Posted on November 27, 2005 by etfwellness
How much more motivation does one need to maintain a healthy body weight? If you’re looking for another reason to lose those last 5 pounds, then Ohio State University may have a study performed just for you.
Get Rich (and Skinny) Quick.
According to the 15 year study, which measured net worth vs. BMI (body mass [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2005 by etfwellness
First things first – Happy Thanksgiving.
Second things second – one of my favorite nutrition myths seems to rear its head about this time every year:
“Everyone’s going to eat too much turkey at dinner tonight and get sleepy.”
The tryptophan in the turkey meat is usually blamed for the bout of sleepyness, as it causes a release [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2005 by etfwellness
I’ve been doing a lot of media trolling lately to find interesting, unique, and sometimes absurd articles on health and wellness lately. Of all the articles I’ve ever come across, this absolutely tops the cake, with regards to sheer absurdity.
Vibrating Machines Make a Comeback.
It’s alright, you’re allowed to do a double-take.
Yes, those are those silly [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2005 by etfwellness
Some of my clients have requested a shot of me in my costume from the Halloween party Sairalyn and I threw at our place.
I will now begrudgingly oblige them. Consider yourselves vindicated.
Above: Yes, that is our dog, Snowy, dressed up as a cow. And yes, I am supposed to be a bull.
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Posted on November 15, 2005 by etfwellness
Just a bit more random reporting:
Hunger Control Hormone Discovered.
Joining the dubious ranks of genes that maintain researchers’ fancies, obestatin seems to be the gene responsible for supression of appetite. Seems that there’s a gene for just about everything, isn’t there (I’m particularly upset over own my overactive myostatin genes)?
So I’m waiting for the inevitable [...]
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