Hi folks, welcome! Noticing a bright and detailed image of the outside world through a small window in a dark room, I was struck by the imperfect or incomplete picture of the world it provided. Knowing the forest outside this house quite well, I could fill in the surrounding details for quite some distance, but what if I was not privy to this information? That little window view would be the world to me. This ... Read more
A Must Read Article On Nutrition For Athletes And Safe Exercise For Better Health
Hi folks, Nutrition is a key aspect of any exercise plan, so I was intrigued when the following article was drawn to my attention on Twitter by my friend and Bike Guy, Victor. This article by Adrian Hodgson demystifies the issue of incorporation of protein supplementation into the design of power drinks and bars used for intense and/or endurance training or racing. Take a look for yourself, but ... Read more
The Mesothelium Like Almost Everything Else In Your Life Is Generally Taken For Granted Unless Something Goes Wrong
Hi folks, welcome! I was fortunate to have a guest post by David Haas concerning the benefits of exercise for cancer patients. This post was motivated by David's work with the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Blog. And this falls right into the FitOldDog baileywick, encouragement of people who wish to undertake safe exercise for better health to start with a study of body awareness. I would bet some money on the ... Read more
Nutrition Is Simply Complicated
Hi folks, welcome! The bottom line with nutrition is that you have to find out what works for you. Like climate versus weather, nutrition and food are not the same thing. The climate of a region will determine the general trends of the weather each day, but the weather on a particular day is not necessarily indicative of the general state of the weather for a given climate - it can rain in the desert, and ... Read more
Bioenergetics And Healthy Nutrition: You Make Fat From Sugar But Not Sugar From Fat
Healthy nutrition is one key to a long happy life, and don't think that it's fat that makes you fat; low fat foolishness made America fat. For many years I have been interested in Biochemistry, and my triathlon training heightened this interest. As you exercise you burn fuel to generate energy to do work (moving, thinking, making cells, excreting wastes). In fact, you burn these fuels all the time, but more as you ... Read more
There Is More To Your Ears Than Meets The Eye
Hi folks, welcome! I had never heard of the Epley maneuver until my partner, Deb, fell off of her bike about a year ago. She sure slammed her head on the ground, and after being checked out at the emergency room and given the all clear, she seemed fine for a few days. Then the dizziness and vertigo began. This was no ordinary vertigo. She said the room jumped around, making it impossible for her to stand. Then ... Read more
Using Information Technology To Look After Yourself Properly
Hi folks, welcome! I am going to tell you about some software that I like, but I was not asked to do this by anyone, including the vendor. If this were an advertisement I would say so in order to follow the rules of ethical blogging. Just thought I would say that up front, as being up front is important to me. If you have a health challenge it is critical that you gain as much understanding of your issues as ... Read more
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