On January 1st, 2024, Santa pondered his New Year’s resolution. He had made over 1700 resolutions since he served as a Christian bishop in the 4th century. Back then he became well known for his generosity, particularly for giving away his wealth to help the poor and secret gifts to children. He was so generous,…
Recent neuroscience research has revealed that dopamine isn’t primarily about reward – it’s about motivation and craving. A key experiment demonstrated this using two rats: one normal and one with depleted dopamine. Both rats could enjoy food and pleasures, but when effort was required (even just moving one rat-length to get food), only the rat…
Excuses are often the biggest reason for the size of your butt. I have heard them all, ranging from “I’d like to exercise, but I just don’t have the time” to, “I have tried it all, but nothing ever works.” There is always a “but” stuck in there somewhere when folks with big butts are…
Are your friends and loved ones sabotaging your fitness progress without even knowing it? They might be, and it’s not because they don’t care about you. It’s because they do care about you and they value the patterns they share with you. I have talked to many people who are very fired up about their…
Did you know that your brain burns 15-25% of your daily calories? Even though your brain makes up only about 3% of your weight, it accounts for a very big part of your metabolic rate! Most people think of muscles as their only calorie burner, and while they are the main engine for that, the huge amount…
I hate to say I told you so – especially about something like this – but in one of my posts last April (scroll down to see it – some browsers may put it on page 2) I stated that I believed the swine flu then wasn’t going to be a pandemic, but it might resurface as…
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