http://russklettke.com Business Writer with a Healthy Twist Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:08:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Water is good for you, and the more the merrier, right? Not exactly: it is possible to over-hydrate, as happens in more than 10 percent of marathon runners (the problem is that water and salts in the body need to be in balance). I write about water from a personal health, ... http://russklettke.com/?p=85 Hair is sometimes a reflection of overall health, and in several situations – when a person suffers from anorexia nervosa, bulemia or if they are undergoing intentional rapid weight loss, such as with gastric bypass surgery – there is a clear connection as all such situations can lead to hair ... http://russklettke.com/?p=84 I have to admit it: When my editor asked me to write four articles on meditation – focus on how it works, plus the emotional, spiritual and health benefits – I was skeptical of what it can do. But when I began to interview experts (I guess the word guru ... http://russklettke.com/?p=83 The return of a green sensibility is particularly gratifying to architects who trained in the 1970s. This was during the first energy crisis, which shocked us into awareness of poor resource use and its environmental consequences. Architects such as Charles Rose in Somerville, Massachusetts, who I profiled (below) for BG+H ... http://russklettke.com/?p=82 I wrote this article on the use of pre-air conditioning techniques in regional architecture of the South by a very busy, respected firm in Atlanta. The story will run in the January 2011 edition of Green Building + Design, where I am a regular contributor. As a writer on green ... http://russklettke.com/?p=81 Do you think that potholes (chuckholes, kettles) are merely the product of winter weather? Guess again -- heat and rain are just as capable of ruining a road as are ice and snow. Which explains why Honolulu and Los Angeles have particularly bad pothole problems. I explore the mechanics of pothole ... http://russklettke.com/?p=78 My clients at Pothole.info like to track trends in infrastructure (road and bridge building and repair) and transportation, including funding and consumer behavior issues that can affect these things. I stumbled onto an Advertising Age article that discusses lower rates of driving among young people, and turned it into a ... http://russklettke.com/?p=76 The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 is a tragedy of many origins and, as of this writing, a cataclysm with dismal prospects for solutions. Regardless of political stripe, almost everyone agrees that a reduced dependence on petroleum is an important step toward fixing many problems. The bike-to-work option is increasingly embraced ... http://russklettke.com/?p=75 A fundamental aspect of fitness, in particular, strength training, is that you are asking your muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones to do something different and harder than before. So if your exercise routine is just that, routine, you are gaining little from the time you spend there other than to ... http://russklettke.com/?p=74 A smartly-packaged approach to fitness marketing, the P90X program, is getting lots of attention across a broad swath of people who want their exercise program to be effective. As a certified fitness trainer and writer, I find this fascinating because it's really nothing new. It just takes a fundamental principle ... http://russklettke.com/?p=73