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Looking back

July 24, 2023

At the Summer Stretches. They're great for everything. Especially your back. Intense lower back pain got me started on my stretching career twenty years ago. A few simple stretches twice a day cured me. I've never stopped doing them. And I've never looked back. Take a look.

Slower Sunday: Out of the Wild

July 23, 2023

The wildflowers of Utah. I saw them all out there last year. Carpets of them, right up to the edge of every hiking trail. But you don't usually see them around here.

80 Ways: A Chocolate World: Orangettes

July 22, 2023

80 recipes. Based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Lots of them have a third: chocolate. Which has a GL near zero.

The Norski Trail: made in the shade

July 21, 2023

The shade of thousands of aspen trees make this hike cool, high and dry. Just above 10,000' of elevation, near the base of the Santa Fe Ski Basin in New Mexico. It's beautiful. It's an easy cruise, less than one hour. Click for the Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike.

Vivid Chocolate Memories

July 20, 2023

I have many vivid memories that involve chocolate. I always thought this was purely about deliciousness. Now it turns out that chocolate may be responsible for vivid memories of everything. This is big news: Baby Boomers on a high-cocoa diet improved their memories in 3 months!

80 Ways: Fishing in Japan. Tuna Tartare

July 19, 2023

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this luscious and light-but-satisfying tuna tartare. Today's World Ocean Day: get your fish from a healthy, sustainable fishery.

80 Ways: Mediterranean Ratatouille

July 18, 2023

80 Ways to eat very well. 80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. From very different places with very different diets. But they all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Let's start in the Mediterranean.

Summer Stretch: Your Hamstrings

July 17, 2023

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of these very large muscles that contribute to lower back and leg pain if you let them tighten and contract over the years.

Slower Sunday: The Early Bird Catches

July 16, 2023

I was out for an early walk. Right here in Gotham City. I mean, how many times do you get to see something like this?

80 Ways: English Muffins with your Wimbledon (memories)?

July 15, 2023

Fit for the Royal Box. Whether or not you're watching tennis on TV. Another Better Cheaper kitchen revelation. You can make them yourself. And you can make them Better than Thomas'. For a fraction of the store-bought cost.