5 Ways Digital Health Can Help Athletes Break Records
By winning his 7th Super Bowl on February 7th, 2021, Tom Brady made it to the American football history pantheon for winning the most rings, and also for making the most Super Bowl appearances (10). But at 43, he also broke the record for being the oldest quarterback to lead his team to win a Super Bowl. Skipping fruits and infrared rays-emitting pyjamas aside, Brady must be doing something right to maintain such longevity to his athletic, record-breaking performance.
Brady has credited this to the “TB12 Method”, a strict health and wellness regimen he co-created with his longtime trainer Alex Guerrero. His diet inv...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Lifestyle medicine Biotechnology Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Personalized Medicine DNA football sleep smartwatch nutrigenomics sleep as android Fi Source Type: blogs
Benefits of Eating Raw
It’s wonderful to be on Day 7 of my year of eating raw. I think I’m past the initial detox phase, and I’m flowing nicely into the beneficial part of this experience. It really has been super easy to reload these habits – not really a challenge, just a different way of experiencing life.
As part of my prep for this year, I reviewed some old blog posts and journal entries from my previous raw foodism times, so I could recall the benefits I documented. Then I compiled them into a big list. I’ll share that here, so you can get an idea of what motivates me to be a raw foodist this year. It’s s...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Emotions Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Benefits of Eating Raw
It’s wonderful to be on Day 7 of my year of eating raw. I think I’m past the initial detox phase, and I’m flowing nicely into the beneficial part of this experience. It really has been super easy to reload these habits – not really a challenge, just a different way of experiencing life.
As part of my prep for this year, I reviewed some old blog posts and journal entries from my previous raw foodism times, so I could recall the benefits I documented. Then I compiled them into a big list. I’ll share that here, so you can get an idea of what motivates me to be a raw foodist this year. It’s s...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Emotions Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Overcoming Digital FOMO
One reason people succumb to digital clutter like clogged inboxes and excessive browser tabs is that they’re being too clingy with digital content.
There’s an overwhelm of digital content, and you may feel the need to capture and save lots of it, hopefully to be digested later.
Having an intelligent capture system can help, but it’s also wise to reduce the flow if you’re frequently overflowing your inboxes with new ideas.
Here are some tips to help you overcome digital clinginess.
Test being 100% caffeine-free for at least a month. Regular caffeine consumption can make it harder to prior...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Productivity Source Type: blogs
The Spiritual Purpose of a Relationship
Each relationship that you’ve had, whether short-term or long-term, can be interpreted through the lens of spiritual purpose.
Why are you and your partner in each other’s lives? What are you here to do for each other spiritually?
I’d learned of this concept during my 20s but just in a very limited way. The idea was that we’re all spiritual teachers for each other. A relationship is supposedly a spiritual growth experience.
I think that framing held me back because it doesn’t fully encompass what’s possible.
My first marriage to Erin did seem to have that purpose of being co-t...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Relationships Source Type: blogs
Your Exploration Baseline
When you explore something new, you’re exploring relative to a previous baseline.
When you explore a new diet, your baseline is your previous way of eating.
When you explore a new travel-rich lifestyle, your baseline is your previous stay-at-home lifestyle.
When you explore a new relationship and you weren’t in a relationship right before, your baseline is being single.
Your default baseline is your normal, usual, routine, or expected experience in that particular area of life. Your baseline is your status quo.
But does that have to be your baseline?
If exploration is relative to your baseline...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs
The Runway to a 30-Day Challenge
I often do diet experiments in the form of 30-day trials (or longer). I define a crisp plan to follow, and then I strictly adhere to those boundaries for the time of the experiment.
Usually before I begin a clearly defined challenge, I first go through a period of whittling away temptations. This phase typically begins a few weeks before the start of the challenge. During this time, I’ll identify the most tempting foods and gradually eat them till they’re gone. I try not to overdo it by binging on them. I just naturally let them run out at whatever rate I was eating them before. I stop replenishing those foo...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - November 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Productivity Source Type: blogs
Looking beyond the immediate
When I graduated as an occupational therapist, I was told that my profession was “problem-solving” and “motivation”. At the time (early 1980’s) Lela Llorens‘ problem solving process was the fundamental approach taught during our training. This approach is straightforward: identify the problem, identify solutions, select a solution, implement the solution, and review. I’m not sure if this approach is still taught but it’s stayed with me (and those memories of painstakingly completing the problem solving process documentation…).
There’s one small step that I thin...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 15, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Interdisciplinary teams Occupational therapy Pain Pain conditions Professional topics Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Caffeine subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
8 Ways To Manage Your Day-To-Day Stress
Even if you don’t struggle with anxiety, just about everyone goes through periods of extreme stress. If you don’t know how to manage stress, you may find yourself using unhealthy coping mechanisms that can make it difficult to get back to your normal lifestyle. If you’re looking for new ways to help manage your day-to-day stress, here are ten things you can try.
1. Avoid Stimulants
If your days are becoming more stressful, you may want to consider cutting back on the coffee. If you smoke, you may want to think about cutting back on cigarettes as well. Quitting altogether may be more than you can handle currentl...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: IndySummers Tags: featured happiness self-improvement mental health pickthebrain stress Source Type: blogs
Astronauts Need A Decent Night ’s Sleep Too
By Matthew Warren
As I write this post, I’m struggling a little to put words onto the page. I didn’t sleep well last night, and my tiredness has taken its toll on my ability to concentrate. But at least I’m sat at my desk at home and not, say, in control of a massive hunk of metal filled with fuel and electronics, hurtling through space at thousands of kilometres an hour. Because a new study in Scientific Reports has found that astronauts need to get enough sleep too — and when they don’t, their performance suffers.
Erin Flynn-Evans from NASA Ames Research Center and colleagues studied people taking part...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Sleep and dreaming Source Type: blogs
A physician ’s journey from Survivor to Shark Tank to quarantine
I ’m my breaking point! Frustrated, exhausted, caffeine-deprived, and surrounded by people who don’t listen to me, I’m not trained for this, and I am ready to tag out. OK, granted, it is only day two of distance learning for my third grader and kindergartener. However, this could also descri be my first two days as a […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/edna-ma" rel="tag" > Edna Ma, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
How to help your child get the sleep they need
This year, back-to-school plans are still a work in progress, and some (perhaps many) children will be learning from home because of the pandemic. As tempting as it might be to let the summer sleep schedules stay in place, it’s important that children have a regular routine — and that they are sleeping during the dark hours and awake during the light ones, as our bodies do best that way. So while a child whose trip to school is just a walk to the kitchen table might be able to sleep a bit later than one who has to catch an early bus, no child should be spending all morning in bed.
Sleep is crucial for all of us, and th...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Parenting Sleep Source Type: blogs
