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Fixing Health Care

By on September 10, 2009 in Food, Health

Michael Pollan has an interesting article on US health care in the NY Times. I recently read his “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto and blogged about it. Basically he is saying we are wasting billions of dollars on treating overeating related diseases need to eat better and not get so fat. In fact [...]

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Bug Juice is Bad for You

By on August 8, 2009 in Health

So the DEET that is in insect repellent is being even more proven to be very bad for your health. That’s good summer news. See full details here.

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In Defense of Food

By on August 2, 2009 in Food, Health

Updated with the video above from Michael Ruhlman Notes from the Food World blog. Link via kottke.org. I’ve written also about overeating recently. And many other posts on food. I just finished In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. It is a bestseller and very interesting. For so many years I was interested in eating [...]

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Food Allergies

By on August 1, 2009 in Food, Health

The latest on Food Allergies at the NewScientist. What you are allergic to depends on where you live. Via kottke.org

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Improve Your Balance and Help Heal Sprained Ankles

By on July 10, 2009 in Health

I think it is good for strengthing as well. More on How to Fix Bad Ankles [The Times Well Blog] From Lifehacker

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Swine Flu Check

By on July 5, 2009 in Health, Kuwait

Note the nice brown sky. It is dusty here now. On arrival in Kuwait you are given a card on the plane that you must take to a clinic within 72 hours to get checked if you have any symptoms. I went there with our Mandoup and they asked if I feel anything and I [...]

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We are eating too much salt

By on June 20, 2009 in Food, Health

Check here and try out the salt-o-meter on the Globe and Mail. Watch out for the french fries!

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Overeating is about fat, sugar and salt

By on June 6, 2009 in Food, Health, psychology

Overeating, It’s not about willpower, it’s about our conditioned behavior. Which is played with by the food industry, fat, sugar and salt. We need to cool down the stimulus. So says David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration Listen to this CBC podcast on The Current for May 26 where I [...]

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Minor Injury

By on May 23, 2009 in Health, Kuwait

She went first to the International Clinic which we are familiar with but they don’t do stitches. Then she went home. The next choice was to go to Ahmadi Hospital as it is covered and there is no up front payment to get reimbursed by insurance. But we figured enough time had gone by so [...]

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Say Nite-Nite to Colds

By on May 5, 2009 in Health

In a 2-week study, getting a little less sleep — under 7 hours instead of 8 or more — made people three times more likely to get sick after exposure to a cold virus. Now that's something to sleep on. Via Say Nite-Nite to Colds – RealAge Tip of the Day. from Here There and [...]

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