In my life, as in the lives of others, there have been those fearful, even existential moments. Heading into surgery. Rushing my sons to the ER (on more occasions than I care to count). When my parents were ill and ailing. These are the moments when nothing else in the world matters, except love and […]
Building a great body is straightforward: You need to lose fat and you need to build muscle. Body recomposition refers to accomplishing both of these goals simultaneously, and it’s a controversial concept. Some people say that you can’t lose fat and gain muscle at the same time under any circumstances. Others claim that while body […]
Summary: When asked to a senior obstetrician and gynecologist of Odisha, “What would you choose in between Yoga and gym workout,” he chose yoga and said, “Gym workout mostly focuses on muscle building, which leads to hypertrophy (increase in muscle mass). But yoga benefits my inner body organs.” Yoga is an ancient art, believed to […]
I found out about an interesting study on sports nutritionist Jeff Rothschild’s blog. There is a lot of advice out there about training and breakfast, often contradictory. My take was that it was fine to do a long low intensity session before breakfast (also known as “train fasted”). But I thought it was a good […]
1. You have a FODMAP intolerance FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols, which are a group of fermentable sugars found in foods like onions, cabbage, beans, apples, and rye. Unfortunately, these sugars are not digested. These short-chain sugars are contained in many different foods and are not fully broken down by our […]
If you’ve been slacking on fitness or getting outdoors due to the pandemic, good on you! You probably helped save someone’s life — including your own. But now that we’re approaching more vaccinated people and it’s slightly safer to get outdoors, now is the time to get some fresh air and walk around for a […]
At a time when 35 percent of eligible adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and the U.S. government is offering free Uber and Lyft rides to vaccination sites, there are researchers who are focused on what comes next. A new vaccine developed by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute could help fight COVID-19 and its […]
That is likely to be welcome news for pediatricians and immunization advocates because routine immunizations have fallen sharply during the pandemic, a decline of nearly 12 million doses as of May 2, compared with 2019, according to the presentation. The gap is largest in vaccines primarily given to adolescents, including HPV, and the vaccine to […]
As weather warms and the melt begins, it’s time to start getting oriented back outdoors—or at least to find new ways of creating outdoor space beyond the worn winter boundaries of your pandemic bubble. When rounding out your spring camping kit, advances in materials and design are only yielding lighter, higher-performing equipment when ounces count […]
This article is part of our new series on the Future of Health Care, which examines changes in the medical field. As climate change moves from a model of the future to the reality of the present, health care systems across the country are facing a difficult set of questions. What are doctors supposed to […]