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What Makes a Happy Life?
This is the fundamental question asked by the Grant Study, a 72-year longitudinal psychological study of 268 men who entered Harvard college in the late 1930’s. Grant Study researchers have fol… more →
Functional Fitness and Self-Defense New Orleans
What Makes a Happy Life?
nolashaolin wrote 7 months ago: This is the fundamental question asked by the Grant Study, a 72-year longitudinal psychological stud … more →
Maple Pecans
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nolashaolin wrote 9 months ago: This week Helen tried a new recipe from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook, “Holiday Pecans. … more →
Front Yard Farmers
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nolashaolin wrote 9 months ago: I’ve posted before about the many health benefits of home vegetable gardening. Here’s an … more →
Brain Foods
nolashaolin wrote 10 months ago: Health & fitness expert Mike Mahler has been writing lately about how to eat and train to create … more →
Self-Defense and Personal Growth
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: At my martial arts school and in my own training, my top goals and priorities are: 1. Health and Fit … more →
Probiotics
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: Our bodies contain colonies of beneficial microbes that assist in the digestion and assimilation of … more →
Herbs
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: HerbSpiral3 Herbs are a great place to start if you are interested in gardening. Many herbs consider … more →
Heifer International
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: As the holiday season (and end of the tax year) approaches, this is a time of year that many of us t … more →
Plastic Plague
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: I’ve posted before about the health risks of endocrine disruptors in soy-based foods and synth … more →
My Take on Weight Loss
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: Many of my personal training clients and martial arts students come to their training with the goal … more →
The Onion News: American Eating
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less Domino’s Scientists Test Limits Of Wha … more →
Too many grasshoppers--vegetarian riposte 1.1
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: I love the way Geoff Lawton puts it here: if your garden has a plague of grasshoppers (or slugs), w … more →
Why I am not a vegetarian, Part 1: ethics and the environment
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: This is a post that I’ve been meaning to write since I started this blog, but it’s such a huge topic … more →
Estrogenic Pollution and Diet
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: An emerging environmental and health concern is the presence of endocrine disruptors in our environm … more →
Go Soak Your Nuts
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: I’ve heard many times over the years that nuts and seeds are an excellent source of protein and heal … more →
Artificial Sweeteners Screw with Your Metabolism
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: I’ve long been leary of artificial sweeteners. Past studies have shown a correlation between … more →
2008 Spring Festival in Austin, TX
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: This year’s Spring Festival, hosted as always by my teacher, Master Joe Schaefer, 6th degree black b … more →
Broth for Happy Tummies and Healthy Joints
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nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: Every Sunday Helen and I head to the West Bank for our weekly pho fix at Tan Dinh, one of my favorit … more →
What is Umami?
nolashaolin wrote 1 year ago: Sweet, sour, salty, bitter . . . umami? Though little known in our culture, there is a fifth taste … more →
