Quotes of the Day

Red meat is strongly associated with cancer in the esophagus itself, whereas poultry is more strongly associated with cancer down around the stomach-esophagus border. The most protective foods for cancer at the esophagus-stomach border appear to be red, orange, and dark-green leafy vegetables, berries, apples, and citrus fruits. In a randomized clinical trial of powdered strawberries in patients with precancerous lesions in their esophagus, subjects ate 1-2 ounces of freeze-dried strawberries every day for 6 months--that's the daily equivalent of about a pound of fresh strawberries. The progression of the disease was reversed in about 80% of the patients in the high-dose strawberry group. [2015] - Michael Greger

Keys to Finding Hope: 1. Hope depends upon taking care that we have at least two alternatives, in every situation we find ourselves, and with every task confronting us. 2. In any situation, no matter how much we may feel we are at the mercy of vast forces out there, that are totally beyond our control, we can always find something that is within our control, however small, and work on that. 3. Nothing that happens to us is just senseless and meaningless. In the context of our total life, it will eventually turn out to have meaning. [2013] - Richard N. Bolles

Trends and patterns are usually much more reliable on longer-term charts like daily and higher. [2009] - James Chen

Fundamentally I structure my training around exercises that improve the following: 1. Grip strength, how hard you can grip with your hands, which involves everything from your hands to your lats. 2. Attention to both concentric and eccentric loading for all movements, meaning when our muscles are shortening (concentric) and when they're lengthening (eccentric). In other words, we need to be able to lift the weight up and put it back down, slowly and with control. Rucking down hills is a great way to work on eccentric strength, because it forces you to put on the "brakes." 3. Pulling motions, at all angles from overhead to in front of you, which also requires grip strength (e.g., pull-ups and rows). 4. Hip-hinging movements, such as the deadlift and squat, but also step-ups, hip thrusters, and countless single-leg variants of exercises that strengthen the legs, glutes, and lower back. [2023] - Peter Attia

Customers buy a particular product or service because they feel that it is superior in some way to anything else available. Sometimes it is lower price. Sometimes it is a particular feature or benefit. Sometimes it is because they like the salesperson better than the representative of another company. Sometimes the competitive advantage is that you are the first person who has explained to them how much they could improve their lives or work with your product. [2004] - Brian Tracy