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Nutrition: Chocolate Milk May Reduce Inflammation

Pretty cool news, but:

Move over, red wine. Make room for chocolate milk. . . . Researchers noted, however, that the effect was not as pronounced as that seen with red wine.

So, the new kid in town is . . . demonstrably inferior to the champ?

I consume about 45 mL of cocoa powder ( Read more... )

About that PT appointment I have for tomorrow morning . . . PT's office just called me to cancel, as he has to go to a funeral. Doh. I can have an appointment with his partner, though. Not the person my doctor referred me to, but certainly better than waiting until August.

Just . . . argh! Also, ow.

Well, I've seen the doctor, and he's diagnosed me with "overuse both forearms/wrists". He's referred me to a PT, with whom I should have an appointment next Wednesday morning, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong with the Worker's Comp. The recommendation is for a good exercise and stretching program. One interesting thing, he explicitly pointed ( Read more... )

Forearm pain so bad I left work early. Only stayed as long as I did because I had a meeting at 3, just as I was about to leave, and there didn't seem any reason not to stay for that; it's not like I had to type. And it was sort of important I be there.

Slivovitz == medicine. I think I'll nap shortly. And I'm going to try to ( Read more... )