six or more hours a day on the keester causes women to have a 37% higher risk of dying compared with women who sat 3 hours or less. The difference in death risk between 3 and 6 hours sitting among men was only 17%. ...people who sat a lot and did not exercise or stay active had an even higher mortality risk: 94% for women and 48% for men.
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