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Keeping It Simple

I was putting Aurelia to bed the other night and quickly fell into our typical pattern. She told me to get in bed, read her a book, but only after I get under the covers. I began to read her…
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Ignoring the Naysayers to Preserve Your Health

Ignore the Naysayers

I recently had to write a doctor’s letter to my sister’s school to allow them to feed my nephew whole fat milk, instead of the sugar water formerly known as skim milk that the school (and the amazingly-terrible-at-nutritional-scratch-that-any-lifestyle-recommendation US government)…
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Exercise is Medicine Except when Prescribed by Medical Personnel – Don’t Just Check The Box

The Moving Through Cancer campaign, sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Cancer Society, recently published their exercise recommendations for individuals with cancer. The “Guide to Getting and Staying Active During Cancer Treatment” is their…
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Working with Your Hands to Sculpt Your Life

Sculpting our life

I spent some time plastering my bathroom redo this weekend. You have now heard from me at least 1,245 times about my love of Italy, stone walls and buildings, statues, and architecture, and how strongly I feel that beauty is…
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Turning Negatives into Life-Changers

Changes in Body Composition

The above graphic is from a patient of mine (there is no personal or identifiable info here, so don’t worry HIPPA). I met her after she was diagnosed with an early stage breast cancer. She underwent lumpectomy and removal of…
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No, Insurance Should Not Pay for “Exercise”

insurance should not pay for exercise

We live in a time of relativism. We like to use words without meaning, and tear away meaning from words that have it. Academia, the learned gods peering down from their ivory tower seem to be the largest paradoxical perpetrators,…
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The Architecture of Our Health – Building for Resilience and Permanence, Not Obsolescence

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There are many metaphors in life, but few catch the eye like beautiful architecture. Architecture provides us tactile and tangible lessons throughout history. Beautiful buildings created with a resiliency can literally withstand the test of time while keying us in…
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The Sustainable Diet Scam – Get Ready for the Bull Rush

sustainable diet scam

As my readers know, I am all about avoiding waste, helping the environment, and preserving the beauty that surrounds us. In our household, we avoid plastic, reuse metal and glass containers, try to walk instead of drive, and minimize consumerism….
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Poor evidence for the superiority of poorly defined plant-based diets over ketogenic diets in the treatment and prevention of cancer

You can add plant based diets to the new narrative of poorly defined diets back by little to no research, thanks to the new narrative. Recently, JAMA Oncology published an opinion piece that was labeled as a review article. It…
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Seeing Beauty Everywhere: Our Health May Require It

Part of the reason I love architecture and stonework so much is that both, oftentimes, display incredible talent of their creators, provide a historical timestamp of our technological abilities, and reveal exceptional beauty, yet is freely accessible to everyone. For…
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