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Musings by Cliff
Nutrition, health, training, and life and purpose articles with a liberal dose of off-topic content
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Eat kumara and yams as priority carbs
Kumara and yams are first-choice carbs!
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Avoid ‘low-fat’ foods
Don’t buy into the low-fat hype!
The Effects of Exercise on Immunity
It is widely accepted that exercise improves health and is, by extension, a valuable contributor to proper immune functioning and resistance to infection. However, excessive exercise is a stressor that can dampen immune functions and as a result, over-training can lead to increased rates of infection with colds and flu-like…...
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Vegetarian? Watch those extra carbs!
Even if you’re not vegetarian or vegan, you may tend to really ‘load up’ your plate with carb foods like rice.
The Effects of Stress on Immunity
Stress has an undeniable and large effect on health and is a less commonly discussed, but extremely important part of encouraging the greatest human resilience and resistance to infections. A systematic review of 56 studies showed that stress had a significant impact on measures of immunity (reduced natural killer cell
The Effects of Sleep on Immunity
It is likely that sleeping too little, or having poor sleep, and possibly sleeping too long impact immunity. There are strong associations between sleep length and quality and a range of long-term health outcomes, such as1: Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Cardiovascular diseases Coronary heart diseases Obesity Over 70 studies featuring more
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Avoid most breakfast cereals
General rule: avoid breakfast cereals.
The Immunity Issue: The Carb-Appropriate Review
Issue 5 | Volume 2 | May 2020 In this issue: The Carb-Appropriate Research Review goes all-in on IMMUNITY; auto-immunity, the auto-immune protocol diet (AKA ‘AIP’), and how your immune system is affected by stress, sleep and exercise. Featured article All About: Immunity Immunity is a hot topic right now
The Value of Small, Consistent Improvements
Doing too much too soon can sabotage your results. On the other hand, making small, consistent improvements can yield big results over the long-term
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Replace grains with vegetables
Put more veggies on your plate!
Cliff and Mikki Talk Holistic Wellness (swapcast)
Cliff chats with nutritionist and researcher Dr Mikki Williden about how to achieve *actual* holistic wellness