Basic Pursuits

We all go through phases in our lives that prevent us from training on a consistent basis. However, the main problem is that

Here is a list of foods that are really good for you. If you are a food logger, you'll recognized that any of these that you've tried really move the nutrition needle. Except that I've never used enough turmeric or cinnamon at one time to even log it.

Remember that these are suggestions for great eating, not a ukase for eating nothing else.

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Every day I see articles like, "7 Tricks to Keep You Motivated to Exercise" or "Five Reasons You Should Exercise."
The tricks and the reasons are good, but articles like this fail to address a simple but powerful reason why long term exercisers are successful.
They have formed a habit and their habit makes them feel better. Exercise - feel better. Repeat until addicted.

Apparently, Australia is passing the U.S. as the world's fattest nation.

Thrive dining is a lifelong process. It's not even steps in the same direction. It's more of bunch of events, some pleasant and rewarding, others a "learning experience." The results over time is that you eat better and better and enjoy the benefits.

Newsweek takes on explaining why diet and exercise changes could prevent 70 percent of cancers.

Eat less. Eat better. Exercise.

Your Lifestyle, Your Genes and Cancer

The headlines are raging about the dangers of tomatoes. A bacterial infection has sickened about 100 people and the FDA is frantically auditing the nation's tomatoes.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans continue to gorge on food that will eventually kill them after a long and expensive illness. Why aren't the dangers of sugar-coated doughnuts in the headlines?
Most people with a bacterial stomach infection will recover in a couple of days.

Recent research on sleep is enough to give sleep experts insomnia.

Cheri Mah of the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory reported that athletes who get extra sleep over an extended period of time improve performance.

“While this study focuses specifically on collegiate swimmers, it agrees with data from my other studies of different sports and suggests that athletes across all sports can greatly benefit from extra sleep and gain the additional competitive edge to perform at their highest level,” she said.

Buy yourself a box of these.

Use them for this.

Here from Mashable are 50 sites that specialize in online grocery shopping.

I did some shopping at Amazon Grocery and found that the prices are consistently higher than what I pay at my local Publix.

This is probably a great resource for finding specialty ingredients that you can't get outside of New York or Los Angeles.