Good news: the upward blips I talked about in the last post have become fewer and farther between, and I’m getting clear on what might cause my weight loss to stall. In 21 days I’ve let go of 14 pounds. Now I feel like I’m on a sliding board rather than in a game of… Read More »
Over a Wall
Six days into my weight loss journey, I’d lost 8 pounds. Very gratifying! And then…I plateaued for four days. As far as I knew, I was following the nutritional instructions to the letter. Why the sudden halt in progress? After a bit of reflection, I realized that my diet was probably not the reason for… Read More »
I’m on a Journey…
…a weight-loss journey. After my knee surgery last July, I wasn’t able to continue my walking regimen for more months than anticipated. And in the family I come from, if you don’t exercise you gain weight. So I found myself this spring with 15 extra pounds and a body mass index (BMI) of 25.5, just… Read More »
Maybe it really is the Jewish penicillin…
Drs. Abraham Ohry and Jenni Tsafrir of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine believe chicken soup meets World Health Organization criteria for classification as an “essential drug” based on 2,000 years of “evidence-based” results. Chicken soup may never undergo a randomized clinical trial, they argue, not only because it would be too difficult for… Read More »
Every Day is D-Day
No, we’re not talking about a World War II European invasion. We’re talking about vitamin D, a critical but still underappreciated factor in achieving good health. According to a recent article in the New York Times, as recently as 2008 half of all adults and children may have had less than optimum vitamin D levels… Read More »