An 8 Hour Diet

Scientists have been starving mice and rats for years now to see how it effects their lifespans.  Calorie restriction seems to do something good for the rodents, as they live a lot longer than animals allowed to eat as much and as often as they like.  Fasting has been around for a long time as well.  Over the years I have followed countless gurus telling me countless things to improve my life, my soul, and my general place in the universe-most of them recommend meditation and several are big on fasting.  So I have gone through times where I would…

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Brain Trust

Garth Sundem has a lot of fun talking to a bunch of scientists who seem to spend a good deal of time thinking about things that aren’t all that important.  Among the topics covered are how to talk your way out of  a traffic ticket, how to lose weight by eating 8 hours a day, and how to win a race by taking the best angle on the turns. As the subtitle suggests, we get advice from 93 top scientists-and since the book is only 250 pages thick, this means there is not a lot of in depth coverage of…

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