Category: Fitness & Training

While this probably fall under the “already-heavily-dissected-by-the-blogosphere” category, it’s worth revisiting in light of my prior post. At the November 2009 Annual Meeting of theRead More

In a study published this month in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers have once again demonstrated a potential link to soda consumption and pancreaticRead More

The NYT published the article “Slimmer Doesn’t Always Mean Fitter” last week which brings up the very important topic of weight loss and endurance training.Read More

I’ve been following Mark Sisson’s blog, Mark’s Daily Apple, for quite some time. I first heard about it a few years ago, and I wasRead More

There’s an interesting new announcement coming out of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Neuroscience. Researchers have discovered that using chemicals to inhibit theRead More

Here’s yet another study demonstrating the benefits of taking a fish oil supplement: Fish oil pills may be able to spare some young people withRead More

This one was a “gimme.” The health and fitness blogger at the Chicago Tribune recently featured a piece called “How to make smarter cereal purchases.”Read More

A great deal of contemporary neuroscience research focuses on identifying and developing “neuroprotectant” compounds that help insulate the human brain from the deleterious effects ofRead More

Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a Harvard professor of evolutionary biology and an avid runner, recently published a study that concluded that running barefoot is more healthyRead More

Be sure to check out the piece The Scales Can Lie: Hidden Fat in today’s Wall Street Journal. It discusses a recent Mayo Clinic studyRead More