by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on February 10, 2011
Although keeping a food journal is most likely an effective strategy to lose weight, the problem with the research cited below is that there is no control or differentiation over who keeps a food diary and who doesn’t. Of course anyone who has the focus and discipline to keep a food diary is going to [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 30, 2010
“A person who has not passed through the inferno of their passions has never overcome them.” C.G. Jung (Blogger author’s note: Heart conditions are good training for the inferno.) One of the more difficult aspects of having a heart condition is the anxiety that goes with it — while many diseases and medical problems are [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 8, 2010
A previous post suggested that IPhone users (3% of the population) are daydreaming 47% of the time, and that they were happiest when they were living in the present. (Duh, give up the IPhone.) Now, with modern technology, one can go a step further now, and get a scarf that vibrates when you are not [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 8, 2010
This article suggests an interesting variable in the research about depression, happiness and heart disease — that it is the expression of the happiness, and not just an internal feeling of happiness, that it is the critical variable. It makes me wonder whether this also applies to depression — if one actually expresses the depression [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 6, 2010
One always has to be skeptical of research. This research suggests that people’s minds are wandering 47% of the time. (It also may be more characteristics of people who carry Iphones, who I suspect actually like multi-tasking) It continues to suggest how important the mind is in one’s feeling of well-being; learning how to focus [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 4, 2010
I confess, I don’t like being told what to do. If someone says to me, “Smile”, it is about the last thing I want to do. These people are not accepting my dark side and think I should be different than I am. (My dark side, in fact, would like to take the smile off [...]
by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on November 29, 2010
This research suggests that red and pink pills are most effective. Do you suppose the pink Plavix pill pushers took this into account? Note that this research was done in India: the psychological effects of color are different in different cultures. Personally — and fitting in with this research – I prefer red pills. I [...]