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The meat-free diet catches on in Korea

April 11, 2012
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Anyone familiar with traditional Korean food will find it hard to understand why modern Koreans ever switched to the “standard american diet” (SAD), for much of the traditional diet is amazingly good food, both from a gastronomical and a health perspective. And the traditional Korean diet just so happens to involve very little meat. The good news though, as this Yonhap News article points out, is that the return to a vegetarian diet is quickly catching on in Korea. This will be interesting to watch, because when social change happens in Korea, it really happens quickly.  

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Run for your life

February 6, 2012
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The YouTube video posted below contains a brief presentation by Dr. Mike Evans about the importance of exercise for overall health. He cites a number of studies showing dramatic reductions in various diseases among those who engage in even modest amounts of exercise.  The basic message of the presentation is that if you want to avoid the major chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, or cancer, the single biggest thing you can do it get off your butt and move for at least 30 minutes a day. Hence the title of his lecture: “23 and 1/2 hours”    However,…

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