Two Things That Get on My Nerves, Part II

Confusing Correlation and Causation Recently, a paper was published that examined the association between sleep duration and the risk of de...

Two Things that Get on My Nerves, Part I

The "Thrifty Gene" Hypothesis The thrifty gene hypothesis is the darling of many obesity researchers. It was proposed in 1962 by ...

The Seat of Power

Have you ever wondered why the buttocks is one of the most attractive parts of the body on both sexes? I've heard it said that a man wit...

Real Food VIII: Ghee

All this talk about butter is making me hungry. Richard mentioned in the comments that he bought some ghee recently and has been enjoying ...

More Fat-Soluble Vitamin Musing

If vitamin A, D and K2 deficiency are important contributors to the characteristic pattern of chronic disease in modern societies (the '...

Meditation

Meditation is the single most effective tool I've ever found for cultivating calmness, positivity and self-acceptance. It's an ancie...

The Dhamma Brothers

I saw a movie a few nights ago called 'The Dhamma Brothers'. It's about a meditation program at Donaldson correctional facility...