Tired? Time for a quick power nap! Just keep it under a half-hour, mmmkay?  [Source: AsapSCIENCE ]

Not surprisingly, this infographic doesn't paint a very pretty picture of soda drinking. (Click for full image) Still want to h...

Michelle and the boys were on the local news tonight , which prompted Owen to ask if he's now a considered a "movie star." U...

Correlation ain't the same as causation, but I can't really blame folks for thinking that drinking two gallons of Coke each day h...

Hey, visual learners: Click here to check out this new infographic by the folks at In Good Measure about the importance of sleep. [...

Over at Conditioning Research , Chris Highcock recently posted about "Paleo Sleep" and a fascinating (albeit twelve-year-old) s...

Our buddy Kevin pointed me to a recent piece in The New York Times about vegan bodybuilders . According to the article, the website veganb...

The Georgia Children’s Health Alliance is running an ad campaign against childhood obesity called Strong4Life, which recently ignited a fire...

A fun and engaging video about the benefits of exercise: Still, I'd argue that  sleep is paramount ... [ Source ]

Yesterday, M showed me this tweet by @SFoodie , the food blog run by SF Weekly : This made me want to reach into the Internet and thrott...

In the immediate wake of Star Wars Day and Cinco de Mayo, it may have escaped your notice that today was National Nurses Day . But don’t fr...

What exactly is "fitness," and what does it look like? Surprisingly, there's no universally agreed-upon definition of the w...

Sleeplessness is not a sign of virility. (Source: Bootcamp Fitness )

According to news reports , American women are in a state of " unsatisfactory " health. More women are binge drinking, saying ...

A fascinating read in this weekend's New York Times Magazine about aging and exercise : [Muscle physiologist Tanja] Taivassalo first ...

I enjoyed this essay by Kevin Patterson in Maisonneuve , which lends support to Paleo/Primal approaches to nutrition, and also echoes points...

Over the past few days, I’ve been trying to gradually phase out my caffeine intake, but it’s been a spectacular failure. I was actual...

Exercise helps keep your brain sharp : [S]cientists [at Northwestern University] have been manipulating the levels of bone-morphogenetic ...

Every morning, I pop a big ass fish oil capsule in my mouth. Fish oil offers tons of health benefits : It's a great source of two long...

Good news if you're still in elementary school: Danish researchers believe that most people born in developed countries this century wil...