As I discussed in my last essay, social relationships - the types, the numbers, and the nature - constitute a major risk factor for health. It rivals well established medical risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and physical fitness. In fact, by one estimate nearly 60% of the variation in health outcomes is caused… Continue reading Steep Hills
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Sugar Daddy
Sugar has played a key role in the history of humanity since it was domesticated on the island of New Guinea approximately 10,000 years ago. The New Guineans picked the cane and ate it raw. They, like billions of people afterwards, were hooked and the sugar cane was featured prominently in their myths. Thereafter, sugar… Continue reading Sugar Daddy
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