鈥淵ou are what you eat鈥� is a widely quoted aphorism, expressing the general truth that nutrition and health are intimately linked. It is generally said to derive from the phrase 鈥渢ell me what you...
When I think about the first few hours of my day, I picture myself getting up, making breakfast, picking out my outfit, and tidying my apartment. What I don鈥檛 often recall are the 30 or so minutes...
The actions of the stomach are an important first step in the digestion of the food that we eat. This occurs in part through mechanical grinding of large 鈥榗lumps鈥� of food into smaller pieces for...
鈥淓at your vegetables!鈥� is a command that just about every child has heard. 鈥淭hey鈥檒l make you stronger鈥� is a common follow up. The 鈥渟tronger鈥� connection is often traced back to Popeye the Sailorman...
When a psychiatrist diagnoses you with anxiety, depression, an eating disorder or a learning disability鈥攐r even a serious pathology like schizophrenia鈥攖hey don鈥檛 typically look at your brain. Dr....
A few months ago, an orthopedic surgery resident told me a story I still think about. The worst patients to reset fractures on, she said, were men in their thirties. They scream, beg for anesthetic...
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