You Are What You Eat-Nutrition Basics
You’ve heard the phrase, “you are what you eat,” meaning that the quality of your food determines the quality of your health. But it’s also… Read More »You Are What You Eat-Nutrition Basics
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Ten Minutes to Learn Common Terms in Nutrition and Health
Glossary Of Terms Amino acids The chemical “building blocks” of proteins. There are 20 amino acids that make all proteins. Of these, 9 have to… Read More »Ten Minutes to Learn Common Terms in Nutrition and Health
Meet the Mapstons Part 1: Shift Work and Potential Consequences
Cory and Dona Mapston have been living on a shift work schedule for almost 3 decades. Cory is a sergeant in the San Diego Police Department and despite a rotating shift-work schedule, he has managed to optimize his schedule to stay healthy. Unfortunately, most people on a shift work schedule have not cracked this very complicated code of healthy living on an erratic schedule. We interviewed Cory and his wife Dona to discuss what they’ve learned over the past 28 years of living with shift-work.
Meet the Mapstons Part 2: Living with Shift-Work
Author: Emily Manoogian, PhD Cory Mapston is a Sergeant of San Diego Police Department and has been on a rotating shift work schedule for the… Read More »Meet the Mapstons Part 2: Living with Shift-Work
A Prized Life: A glimpse into the life of Nobel Laureate, Dr. Roger Guillemin
(LA JOLLA) – As part of our project to better understand healthy lifestyles in our society, we will be interviewing a wide variety of people that are living healthy lives. I am honored to have, as our first interviewee, Dr. Roger Guillemin, MD, Ph.D., a Nobel-laureate in endocrinology, artist, husband, father of six, grandfather, and still active 92 years old. In the interview, we talked about his life, his family, and his daily lifestyle (when, what, and how much he eats, sleeps, and moves). In order to understand his lifestyle, first, you’ll need to know more about his life….
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Writing Buddha’s Diet
Author: Dan Zigmond I never thought I would write a diet book. But I did. I thought some people might be interested to know why. I’m… Read More »Writing Buddha’s Diet