A recent article that appeared on Men’s Health suggests that cold temps shouldn’t really change your hydration strategy during outdoor workouts. Researchers asked 10 healthy guys to cycle for an hour in two different temperatures—77 degrees and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. In both cases, they were allowed to drink as much or as little water as [...]
Bad cholesterol, depression, high blood pressure; these are all conditions that often prompt a trip to the pharmacy. But now, physicians are administering a different treatment entirely: produce. Doctors at select clinics across the country are writing some obese patients “prescriptions” for fruits and vegetables. The Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program provides daily $1 subsidies to buy [...]
Though it’s mostly one-sided and sometimes plays like a commercial for the alternative medical community, “Doctored” makes a cogent case for real cooperation between Western medicine and less traditional protocols. Writer-director Bobby Sheehan (he also produced and shot the documentary) begins by exploring chiropractic care and presents a case that, despite mainstream medicine’s longtime crusade to brand [...]