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Your couch – An unexpected source of lower back pain?

January 28, 2013

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I mentioned in my list of injuries how I’ve hurt my lower back quite a few times. For the most part it doesn’t bother me, as long I take care of it. Like most people, I need to look out for things like twisting too much or leaning over improperly. If I avoid these things I’m […]

Cycling / clicking / sitting and knee pain

January 27, 2013

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A question from an email: “Hi Brian, I just came across your excellent site with the post about ITB stretching. Thanks, I am just trying to digest all of the info now. Could I ask a question – what is the primary reason for knee cap clicking? I have two problems 1) ITB pain – […]

Are diet drinks safe? Do artificial sweeteners really cause cancer?

January 9, 2013

This is part of a series. Part 1 here, part 2 here, you’re reading part 3, and the series in its entirety is here. This is covered pretty extensively elsewhere so I’m not going to go into as much detail as the previous sections. First, I’ve heard / read often “Artificial sweeteners are toxins, thus they are bad.” Well, alcohol is toxic, and […]

What’s up with diet drinks and appetite?

January 9, 2013

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This is part of a series. Part 1 here, you’re reading part 2, part 3 here, and the series in its entirety is here. Diet drinks get chastised all over the place. I’m going to go over some of the more prevalent reasons, at least from what I’ve seen. One of the main arguments against diet drinks is they increase appetite. The […]

Is soda really that big of a deal when it comes to your body weight?

January 9, 2013

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This is part of a series. You’re reading part 1, part 2 here, part 3 here, and the series in its entirety is here. Let me first be very clear, I am not at all advocating drinking soda or sugary drinks. I’m just going to go over the affect these things have on one’s weight; then we’ll go from there. […]

Soda and your body weight / Diet drinks and your appetite / Artificial sweeteners and your risk of cancer

January 9, 2013

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This thing got out of control. I planned on this being a pretty short summary on the affect of diet drinks on weight-loss, and, well, I got a tad off track and just went off. For all the women who tell me I’m “emotionally unavailable” I now reply read my blogs! Apparently I have plenty […]

Thoughts from the Bodies Exhibit

January 8, 2013

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With the recent holidays I had a little time off and decided to check out the Bodies Exhibit in Las Vegas. Yes, it was readily apparent to me I was using my time off to go to Vegas to look at dead bodies rather than get drunk and make bad decisions. I felt an uneasy […]