February 2022

Music creation • Another amazing (and short) video of music creation, this time Paul Simon describing composition of Bridge Over Troubled Water. Just beautiful. Check out the Swan Silvertones song that inspired the title line.  Rest • Love this old post from Dan John, a highly respected, thoughtful, and successful coach of many sports. I shared this with an extremely productive…

January 2022

Superfoods • Check out this video with a somewhat random but interesting list of superfoods. A patient told me about Dr. Eric Berg. I haven’t read a ton of his stuff yet, but I love this video. Well done with visuals and broken down by nutrients, check out these “7 healthiest foods” • Here are the foods and time…

December 2021

Legend • Check out this video of Paul McCartney with Ringo and George. Just riffing, trying to create a song. Starts out very rough the first 30 seconds, but then over the next 60 seconds you witness the creation of the song Get Back. Amazing. I have watched it several times. As always, the comments are entertaining,…

November 2021

The First Space Jump • This is an amazing 3-minute video from 1960 on the first person to do a parachute jump from. outer. space. As you watch the video footage, you see and hear an interview with the man that did the jump.  Fries and Chips • Somewhat technical blog post about an article describing the most fattening foods. Apparently French…

October 2021

Titan • We lost a local surgical legend this year, J David Richardson. Please take a minute to check out this article written before he passed away. An impressive story about the man and his many skills (surgery, education, horse training, breeding, and racing).“David Richardson’s personal internal measure of success is not the number of cases he…

September 2021

Carbquik • Check out this product on Amazon, also found in most groceries. A mysteriously low-carb biscuit mix that almost tastes like the real thing. Not going to pretend it is a whole, unprocessed food. They do use wheat flour but remove much of the carbohydrate. Compatible with ketogenic or low carb diet. • You can throw…

August 2021

Self-enhancement  • This article from an author I had no prior knowledge of links many ideas together: addiction, self-improvement, healing, expressive writing, fame. Such a beautiful piece about what motivates us to change. Some analysis of Buddhist principles, craving and aversion, the amazing transformation of Mike Tyson, work from Gabor Mate who has written about addiction and…

July 2021

MAG • According to this study, higher magnesium intake correlates with less hostility. They studied 4700+ young adults, BUT they looked at Mag in the diet and in supplements; they did not measure magnesium levels. Still quite interesting.  Ketones for the Heart • This brief article in JAMA proposes the use of ketone supplements in patients with sick…

June 2021

How good is your air? • Better air might be the easiest way to prolong your life, especially if you live in a country or area with significant pollution. This article provides somewhat frightening statistics but offers solutions at the end. A few of the easy changes: – Try not to create particles indoors (burning food, incense, candles,…

May 2021

Hey everyone! Hope you had a fulfilling month. **If you are a physician and have navigated the path from “poor health” to “good health,” we want to interview you! We’re talking burnout, mental health, physical health, etc. Our goal is for physician to be the experts, and models, of good health. Please see study information below. • What does it mean to…