In my ideal world, daylight saving time would be standard year round. Unfortunately that is not the world that we live in, so I do have to deal with the time change each spring and fall. I’m curious as to why the daylight saving time change occurs on Sunday mornings Read more…
Here are some of the resources I used near the beginning of the pandemic to track case numbers. Dashboard displaying Johns Hopkins CSSE Data United States specific tracking by county United States and Canada tracking with data sources cited
Most types of cardiovascular exercise, with the exception of basketball, are difficult for me to get motivated for. That’s why from time to time I try to remind myself about the importance of cardio for long term health. Aiming for 30 minutes of heart rate elevating activity at least 4 Read more…
I’m a religious coffee drinker, so I am always on the lookout for new information that reinforces my belief that coffee is good for you. Here is a new study from Annals of Internal Medicine showing a statistically significant correlation between drinking coffee and lower all-cause mortality: http://annals.org/aim/article/2643435/coffee-drinking-mortality-10-european-countries-multinational-cohort-study. The relationship did Read more…
Changing meal times for shift work and to counter jet lag may be somewhat effective. The following article from Quartz breaks down some recent research on the subject: https://qz.com/1006048/waking-up-early-for-work-could-quite-literally-be-killing-you/.
The ISSN, the International Society of Sports Nutrition recently released three positions stands this month, June 2017. The positions relate to protein and exercise, diet and body composition, and the safety and efficacy of creatine supplementation. More about the positions can be read in the following articles released by the Read more…