“Moderation in all things” may be good dietary advice, but can you make videos, books, and classes based on that advice? Probably. But would they be best sellers like the Atkins diet, or proclaiming (insert food name here) as the new “superfood? How about identifying foods high in (insert gluten, carbohydrates or gluten) to avoid in favor of foods high in protein? Matt Fitzgerald’s book Diet Cults examines the fads, the proclaiming of certain ingredients as bette noir and the identifying of certain foods to […]
Don’t just keep it simple, make it understandable, and make me care
When Alan Alda speaks to doctors about communicating with their patients, he doesn’t start off by saying “When you talk to a patient, try not to use jargon.” Instead, he tells them a story about his appendix operation. When Alda was in Chile filming a documentary, he suffered a life-threatening problem with his appendix. He needed an end-to-end anastomosis. This meant a yard of Alda’s intestine had to be cut out. Before surgery, his operating doctor told him that something had gone wrong with Alda’s […]
“Sleep that knits the ravell’d sleeve of care…” sustains memories and enhances learning.
“Sleep that knits the ravell’d sleeve of care…” as well as sustains memories and enhances learning. Perhaps you will make or have made resolutions for the new year. May I propose that you make a “continuing resolution? That is one that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Here it is: I will get seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Impossible? Not necessarily. Reading Matthew Walker’s book Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, will help you […]
Now for something different: A sort of a follow-up
With this paper, Professor Kathrine Cramer revisits the rural groups she originally interviewed for her 2016 book The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker. These included various morning “coffee klatches” gathering at local gas stations in small Wisconsin towns with populations ranging from 600-2000. The groups were made up of men who were either retired, unemployed or employed. One central-west group was made up of a women’s lunch group made up of employed and retired women. The interviews were conducted […]