Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash Remember when GM, Ford, Chrysler scoffed at the quality of Japanese “rice burners” that started showing up on the U.S. market back in the 1970s and dismissed their presence as a potential threat. Not long thereafter, the American auto industry started rolling out gems like this rolling bathtub – – while Toyota… Continue reading Why Do the Japanese Outlive Us in America – Without a 24 Hour Fitness?
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Asking Your Forgiveness – I’ve Been Helping You Die Early.
Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay I was mad last week. I was only 1/3 through Dr. Robert Lustig’s book, “Metabolical”, at the time. Now I’m 7/8 through. I’m madder – with a permanent state of mad. I’ve also discovered I owe you, dear reader, an apology. I’ve misled you with some of my writing. If you’ve tracked… Continue reading Asking Your Forgiveness – I’ve Been Helping You Die Early.
News Flash! David Isn’t Coming to Save Us! Don’t Get Caught Waiting.
David Sinclair is an interesting and pretty high-profile guy recently in the burgeoning conversation on aging. As an Australian-born Ph.D. in molecular genetics and a tenured professor at Harvard Medical School, Sinclair comes down squarely on aging as a disease that we will eventually be able to overcome. He’s apparently moved the needle a bit… Continue reading News Flash! David Isn’t Coming to Save Us! Don’t Get Caught Waiting.
Must life go downhill as we age, or do we have a choice?
Yes, life does go downhill, but – -we have some choices in the matter. Not with the eventuality of it, but with the starting point and the pace. The reality is, we took out a death certificate at birth. Or, as retired Stanford geriatric physician, Dr. Walter Bortz once wrote: “Life is a fatal disease. Once… Continue reading Must life go downhill as we age, or do we have a choice?
On Hot Dogs, Senators, and Prescriptions for Beans, Broccoli, Bananas, and Blueberries.
Photo by call me hangry on Unsplash What’s your reaction when you look at this picture? My reaction? I’m like a Pavlov dog – I start salivating. Put a brat with mustard on a white bun within a city block of me and I’m off my heath-and-wellness rails in a heartbeat in my clamor… Continue reading On Hot Dogs, Senators, and Prescriptions for Beans, Broccoli, Bananas, and Blueberries.
What is the best, free natural anti-aging technique? (Can we get over this rant?)
I get a daily feed of dozens of questions being asked by Quora.com subscribers that fall in the area of retirement, health and wellness, aging, and career transition. I try to respond to one or two of those questions daily. Most questions are worthy of attention, but every day produces some doozies. For example, here’s… Continue reading What is the best, free natural anti-aging technique? (Can we get over this rant?)
Did You Choose Your Parents Wisely? Doesn’t Matter!!
The parents I chose (circa 1943) Mom died at 56. Dad beat the national average at the time by a couple of years – dead at 81. Mom – cancer. Dad – COPD, heart failure. I’m guessing genetics had little to do with their demise. We don’t really know because, during their halcyon years (’30s-’60s),… Continue reading Did You Choose Your Parents Wisely? Doesn’t Matter!!