I’m still in a new year’s “top 10 list” mood, so I’ve made a list of my top posts from 2009. These are the ones I feel can have the most impact on your lives, and are not necessarily the most popular. My faves revolve around preventive measures. Let’s jump in:
- How To Prevent Heart Attacks & Strokes – Heart disease is still the #1 killer. This slide show shows some basic lifestyle choices that can reduce your risks up to 80% — without medicine
- Fruits & Veggies: How Many Servings Do You Need? (And How Much Is A “Serving”, Anyway?) – again, more basics but how many actually know how much servings to eat? Now, you can find out in 20 seconds…
- Do You Know Your Cardiovascular Age? – Again, heart disease is the #1 killer; with a bit of your medical records you can create a wonderfully informative graph of your 10-year risk of having a heart attack — as well as tips on what you can do to reduce that risk
- Do You Know Your BMI? – obesity is a worldwide issue. One basic is your body mass index; do you know yours? Now you can find out…
- Asian Fruits & Vegetables: Which Are Healthier? – includes one of the most useful-to-daily-life PDFs I’ve ever seen from any government. Memorize it!
- Chinese Medicine and the Flu: I Say Tomato, You Say 西红柿 – part of a series of articles revolving around flu basics, but triggering insights on TCM and Western medicine
- Gastroenteritis – New Slide Show – Part of my slide show series, this online slide show discusses the basics the the common stomach flu
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases – another of my slide show series, this describes the basic symptoms as well as what you should to to both protect and treat yourself
- Too Much TV Is Bad, For Kids and You. Here’s Why – a review of recent literature showing just how it can hurt school performance
- What’s The Real Data on Alternative Medicines for Colds and Flu? – We review the best evidence as to what works and doesn’t