Health

I’ve been a dedicated customer of Pearl Izumi runners for some time now. A clerk at a running store suggested I might like the way they feel, and I didn’t like them, I loved them.

Every so often in grade school, our teacher made us head out of the class and run around the school field as part of gym. Me, I never made it around once.

A lot of us make an attempt to practice the basics of healthy living: seven or eight hours of sleep a night, some form of exercise every day, leafy greens as often as possible, and red wine (but for medicinal/preventative purposes).

Gaining weight? Blame your crisper, your dinnertime routine, and even your flatware, says psychologist Brian Wansink. But check out the happy flip side: simple tricks like downsizing your dinnerware can subconsciously push you to eat less and losing weight.

I love being right. I try to research most of the advice I give to see if there is a precedent. I don’t just pull this stuff out of my you-know-where. Well, most of the time I don’t.