Outsmarting Yourself

I often live with this idea that I need to do everything perfectly. It’s not enough simply to just do it, it must be done well. And that doesn’t apply only to days when I’m feeling good, but it also applies to every day when I’m not feeling great. Over the years, I’ve learned how […]

Over the years I’ve gotten pretty good at listening to my body, of translating various signs and symptoms into actionable cause-and-effect chains (or at least as close to them as possible; it gets pretty tricky sometimes). The hardest part is that my guts do not speak English or even Korean or Braille or any other language […]

I’m starting over. This time, I’m armed with some new ammo: » Eat lots of fat. » Build a broth-y stew to fight sugar cravings. » Fat. » Have a food plan. » Always have snack foods around. » Fat. This way, I’m sure to have a fighting chance. I stocked up on some tiny […]

I’ve been reading over at Mark’s Daily Apple on and off for the past couple months, mostly for the success stories, but his recent discussion on the correlation of height and health caught my eye. Another source found that Paleolithic humans living between 30,000 and 9,000 BC ran almost 5’10″, which is close to the […]