What You Need to Know About Coronavirus
Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Unless you have been living on another planet these past few weeks, you have been deluged with daily updates about the new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans. The...
Your Health Checkup: Is the Keto Diet Right for You?
Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post In my last column I wrote about the benefits of intermittent fasting that shifted the body’s metabolism to burn ketones instead of glucose. Repeated fasting resulted — in addition to weight loss — in lasting adaptive...
Your Health Checkup: Fasting for Better Health
Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post I usually have a banana or yogurt and coffee for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and eat dinner around 7 p.m., so the longest I go in between eating is six or eight hours. Many religions, including Buddhism,...
Your Health Checkup: Do You Have the 5 Factors of a Healthy Sleep Pattern?
Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Getting a proper amount of sleep is important for maintaining good health. I sometimes have trouble sleeping, probably from that second glass of red wine at dinner and coffee afterwards. I usually fall asleep rapidly and...
Your Health Checkup: Air Pollution — Your Zip Code Can Affect Your Health
Originally posted on The Saturday Evening Post Six months of the year I live in a small town called Carmel, just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, and spend the other six months in another small community called Bonita Springs, 25 miles north of Naples, Florida. Being...
