Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
Diminishing Returns are defined by Webster as “benefits that, beyond a certain point, fail to increase in proportion to extended efforts.” Diminishing returns, sometimes called the Law of Diminishing Returns, often refer to businesses. For example, as a company increases…
Default to No is the first step to quitting a habit or something that could become a habit. Just like my last post, Default to Yes, Default to No seems simple. Nancy Reagan proposed that when you’re approached with drugs,…
Eating red meat increases the risk of cancer and heart disease. But, not as much as you may have heard. And remember, everything has a risk. First, I want to talk briefly about the ethics of eating meat. We all…
Food Dyes are not as harmful as the foods they color. Forty ice cream companies have agreed to phase out the use of artificial food dyes over the next few years. They’ve stated that the dyes are safe, and they…
You need a kitchen scale, a digital one. Don’t spend a lot of money. This is a short post because all you need to know is that everyone needs a scale. There are two reasons I love my scale, three…
My new book is available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats. We all want to be healthy and live longer, and there is no shortage of theories on how to do it. In my book, I explain what science…
Big things make the most difference in your health and life. If you want to improve anything in your life, work on the big things first. The big things are often harder, so we usually put them off. Students will…
The Benefits of Flaxseed Oil are its effects on cholesterol. Flax has been cultivated for centuries for its strong fibers and its oil. I used the oil as a kid to work in my baseball glove. When it is consumed,…
The best oils are the ones that you make healthy meals with. If you keep up with the news, you’ve read about the debate about seed oils. Some people claim that seed oils are unhealthy, even poisons, because they may…
Drink Only Pasteurized Milk: A sentence I thought I would never need to write. One of the most important improvements in the health of Americans (and anyone else) is the pasteurization of milk. Before about 1900, milk was frequently contaminated…