Part of life’s puzzle is staying fit.  It used to be almost impossible not to be fit.  All the activities of daily living required physical work. No longer.

Today, most of us don’t expend physical labor to survive.  Even manual jobs, thankfully, are much less physically demanding.  However, our health still requires physical activity, so today we need to plan for it.  I look for things that are effective, readily doable and, ideally, fun.  Recently, I’m taking a second look at an old time activity I hadn’t considered since I was a kid - jumping rope. 

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A Childhood Exercise for Grownups

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You hear a lot more in the press these days about “super bugs” –the name they give to anti-biotic resistant bacteria.  As usual, the popular media tell horrifying tales of the danger of these bacteria.  Do we need to be afraid?

Short answer: no.  Aware and respectful maybe, but not panicked.

There’s a lot to be said, but let’s begin with the fact that your immune system is much more important than any antibiotic in determining whether or not you recover from an infection.  For that matter, with a healthy immune system and defenses, you never get sick in the first place.

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Do We Need to Fear the Super Bugs?

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If you’re looking for a simple strategy to reduce your risk of coming down with a cold, I have a suggestion.  It’s simple, safe, cheap, and easy.  As a bonus, it probably also reduces your risk of breast, colon or prostate cancer.  Interested?

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Stay Healthy This Winter

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Living a vital life really isn’t all that complicated.  It’s natural for our bodies to be healthy and heal quickly when things go awry.  Eat well. Move. Manage stress.  Avoid poisons.

Virtually all disease results from lifestyle choices.  Even a genetic predisposition to a disease doesn’t mean you’re doomed to experience the disease – environment plays a major role in whether or not a gene is expressed (you can read more about this in The Biology of Belief).

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The Key to Vital Living

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