Posts Tagged ‘nutrition’

21st Century Opportunities

Productivity expert Jason Womack is working on a project aimed at teenagers on the careers of tomorrow. He asked me to contribute a few ideas, and he graciously agreed to let me turn it into an article for Lifehack.org. From where I sit, there are a couple of very broad categories in which people can expect to excel in the future: 1. Data Analysis Data and computation have never been… Continue reading

February 3 2009 | By Art | Tagged: 21st-century, business, change, data, design, future, nutrition, opportunity, workplace | 7 comments»

Healthy Habit Changes for 2009

Trying to make 2009 your healthiest year to date? I've compiled for you what I believe to be some of the best health conscience habits you can easily adopt. Habit 1: Drink more water. Sure, I know about all the news reports that say it's possible to drink too much water. Surprisingly, this same story is told just about every 4 years when news stations have no other "news" going on… Continue reading

January 15 2009 | By Jamie | Tagged: fitness, health, Lifestyle, new year, nutrition, resolution, weight-loss | 10 comments»

Treat the Person, Not the Body!

Have we Been Missing the Point? For all our research, resources, technology and collective intelligence there's still way more that we don't know about managing the human body, than we do. We like to think we're more enlightened than ever but in many ways we're still failing miserably when it comes to creating optimal health; just take a look around at our fat, stressed, addicted, depressed, unhealthy society. Could it… Continue reading

December 2 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: disease, exercise, health, illness, immunology, medicine, nutrition, prevention | 6 comments»

The Humble Spreadsheet: A Tool for the True Lifehacker

When I was very young—I can’t remember how old, but let’s call it six or seven—I was introduced to spreadsheets. It introduced me to the world of statistics, of using data to track progress and predict the future, to work towards tangible, measurable goals instead of lofty, obtuse and too-often forgotten resolutions that people so often make about a month from now each year. I have my father to thank for… Continue reading

December 1 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: exercise, finances, fitness, food, Money, nutrition, Productivity, spreadsheets | 11 comments»

The Top Five Reasons Why Weight Loss is Temporary

We all know that the vast majority of people who lose weight, regain it. And while we know that nobody who loses that weight actually wants to put it back on, somehow we've become really good at it! Some of us have spent a lifetime cycling between the fit and fat versions of us. We even have the small, medium, large and… Continue reading

October 24 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: diet, health, nutrition, obesity, weight-loss | 13 comments»

Making Meals Easier: A Few Healthy Eating Ideas

We all try to live healthy lives. We try to exercise a little more, eat a little better. We try to find a balance between the time we spend at the computer, exercising our minds, and the time we spend moving around, exercising our bodies. Here's the deal, though: it's easy to add exercise to your day. You take the steps instead of the elevator. You walk to the corner… Continue reading

August 12 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: breakfast, dinner, food, lunch, meal, nutrition | 12 comments»

9 Reasons Cooking Advice Belongs on a Productivity Blog

There are plenty of obvious topics for a blog focused on making your life easier: time management tips, career advice and even a little personal finance information. But cooking advice doesn’t immediately come to mind. Considering how much time we each spend daily on eating — let alone eating healthily and cheaply — I think a little cooking advice could be very productive, and I’ve got nine good… Continue reading

April 15 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: cooking, health, meal planning, nutrition, personal finance, scheduling | 16 comments»

The Top 10 Nutrition Myths Busted

Medical News Today turn Mythbusters in this rundown of ten well known nutritional mottoes. Just because you hear it a hundred times doesn't mean they're entirely true.

10. Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.
9. Drink eight, 8-oz. glasses of water per day.
8. Brown grain products are whole grain products.
7. Eating eggs will raise your cholesterol. This myth began because egg yolks have the most concentrated amount of cholesterol of any

March 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: myth, nutrition | 14 comments»

Avoiding Seasonal Weight Gain

I suppose this article is timely only for those in the hemisphere that is currently approaching winter. All you lucky ducks heading for bright lights and sunshine will just have to file this one away for a few months. For those of us moving into the long dark tea time of the soul known as winter, an ominous question presents itself. Do you pack on the extra pounds in the long… Continue reading

November 1 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: diet, eating, health, Lifehack, nutrition, weight | 7 comments»

A Growing Problem

The following numbers track the increase in obesity in children from 1963-2002 by percent.

1963-1965 4.2%
1976-1980 6.5%
1999-2002 25.8%

Here are some more facts for adults. Many of the statistics come from U.S. data bases others are taken from the World Health Organization.

24.1% of men aged 20-34 are obese
25.2% of men aged 35-44 are obese
30.1% of men aged 45-54 are

September 11 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: diet, health, nutrition | 1 comment»

Fitness from Everyday Systems

Reinhard Engels is a superhero. I first learned about him through his Shovelglove workout (which I think I first saw on Lifehacker.com). But Reinhard doesn't just stop with a great exercise using a sledgehammer covered with a sweater (I'm not kidding). Instead, Reinhard has gone on to develop solutions to pretty much all of his problems with various health issues resulting from personal choices. Here's the easy to follow… Continue reading

August 23 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: DIY, fitness, hacks, health, howto, nutrition, reinhard+engels, shovelglove, systems | 5 comments»

Tips for Eating Better

Gretchen Rubin from The Happiness Project is weighing in with her Wednesday Tips series. This week she's here to help us eat better. Here's a sampler platter: Paradoxically, studies show that over time, people who diet tend to gain more weight than people who don’t diet. Here are some non-dieting tips for eating better that have worked for me:1. To have a tastier salad without adding calories—yes, this sounds… Continue reading

June 14 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: fitness, hack, happinessproject, health, Lifestyle, nutrition, tips | 1 comment»