Sleep – How Much Is Enough Part 2

We spoke about Sleep and how much is enough in our post last week and examined why we need sleep, how much the average requirement of sleep is and the factors that determine the quality of our sleep. Studies and statistics are all very well, but how do we determine how much sleep is enough for each of us? There are certain indications of a person not getting enough sleep – if...

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Night Rider — Big-Wave Surfer Mark Visser Makes History

The 30- to-40-foot swells of Jaws are intimidating enough in broad daylight. Try tackling them in complete darkness. That's what Mark Visser did back in January, when he became the first person to night surf the world-famous break in Maui (shot for his upcoming documentary series, (9 Lives). Looking back, Visser calls it the "most draining, scariest" feat he's ever accomplished,...

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New measurement important complement to GI

Many people are careful to follow a low glycaemic index (GI) diet. However, the glycaemic index concept has some shortcomings, in the view of one young researcher, who has developed a complementary method, 'glycaemic profile' or GP. The findings were recently published in Nutrition Journal. "White pasta is one example of a product which in some cases has received a bad reputation...

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MF City San Juan

Outdoors Parque Central www.sanjuanpr.com The mangrove-bordered Parque Central, inaugurated in 1979 for the Pan-American Games, covers 35 acres of green. Recently renovated, you can hone your serve on the twenty tennis courts and four racquetball courts, or sprint your way around the track. A golf course is currently in the works for the adjacent former landfill and an Olympic...

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How to Prepare for Barefooting

 "Just go barefoot." How many times have you heard that from the dude with big calves, wide feet, and soles like supple calf skin? (Hmm, that came out weirder than I imagined.) Or maybe you're that guy, and you've said it. Heck, I've probably said something to that effect before. It's a casual recommendation that we long-term barefooters toss around… but maybe we shouldn't....

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I Didn’t Just “Manage” My Condition, I Beat It, and Wiped the Floor With It

It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading! Dear Mark, Carrie, and Bees, This letter...

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Gym Etiquette

Back in the day going to the gym was a no-frills experience. There were no fancy body washes in the shower or neatly folded towels at the front desk. In fact, at Gold Gym Venice, Joe Gold didn't even play music.  If you brought in a portable radio (as some tried), he'd kick you out. He believed that we were there to train, and that's all. We didn't have iPods, headsets,...

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Getting enough 'sunshine vitamin' may not just be about catching rays, new blood test reveals

Researchers from London's Kingston University have developed a new highly-accurate blood test which can detect how much a patient's diet could be responsible for a lack of the so-called 'sunshine vitamin'. Vitamin D deficiencies can weaken the immune system and increase the risk of cancer and osteoporosis. A team headed by Professor Declan Naughton spent five months developing...

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Fructose consumption increases risk factors for heart disease Study suggests US Dietary

 A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators of increased risk for heart disease....

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Binaural Beats Assists to Mediate Simply

Binaural beats run at different frequencies and are developed to quickly and very easily get your brain into different says. Theta binaural beats are programmed to induce the patterns that your brain runs when it is in both deep rest or a deep meditative state. Binaural beats work by playing a little different frequencies into your ears. When your brain tries to resolve the small...

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A heart-rate-reducing medication reduces the risk of heart failure and cardiac fibrosis

The findings of a Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) study published in the scientific journal Cardiology suggest that ivabradine, a heart rate reduction medication, is also effective in reducing the risk of diastolic heart failure (left ventricular insufficiency) and cardiac fibrosis. The benefits of slower heart rate on mortality and morbidity associated with cardiovascular disease...

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Increased muscle mass may lower risk of pre-diabetes Study shows building muscle can

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that the greater an individual's total muscle mass, the lower the person's risk of having insulin resistance, the major precursor of type 2 diabetes. With recent dramatic increases in obesity worldwide, the prevalence of diabetes, a major source of cardiovascular morbidity, is expected to accelerate. Insulin resistance,...

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