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Epsom Salts

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Epsom salt baths will make you smell good. They may have a placebo effect in soothing and calming sore muscles, but the science behind the practice is questionable. Every day, I walk by the bag of Epsom salt in my boys’ bathroom and giggle when reading the label statements. Lisa (my amazing ex-wife) buys it for them and they buy in, so I figure it’s “working” for them. … [Read more...]

Combating Work Stress

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If you’ve lost your creative magic, try carving out some time for yourself. It can be a bear to establish a line between working and relaxing. With smartphones, laptops and always-on communication methods, it is simple to get caught in a never ending work cycle. Our occupation becomes a treadmill, and we can easily end up just going through the motions. I’ve been in … [Read more...]

Viral Myths: Drink Your Milk

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When you find yourself with a cold, don’t avoid the milk. You may have heard the myth that drinking milk will make a cold worse. Our regular readers know we don’t fall for a catchphrase without doing our due diligence. From listverse.com: A lot of people think that drinking milk while you have a cold is a bad idea because it causes more mucous to build up. Actually, milk … [Read more...]

Grain Free Experiment

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We should always question our assumptions and be open to change. I’m about to experiment with going 30 days without grains. At 16, my daily breakfast was half a box of grape nuts with honey and skim milk (and I was supposedly the healthy guy). There was a time that I ate grains with every meal, whether bread, pasta, cereal or rice. Over the last two years, I’ve slowly … [Read more...]

Traumatic Brain Injuries – Sam Fuld [Guest Post]

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As with all serious issues, if we don’t talk about concussions openly, we lessen our ability to learn how to avoid and respond to them. We listen when doctors talk about them. We listen more intently when a very recently concussed MLB player tells his personal stories. When that man speaks eloquently and without filter, and weaves in honest assessments related to time spent on … [Read more...]