Year: 2018

When Cancer Fighting Foods Get Boring

I know this is going to sound boring, but there’s another way to look at it. The most potent cancer fighters are not the fancy berries from Java or Fiji or where ever. They’re the plain foods that are right in front of us, and always have been. Hiding...

Cancer Fighting Foods Week

Why are winter veggies are such good cancer fighters? Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, beet, carrot, collards. And some of the best are the orange foods: pumpkin, carrot, and winter squash. Maybe it’s nature’s way of protecting us when the fresh fruit and veg are in short supply. Thank you mamma nature....

Frigid Fitness Week and The Internal Combustion Engine

Many guys I know — and me as well — tend to “run hot”. I could have the door open to the arctic circle and be just fine. But, in the company of some others, have been instructed to set the thermostat temperature to Solar Flare just to stop...

Warm Up Frigid Fitness Week With A Slow Burn

Okay, I’m old. Jurassic. Just call me Jerry. Jerry Attric. In fact, I remember when computers were not a thing. Do that math. One of the outcomes of my advanced age is that exercise affects me differently now than it did when I was still all young and pretty....

Friendly Fire Today For Frigid Fitness Week

Unless you’re a Yeti or just really dedicated, Winter Walking can be tough to start, and harder to follow through on. One of the reasons for this is because A) it’s cold; B) muscles tighten up; C) it’s cold; D) the color palate of gray on gray just wears...

Frigid Fitness When The Weather Outside Is Frightful

Of course I say that you should tough it out, layer up, and get outside during the winter. But I don’t live in the tundra of the great white north, where the wind comes a-sweepin down the plains at minus 273 Kelvin. Under these conditions, even I’d have a...

Chocolate Week Makes Your Skin Younger

No, no, no, you don’t smear it on the outside — people do the strangest things sometimes — you eat it!! Research data show that consistent consumption of high cocoa chocolate protects your skin against UV damage from the sun. It’s like an internal SPF! Even better, the polyphenols...

Frigid Fitness Week. Think Different.

“Winter exercise” sounds awful. It’s just really bad branding because the first thing most people think about is how grindingly terrible it would be … especially compared to couch + fuzzy socks + comfy quilt + literally-anything-else-in-the-world. That’s why it’s bad branding, because the first thought it conjures is...

Resolution Week Reverse Psychology. Failing To Fail.

Every year we try to stick with our NY resolutions, and 80% of us fail by Valentines Day. This year we flip the script. Over the next week, I’ll give you the Top Ten Tips to totally mess up your diet. If 80% of us try to do this,...

Resolution Week Reverse Psychology.

Every year we try to stick with our NY resolutions, and 80% of us fail by Valentines Day. This year we flip the script. Over the next week, I’ll give you the Top Ten Tips to totally mess up your diet. If 80% of us try to do this,...