Today in the Times, there was a feature about the long term consequences of ‘bone-building’ drugs. Apparently, long term use can lead to ‘rare but serious events such as femur fracture, esophageal cancer and crumbling of the jaw bone’. The article goes on to discuss when these meds are prescribed and to whom, and so […]
Read More ›Last week, the quarterly article I write for the Training Peaks Blog spurred some commentary, as the topic of Paleo often does. The first was from a scientist who, being said scientist, wanted more hard evidence that, specifically, there is indeed proof that even when one does not suffer from Celiac Disease, they are still harming their […]
Read More ›In the year 2000, I joined a local triathlon club with a handful of members. Very new to the sport, and only having completed a handful of sprint distance races, I joined to meet people to train with and to learn a thing or two (or a hundred) about what actually is involved in becoming […]
Read More ›I heard a really interesting piece today on NPR about a restaurant in Massachusetts, located inside a minimum security prison! Inmates learn how to cook and wait tables; skills that serve them well once they’ve served their time and are then able to find work, which in turn, lowers the risk of re-offending. The […]
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