I just answered a question in Quora and thought I’d reproduce it here. The question was: Whose fall from grace was worse: Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong? And my answer was: ” I think they are both very different and bear a scary similarity. The difference is obvious: Tiger Wood’s fall from grace has nothing to […]
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Hoje é o “dia nacional da Visibilidade de Travestis e Transexuais”. Esse negócio de “dia” oficial me incomoda um pouco, mas se a gente usar como um marcador na agenda, pode funcionar. Vamos parar para pensar o tema e falar a respeito, mesmo que seja um tema sobre o qual deveríamos pensar todos os dias,
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It is almost a non-issue that stress, depression and anxiety will change our feeding behavior. The question is: why? What is behind this? This is not one of those evolutionary psychology-type questions. I believe it is time to really understand why we shift to what retrospectively is an obvious poor choice of food and eating
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Watch out for Ursolic Acid based supplements: they will probably soon be abundant. Not only they promote muscle growth, increased grip (and general strength), but affect glucose intolerance, being natural candidates for obesity control. Athletes are already talking and asking, so I decided to take a look. By “take a look” I mean “pubmed” it.
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Deep Space Nine is not that far away: our identity is partly given by our tiny symbionts. Our gut microbiota is as unique as our fingerprints. It influences an enormous variety of physiological functions, including mood (and, why not, cognition?). For the non-nerds, Deep Space Nine is the last Star Trek series, known as “the
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Apoie o projeto “Força para a Força” – viabilize a participação da equipe brasileira no RPS International Open (powerlifting) Estou compartilhando a idéia que o amigo de um amigo nosso (olha só o alcance!) colocou em prática, junto com o amigo original: organizar uma apresentação nossa na academia dele e, nela, rifar algo. No caso,
(Projeto de crowdfunding “Força para a Força” – clique e apoie!) O motivo zero, me disseram, é que você ganha recompensas em todas as categorias de apoio, desde as mais modestas até as corporativas. Isso sempre é uma vantagem, certo? Mas tem a questão da identidade. Você se identifica com o projeto? Se sente no
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The week before, my friend and nutritionist Rodolfo Peres asked me to send him my diet journal. Not surprisingly, the day I created the journal spreadsheet and started recording data, my eating habits changed dramatically and very soon I noticed I had lost weight. I did not measure it, but probably mostly fat tissue –
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The week before, my friend and nutritionist Rodolfo Peres asked me to send him my diet journal. Not surprisingly, the day I created the journal spreadsheet and started recording data, my eating habits changed dramatically and very soon I noticed I had lost weight. I did not measure it, but probably mostly fat tissue –
The journaling effect Leia mais »
The week before, my friend and nutritionist Rodolfo Peres asked me to send him my diet journal. Not surprisingly, the day I created the journal spreadsheet and started recording data, my eating habits changed dramatically and very soon I noticed I had lost weight. I did not measure it, but probably mostly fat tissue –
The journaling effect Leia mais »
