Music To Soothe The Savage Soul

I was jumping rope for an hour last week with my trusty IPod clipped to my shirt.  Jumping rope nonstop (except for the few times I step on the rope) is a high intensity workout to say the least.  Listening to music while I workout in this manner increases my concentration (o.k., I AM listening to Crystal Method, Apex Twins, Chemical Brothers and the like) and keeps me stepping to the beat.  I highly recommend the activity to burn calories, have fun and increase your coordination and stamina.  My resting heart rate is 48bpm....what's yours?

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (26:  80-86  2012) has  published findings that listening to music during exercise can result in quicker clearance of lactate, a perceived lack of effort to perform the exercise, a quicker recovery time and higher quality of your workouts.

Do Your Own Life

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  To live your own life takes courage.  Steve Jobs was a tremendous example of the American Dream....brains, courage to explore, and took all risks to see his dream manifest.  To look at your own death in the eye and go with dignity and gusto until the very end is to be honored.  Jobs changed the modern world and the manner in which we think and conduct our everyday lives.  His health being quite poor, he still smiled, joked, worked and persevered until the very end.  May his life and death be an inspiration to all.  My personal and professional life have always been profounded affected by his innovations and visions (thank you, Steve).  The lesson here?  What are you doing in your life to make a difference on a day to day basis?  Let everyone else do their own life - you do yours, because at the end of the game, you'll have no regrets...you'll have done it your way.

Germs, Germs Everywhere

EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!  COOTIES!!!!  Remember that from childhood?  Well, guess what?  Those germs are still everywhere.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Today, I'm going to give you a short list of where they hide so you can limit the amount of cooties in your life.
-Dust mites eat human skin flakes on your pillow.  Asthmatic symptoms can occur if you are allergic to them or their feces.  Zip your pillows with dust- proof covers.
-Sharing cosmetics is just disgusting.  When you share cosmetics or use it for too long, it can become contaminated with bacteria or fungi.
-desktops have 21,000 germs per square inch, compared with 49 germs per square inch on office toilet seats.  Wash your hands often and keep your hands away from your face.  Use a sanitizer and clean the keyboard. 

-Sponges in the kitchen are one of the biggest causes of foodbourne bacteria.  Use paper towels or clean dishcloths which are much more sanitary.
-Swimming pools are like community bathtubs...enough said.  Chlorine can't kill all the bacteria in public pools.  Don't swallow pool water, and take a shower with soap and water before and after your pool experience.
- Shoes come from outside in the street where people spit, dogs poop and pigeons roam.  Take your shoes off when entering your home and ask your guests to do the same.