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From An Outside Eye: The Suffering of Plague, and the Plague of Suffering
Here's a lesson on suffering from the OnSugar blog An Outside Eye.
In my last blog I went on and on about how, when I finally succumbed to the plague for the first time this season, I took pristine, unwavering, ferocious care of myself and immediately started to feel better.
But alas, that wasn't the end of the story.
Specificity in Training
Here's a strength training tip from the OnSugar blog Coach Lark Says.
Watching the Superbowl, I was struck by how big and strong and fast these guys are. It reminded me of the crucial importance of specificity in training.
You Are What You See
We are just beginning to understand how working on a computer all day long is detrimental to the body. From wrist pain to weight gain, staring at a screen all day long has been fingered as the culprit, and now it appears we can add eye problems to the list: nearsightedness is on the rise.
Nearsightedness, clinically referred to as myopia, means that objects in close range appear normal, but objects at a distance are blurry.
Is the Morning Banana Diet Bananas?
A Japanese weight loss plan known as The Morning Banana Diet (also known as the Asa Banana Diet — asa means morning in Japanese) has been around for a while, which means many people are finding success with it. Before discussing if it works, here are the guidelines for the diet:
- For breakfast, eat one banana, or a few.
- For lunch and dinner, eat what you want.
Tight Hamstrings Help You Run?
Flexibility, part of the trinity of fitness alongside endurance and strength, might be a bit overrated. It seems you're either born with the ability to touch your toes or you're not. There is some wiggle room to increase your flexibility, and many experts agree that daily stretching can lengthen tight muscles, but they also agree that you can be healthy and fit without being able to do the splits.
Body Knowledge: Cold Hands, Warm Core?
The cooler temps of late Autumn spark what we call in our house the thermostat wars. Although the preferred temps in my home seem to vary greatly by gender, there is no clear-cut answer which sex tolerates cold better. Studies have found that women have a higher core temperature than men, but colder hands.
Dealing With DOMS
Let me begin with a confession. While training for my recent triathlon, I skimped on my strength training, and that's an understatement. To jump back in the thick of it, I started working with my trainer Hannah at the Equinox Fitness around the corner from my office.
Multiple sclerosis
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Autoimmune Disease Proc...
- Symptoms
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Drug Treatment
- Other Treatments
- Treating the Complications...
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
- References
Chronic fatigue syndrome
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Prognosis
- Treatment
- Medications
- Resources
- References
- Four out of five people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are infected with an enterovirus -- one of the viruses that cause respiratory and gastrointestinal infections -- compared with only one out of five healthy people. The virus might be a trigger for CFS, although research has not yet confirmed a cause-and-effect relationship.
- According to new guidelines, symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of CFS include disabling fatigue that starts suddenly, lasts a long time, keeps coming back, and can't be explained by another condition. Other symptoms may include difficulty concentrating or sleeping, dizziness, headaches, muscle or joint pain, sore throat, and palpitations.
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