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Dopesick- Hulu's maddening, sad miniseries on the opioid crisis.
Dan Connors
  • Dec 1, 2021
  • 4 min

Dopesick- Hulu's maddening, sad miniseries on the opioid crisis.

Watch the trailer above to get some idea what this miniseries was about, and watch all episodes if you can. It will make you both mad...
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Covid Mental Health Challenge #2- My depression story
Dan Connors
  • Oct 3, 2020
  • 4 min

Covid Mental Health Challenge #2- My depression story

In any mental health journey, the discussion turns to stories. Everybody has a story, especially of when they realized they had mental...
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Mental health and why weight problems start with your thoughts.
Dan Connors
  • Sep 26, 2020
  • 3 min

Mental health and why weight problems start with your thoughts.

All of the weight loss programs out there are useless without one basic thing- mental health. Losing weight, or making any major change...
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 Fasting- can literally starving yourself break the obesity code?
Dan Connors
  • Sep 24, 2020
  • 5 min

Fasting- can literally starving yourself break the obesity code?

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting- Jason Fung (2016) The Obesity...
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Take the chicken test- or are ya chicken?
Dan Connors
  • Sep 23, 2020
  • 4 min

Take the chicken test- or are ya chicken?

Chicken is one of the most popular foods there is. It's great for the fast-food giants like KFC, Popeyes, and Chick-Fil-A. It's a...
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The $71 Billion dollar photo and the diet industry
Dan Connors
  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 5 min

The $71 Billion dollar photo and the diet industry

Every year on January 1, Americans of a certain girth make new year's resolutions to take off some of the extra pounds they carried the...
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Drugs, side effects, and weight gain
Dan Connors
  • Sep 20, 2020
  • 4 min

Drugs, side effects, and weight gain

So far on this journey I've presented that what you eat has a huge impact on your health and your weight. Watching both portions and...
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Test your egg knowledge with this little quiz.
Dan Connors
  • Sep 17, 2020
  • 4 min

Test your egg knowledge with this little quiz.

Which came first? ___ The chicken ___ The egg 2. Which eggs are healthiest to eat? ___ White eggs ___ Brown eggs ___ Both...
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Cell phones and apps- nutrition tech could save us all.
Dan Connors
  • Sep 16, 2020
  • 4 min

Cell phones and apps- nutrition tech could save us all.

Back in the old days, if you wanted to keep track of your weight or eating, all you had available was a scale and a piece of paper. Now...
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You can't work off those double cheeseburgers at the gym!
Dan Connors
  • Sep 13, 2020
  • 4 min

You can't work off those double cheeseburgers at the gym!

Regular physical exercise is essential to both physical and mental health. It helps to strengthen the heart and lungs, increases your...
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Potatoes, taters, spuds and yams
Dan Connors
  • Sep 11, 2020
  • 5 min

Potatoes, taters, spuds and yams

Without the potato, I wouldn't be here today, nor would many other Irish descendants. This little starchy tuber has become one of the...
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It's 3 AM. Want a cookie?  You know you do...
Dan Connors
  • Sep 3, 2020
  • 5 min

It's 3 AM. Want a cookie? You know you do...

Have you ever gotten that feeling that you have to eat something naughty right away? This isn't the hunger you feel if you haven't eaten...
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Goals, goal setting, and still enjoying the now.
Dan Connors
  • Sep 1, 2020
  • 5 min

Goals, goal setting, and still enjoying the now.

So today is the last day of my original weight loss challenge. I lost nearly 5% of my body weight in 30 days, which is a pretty good...
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How Not to Die
Dan Connors
  • Aug 31, 2020
  • 6 min

How Not to Die

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease Michael Greger with Gene Stone This book is...
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