HealthNotDiets Digest, Issue 37, 2018
September 7 - September 13, 2018
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Articles & Blogs
Opinion: Are We Being Misled About Precision Medicine?
by Liz Szabo
“Hospitals promote their precision-medicine programs by showcasing the stories of long-term survivors. Companies that sell the tests that look for mutations ...highlight only the best-case scenarios.Against this backdrop of hope and desperation, how are patients supposed to make informed decisions?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opinion/cancer-genetic-testing-precision-medicine.html
Body Positive Fitness in Hong Kong
by Liv Magazine
“I don’t care if you think running will make my calves “manly” or if you want to “compliment” me on my weight loss – just assume that my body is not your business.”
http://liv-magazine.com/body-positive-fitness-hong-kong/?utm_sq=fv2fbk7v6d
Nutritional Minutiae Doesn't Really Matter As Much As We Think It Does
by Robyn. The Real Life RD
“if your food choices are causing you more stress, isolating you from social situations, disconnecting you emotionally, not satisfying your tastebuds and cravings, or leaving you feeling chaotic and out of control around certain foods…your food choices are not healthy at all”
https://www.thereallife-rd.com/2018/05/nutritional-minutiae-does-not-matter/
Why #morethanmybody is Important – Recap from Love Your Body Week
by Fumi Somehara
“You will have “good” days and “meh” days when it comes to how you feel, see and think about your body.That’s a very normal, human thing.”
Why Your Desk Job Is So Damn Exhausting
by Brian Resnick
“In some people, physical activity is fatiguing...But in other people, it is energizing”
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/5/17818170/work-fatigue-exhaustion...