Every once in a while you find a piece of research that just makes you want to jump for joy - this was that study.

 

For years at Life By Design, we have been talking about the importance of strength training to every aspect of your life. Bottom line: it's a requirement for an optimal body.

 

In this University of Sydney study, researchers found that people from 55-85 years of age with mild cognitive dysfunction became smarter after 6 months of strength training.

 

But that is not it...they also found that the subjects who strength trained had a bigger and different looking brains! The researchers were excited for what this could mean to people with neurodegenerative disorders like dementia and Alzheimer's.

 

What we covered:

A prestigious medical journal, The New England Journal Of Medicine, published a study claiming breast cancer is being over-diagnosed and the blame can be laid on mammograms.

 

The head researcher questioned the whole screening process saying that 'screening is a choice, not a public health imperative.'

 

His reasoning?

 

According to his data, Dr. Welch concluded that many tumors or lumps found in breast tissue would never transform into metastatic breast cancer.

 

He claims that tumor size is not as important as biological characteristics which imaging (mammograms included) can never show.

 

Of course, this opinion does not go uncontested.

 

Dr. Daniel Kopans argues that the data is flawed and mammograms are great screening tools. He mentions that breast cancer increased 1%/year from 1940 to 1980 and that screening is a life-saving procedure for most women.

 

We did find it interesting that Dr. Daniel Kopans receives research grant money from GE Medical, who also happens to make equipment for mammograms.

 

The people have spoken and the US election is over.

 

However, a quick view of social media will tell you that the damage is just starting to happen now.

 

I don't mean that in a political way. I mean that in the most personal way possible.

 

People are losing their minds. There have been riots, hatred, families being torn apart by their differing political views, fear, panic attacks and even threats of moving to Canada.

 

You are stressing yourself out and ruining your life and health over something you can't control and can't change. Entering into the stress response of fight or flight is the precursor to disease, early death and an abundance of mental anguish.

 

To quote Bob Newhart from a classic Mad TV episode "Stop it!"

 

Stop doing this to yourself. 

 

On this podcast, we discuss strategies to help snap you out of fear mode and get your head and body working properly again.

 

If you were ever guilted into feeling bad about the choices you've made, how you look, what your interests are or how you choose to live your life, then this podcast is for you.

 

As of late, shaming has been a hot topic all in the media on a worldwide scale.

 

Interestingly enough, when doing the research I couldn't find a solid definition on 'shaming' much less two people who used the term to mean the same thing.

 

We seem to have an idea of what 'shaming' means, but don't know specifically what exactly we're talking about. Not being able to define any problem is a huge challenge with finding a solution.

 

One of the areas you may not have considered as even possible for people to shame is when others are trying to make the right decisions. Believe it or not, there is such a thing as health shaming, which means shaming for wanting or trying to be healthy.