AHJ Staff Member - Bob Condor
Bob Condor
Bob Condor blogs every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and weekend for Alternative Health Journal.
Along with bringing the latest news and trends about alternative health, Bob will help you get the most of your Internet health research. Bob is the Living Well Columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.He covers health and quality of life for the Hearst-owned newspaper and writes regularly for national magazines. He is a former syndicated health columnist for the Chicago Tribunetwice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and author of six books, including “The Good Mood Diet” and “Your Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Guide.” His articles have appeared in Life, Esquire, Parade, Self, Outside and Shape among national magazines. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two 11-year-old kids.
Articles
Build a Better Breakfast: High-Fiber in the Morning Burns More Fat During Exercise
It’s a small study about how eating a certain type of breakfast can help you burn more fat, but it could nonetheless have a huge impact on losing...
Chicken Soup and, Surprise, Chicken Legs Can Reduce Blood Pressure
More fodder for grandmas everywhere: Japanese researchers have published a new study showing that the collagen proteins found in chicken may...
Daily Glass or Two of Wine Can Boost a Women's Bone Health
The Alternative Health Blog is always at your service! (If you haven't been checking out Bob Condor's blog on AHJ, you're missing out on some...
Dark Chocolate Lowers Inflammation, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure
The media always enjoys writing funny, punny or even sunny headlines about the latest chocolate-for-health studies. Yet a recent Italy study about...
Don’t Overthink Your Life or Health
There’s an old saying in golf that applies to any of us: Don’t overthink your swing. The Kaizen method of continuous improvement calls for not...
Good Sleep Hygiene Burns More Fat
The most underrated health strategy—by far—is getting enough sleep. Studies are clear that adequate sleep helps us burn more fat. Plus, shorting...
Lower Your Blood Pressure without Drugs
About 70 million Americans are borderline hypertensive or worse. Too many of them use medications rather than lifestyle changes to get back to...
Prevent Heart Disease with the Power of the Pomegranate
The pomegranate offers a healthy outlook for both you and food companies making juices and other products from the ancient fruit. The pomegranate...
Smile! Scientists Confirm Happiness is Contagious
It might sound like a catch-phrase for an optimists club, but new science shows that happiness can be contagious. Harvard Medical School...
Smoothie Move: Make Your Own for Best Energy, Timing
As seen in the Alternative Health Blog, this article is part of our "Best of the Blog" series. The perfect smoothie? “If someone can hand you a...
Stay Younger Longer: Best Workout to Fight Off Fatigue, Aging
As seen in the Alternative Health Blog, this article is part of our "Best of the Blog" series. Here’s a hopeful fact about the world’s best...
Stress and the Single Life
Married people live longer than never married or divorce adults. That’s a fact from decades of health research. This finding has always been...
The Not-So-Great Outdoors for Today's Kids: What You Can Do About It
What’s not surprising is that a new study shows today’s kids spend too little time outside in nature and too much time—way too much—in front of...
Tone Your Brain with these Ancient Chinese Healing Exercises
You likely know Taoism. Maybe you don’t know that one of China’s great thinkers, Laozi, was its founder. It’s so long ago that no one can document...
Why the FDA Needs to Regulate Caffeine in Energy Drinks
You might say it’s about time to jolt the federal government into taking a closer look at energy drinks. Dozens of the nation’s top nutrition...
Women are More Prone Than Men to Symptoms of Economy Stress
The economy is no one’s favorite subject these days. But a new American Psychological Association survey shows that women might be even more...