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The eye-popping truth about why we close our eyes when we sneeze
One whiff of budding flowers and the pressure in your chest starts to build. Your nose feels twitchy, your eyes snap shut and a-a-a-a-c-hooo -- a sneeze rockets out at 75 to 100 miles per hour.
We all know how a sneeze happens. What we don’t know is why our eyes automatica …
"Rescue" now on iTunes and Spotify.
When I rescued you, you rescued me. Studio-produced single now available. Originally written for an animal rescue group. Sheet music also available. Also available on Spotify, plus most streaming and mp3 stores in the world. Here is a video of the first performance, back at Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood.
The 2013 100 Miles of Nowhere: Plan Your Madness
I want to take a break today from talking about the cool swag you’re going to get by registering for the 100 Miles of Nowhere to actually talk about the 100 Miles of Nowhere itself. You know, a little bit about what the race is and who it benefits. And some examples of some of my favorite [...]
3 Types of Fear That May Be Keeping You from Getting Fit (and How to Overcome Them)
This is a guest post from Tracy Barksdale co-founder of True Nature Training and presenter at the inaugural PrimalCon Austin. We face fear daily. Maybe you’re afraid to ask your boss for that pay raise, or maybe you’re making a big life decision. But a not so obvious way fear may be creeping into your [...]
I'll Take Diversity, Alex
The other day we were watching Jeopardy on television and one of the contestants, during the discussion with Alex, made reference that made it clear that he was gay. It was just a nice little comment that came out naturally and signified how easy it is to come out naturally. Show More Summary
Accidental Racism
“Accidental Racist.” The title of the new Brad Paisley-LL Cool J collaboration alone is enough to signal “proceed with caution” for discerning first-time listeners. Those words, in that order, read immediately like a cop out, an attempt to side-step responsibility for prejudiced thoughts or actual racist behavior. Show More Summary
Dear Mark: ApoE4, Red Eye Recovery, TEDx Paleo Debunking, and Cough Drops
It’s Monday, which means it’s time for another edition of Dear Mark. This week, I’m covering four reader questions. First up is a really tricky one: ApoE4, the ancestral allele that’s classically associated with a host of maladies, like cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s. What’s the deal with it? We don’t have any concrete answers (yet), [...]
Giveaway: Enter to Win 50% off A YogaWorks Teacher Training in Costa Rica or Hawaii!
Win a 50% scholarship to a YogaWorks Teacher Training Program in Costa Rica (July) or Hawaii (August)! We are teaming up with our friends at YogaWorks this week to bring you an incredible giveaway opportunity! For over 25 years, YogaWorks …
Storytelling with Hispanic Patients and Doctors
Mayo Clinic is launching a global storytelling campaign for the Hispanic community. Historias Mayo will share the stories of some of Mayo’s inspiring Hispanic patients and doctors. John Noseworthy, M.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic, says, “The legacy and history runs … Continue reading ?
Why did old-timey baseball announcers talk the way they did?
By Glenn McDonald, Discovery News In the realm of baseball broadcasting, maybe the single most famous call in the history of the game happened on Oct. 3, 1951, when New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thompson hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the …
Interview: Diamond Dallas Page | DDP Yoga, Healing from the Inside Out & More
DDP YOGA has made a name for itself on the yoga scene of late thanks, in part, to the viral video of Veteran Arthur Boorman‘s incredible transformation made possible by wrestler Diamond Dallas Page‘s kick ass system of yoga. We …
Manhattan Video Diary, March 2013 Pt. 2
And the new Manhattan Video Diary is up! And yeah, it's 2 seconds at a time.
90-Second Interval: Busting common meditation myths with Davidji
Think you have to stop having thoughts or that something magic is supposed to happen when you meditate? Davidji wants you to think again.
Why we get pleasure from pranking
Reading this story will totally change your freaking life. Ha. (Gotcha.) The rascally antics of April Fools' Day are exploiting yet again a realm that, somehow, has not been fully pranked-out by practical jokesters — the Internet, where today you may spot certain tren …
Choice, Relationship, and Excuses
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals, it dies of illness and wounds, it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” --Anais...
Stress: Distress or Eustress? Plus a video
All we hear about is stress. Perhaps rightly so since it’s pervasive. Precisely because it is may be the best reason to learn about its opposite. Yes, it exists. It’s ‘stress’ with the Greek eu as a prefix. This makes it eustress (pronounced YOU-stress). The ‘eu’ means well or good, so eustress is ‘good’ stress. [...]
INTERESTING STUFF – 31 March 2013
MAGICAL MYSTICAL GIRAFFES I don't want to tell you too much; you should discover this video for yourself as I did when I received it from TGB reader Karen Kennedy. All I will say is that it is titled 5M80,...
Don’t Be An Apphole.
“What diabetes apps do you use?”I am asked this question all the time, especially now that entire conferences are being geared towards mobile health, honing in on the fact that more people have mobile phones than access to toilets. (This is true, or at least according to the fact I saw on Time. Show More Summary
One Step Out Of Loneliness: Dave Makes a Movie
The following is the transcript of the animated film: One Step Out Of Loneliness What’s wrong? I made a big mistake. What did you do? I was feeling lonely so I talked to my staff about it. Isn’t that a good thing to do? Yeah, but when I talked to her I told her that I wanted to learn how to get a girlfriend. Show More Summary
Dear Mark: Cycling at Work, Refueling After Sprints, Fasting for Caloric Deficit, and PUFAs for Pain
For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m tackling four questions. First, I discuss the negative effects of sitting and explore whether stationary cycling as you work can mitigate the bad stuff associated with sitting for too long. Next, I explore how and why a person might want to refuel (or not) after a sprint workout. [...]
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