health

1. 5 March 2016

   Feet, forks, and fingers

   Many of the biggest risks we face aren't financial. Health is chief among them. Most premature death traces back to just a few behaviours: what we do with our feet (physical activity), our forks (diet…

2. 15 September 2015

   Scattered thoughts on nutrition

   Some scattered thoughts on nutrition after digging into the better resources. Temporary diets are a terrible idea — if you want to be healthy, it's a long game, not a stop-gap. The Western diet has re…

3. 14 July 2015

   What is the leading cause of death? An interesting perspective

   Ask most educated people what the leading cause of death is in a developed country and they'll say heart disease. But a provocative Ralph Keeney paper reframes this: the real leading cause of death is…