This blog is about energy and eating and body weight and being a bit fitter. It’s about being healthy (enough to do all the things you want to do for as long as you want to do them) but not obsessing about measuring everything. At the outset, the disclaimer and personal bias is that I … Continue reading What’s in a calorie ?
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Exercise 101
If you don’t know how many stairs there are from the basement parking to your office (because you always use the lifts) – you need to keep reading. Or if your 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week (the Mayo clinic’s recommended minimum) includes pizza-lifting or bath-running or paper-pushing as activities for your smart watch. … Continue reading Exercise 101
COVID-19 in 2021 and VACCINES
It's been a long time again since "pen to paper" on this blog - my daughter manages every week on her Tall Blonde Tales - lifestyle and cooking stuff - but then she is the younger generation plugged into the internet of things. As the old guy, the Indiana Jones equivalent - I do all … Continue reading COVID-19 in 2021 and VACCINES
COVID-19
I simply cannot believe I haven't found five minutes to jot down a much belated blog post regarding this global coronavirus pandemic. I could find an excuse: I was busy sorting out emergency units across South Africa, as part of the national medical preparedness strategyI was hanging up laundry or washing dishes or discussing ingredients … Continue reading COVID-19
Into the Sun
Coming from a hot African country one has to develop sensible protective strategies for sun exposure. While not as dramatic as Vin Diesel's exposure in Chronicles of Riddick, excessive or prolonged or chronic sun exposure (specifically the UV or ultraviolet radiation that is inherent in sunlight) can cause a variety of health related problems. Without … Continue reading Into the Sun
Surviving motion sickness
A recent family holiday to a wonderful land of amusement parks and rollercoasters and popcorn (and too many tourists whose BMI was competing with their ambulation) prompted some much needed advice for friends struggling with motion sickness. Some people suffer from it, some don't. It's all about synchronicity of signals to your brain. For starters, … Continue reading Surviving motion sickness
Just do it…
Inertia - the phenomenon of not going anywhere, or not making any real progress, or simply being ingrained in a daily life routine that seems awfully practical and useful and necessary but does little to inspire or fulfil. This blog became a victim of such inertia - the always busy emergency guy super dad just … Continue reading Just do it…
The Perils of the Parent in the Parking Lot
Why pray tell would this seemingly frivolous subject be tackled in an emergency medicine blog - a portal for all things serious like life threatening toxins and deadly creatures and anaphylaxis and heart attacks? Well, the parking lot is indeed a dangerous place (AEDs and anxiolytics should be provided at the gate for sane parental … Continue reading The Perils of the Parent in the Parking Lot
Input versus Output
The plethora of diet and weight loss and eating plan strategies out there is truly mind boggling. The drive to achieve an ideal body weight, or just improve one's overall look or perhaps feel healthier and more energetic causes people to turn to all sorts of remedies, quick fix plans and snake oils. Quite simply, … Continue reading Input versus Output
Listeria – not hysteria
South Africa recently experienced the world's worst outbreak of Listeriosis, a serious disease caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes - which is a common resident in nature, living in soil, water and occasionally in contaminated food. It usually causes a gastro-enteritis (upset tummy / diarrhoea), fever and even meningitis which can be quite severe; but … Continue reading Listeria – not hysteria
Dr Charl's Survival Guide 