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[The critical component is "adherence" -- most of us know what to do be be healthy, we just don't do it. It is the psychology of adherence that deserves much study and much more prominence] from the article: All 4 low-risk lifestyle factors were significantly and independently associated with a lower risk of SCD Adherence [...]
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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 [...]
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Continuing on the theme of using will-power as a strategy for behavioral change — I grew up on the Little Engine that Could. Perhaps it helps children climb mountains and surmount obstacles. This article suggests, however, that if you attempt to do more than is reasonable, if you think you can avoid temptation all the [...]
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Walnuts’ Potential New Link to Heart Health Reported Walnuts, already shown in some studies to reduce “bad” (LDL) cholesterol, may have yet another way of enhancing cardiovascular health. University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) scientists and their Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Padova (Italy) co-investigators have found that laboratory hamsters that ate feed containing walnuts [...]
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Years ago, California had a 1-800 hotline you could call if you were trying to quit smoking. They asked the callers if they could check back on them to see what strategies of quitting smoking worked. It turned out that a large variety of strategies worked, except for the strategy of using willpower. The problem [...]
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