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Recently two interesting books have been published on clinical programs for reversing and preventing early cognitive disfunction, ie, early Alzheimers. These are important findings because some researchers believe it may be impossible to find a "magic pill" to cure full-blown Alzheimer because...

DH and I want to relocate to an area which is 2000 miles away from where we currently live. We have no family or friends that live in the area so we don't have that source of information. We are planning a trip to visit a town in this area which seems to be a good choice for us. Although we have...

HaHa, I'm glad you found those links helpful. While I didn't have a significant problem adjusting to a 5:2 diet, my DH did. When he would start a fast day, he would become cranky, irritable and unsettled. He found that this unpleasant reaction to fasting went away after a month or so. Shifting...

Several months ago I watched the PBS/BBC documentary cited above by SumDay. In the show Dr. Mosley visits with several biologists who study longevity. When I looked into the scientific publications by two of them, Valter Longo and Mark Mattson, I learned that there are a lot health benefits from...

Here is an Op-Ed entitled "The Myth of High-Protein Diets" from the New York Times on the new dietary guidelines and high protein diets (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/opinion/the-myth-of-high-protein-diets.html?_r=0). Some excerpts from the Op-Ed: "Research shows that animal protein may...

It seems to me that whether one wants retirement party or not, is in part determined by the type relationship one had with their work colleagues. If one had had collegial, pleasant interactions at work, a retirement party would be a nice way to start retirement. If the interactions were...

I also would recommend reading these books (The China Study and How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease). Both books are based on solid epidemiological and long-term clinical studies. Although the books approach the concept of what is a healthy diet from different perspectives, they come up...

Interesting that the lead scientist on this study has significantly reduced his comsumption of red meat.

Kashi cereal with almond milk and berries Whole grain oatmeal (not instant) with berries Whole grain toast with some type of no-sugar added fruit spread

I agree with Gaterdoc50. I believe that our unhealthy lifestyle is the major force driving high healthcare costs. This might change if the healthcare system also emphasized preventation through lifestyle changes, instead of just treating disease.

DH and I have been eating a plant-based low-fat no-meat no-dairy diet for a year or so. Our motivation was wanting the best quality of life when we were older. Neither one of us wanted to have a chronic disease and all the associated complications after retiring. DH lost 25 lbs. After about 6...

An answer to the question of how a thin vegetarian who exercises a lot could develop heart disease can be found in the book, "Prevent and reverse heart disease" by Caldwell Esselstyn.

Nords, do you have any financial interests or ties to the company 23andMe?

I am so sorry for your situation. I had a friend who had a similar problem. Severe constant lower back pain. They tried everything, went to multiple doctor etc, but nothing helped. What they ultimately found to be helpful was a book written by John Sarno. I forget the name of the book, but I'm...

The reason I found the China Study book so compelling was that it was written by a scientist, T Colin Campbell, who changed to a plant-based diet after performing epidemiological studies which showed that perople who ate a plant-based diet were the healthiest. He also published a number of...

I can't remember whether this forum has ever discussed the book, "The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health". This book is cited by Bill Clinton when he explians why he switched to a...

I have found the book, The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edtion, invaluable for treating all sorts of muscle pain. There is a discussion of how to treat Piriformis Syndrome. You can get the book on Amazon.

My boss is a sociopath/pyschopath and I've done a lot of research to figure what motivates him. Everything I've read says that therapy can't cure a sociopath, it just makes them better sociopaths. The best description I found of how these people operate was in the book Snakes in Suits by...

MooreBonds, that is a succinct and cogent explanation of the current situation. You should be a financial journalist.

Ally, are we married to the same man? Although we are FI, My husband is also concerned about the same possible future ecomonic problems as well as the fact our megacorp discontinued early retirement health benefits right before we would have retired (we work at the same company). As a result...

This description of the quality of life after the mid-eighties is pretty similar to what I've observed in my own family. People live well into their 90's and even to 100, but they all seem to end up in nursing homes with horrible quality of life, i.e., blind and tied up in wheel chairs...

I have contact dermatits, primarily on the fingers of my right hand. (I'm right-handed). I can identify several things which aggravate the dermatitis, tomato plants, freshly xeroxed or lasar-printed paper, but the biggest triggers is stress. When I'm chronically stressed, nothing seems to help...

I'm in a similar work situation, but have a longer time to endure. Focusing on how staying these extra few months enhances your financial situation rather than focusing on the work situation, might be helpful. Another approach is to constantly remind yourself "that you're a shorttimer", i.e...

Asking that the money for your retirement party be donated to charity is a terrific idea! I definitely don't want a party. I'd prefer to say goodby to my friends in my own way. I think I would choke trying to say something positive about several of my coworkers. Moreover. it has always irked...

I have found that pressing a paste of baking soda on a cankor sore for ten or more minutes, once or twice a day, helps relieve the pain and seems to speed healing. I'm not sure whether this approach would work for a cankor sore at the back of the throat.