Comments on: Time to Live a Little

By: Bet

Bet — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:42:43 +0000

Oh, I am always on a diet. It is up and down. I don’t live on cake. Hardly ever touch fast food. Have less potates than the Irish during the great famine. I will probably diet fat. I hope I live as long as my fat Aunt Alice who died at 87. I do what I can fish oil, blueberries, decafinated beverages.
Oh, well maybe that is why my cloresterol is always several point below where the normal scale stops. It has to be the blueberries.

By: Pat M.

Pat M. — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:57:29 +0000

I have not heard anyone give common sense advice regarding good health in a long time. No matter how hard I try to eat healthy and exercise it does not seem to be enough. And I would love to get eight hours of sleep.

Thanks so much for all you do for women’s health.

By: Anon Mom in SF

Anon Mom in SF — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:13:47 +0000

I stumbled across this book last night and only had time to read the first few pages. In that short time it provided me with a huge sense of relief. And validation for my sneaking suspicions that “perfect health” was subjective. And a myth. I am thin by nature, an ex-dancer, a full-time working mom of a 2-yr old, I love to cook and eat rich foods and light foods alike. I rarely have time to work out but I play hard with my little boy and I walk around the city and take hikes with my husband when we can (not as often as we’d like). We don’t eat fast food. I wish I had time to dance more. I am always feeling like I’m failing. Not enough fruits and veggies, not enough sleep, too much cheese, am I getting my anti-oxidants? Enough vitamin D? I fear I’ll pass along my neuroses to my kiddo, who is very healthy. I count every fruit and vegetable he eats and hate myself for it. I know I don’t have to be this way but it helps to see it in print. When did we get so paranoid?? Thank you for putting it all into perspective. You should start a blog just about this topic – I think a lot of people (esp. women) could stand to hear this sort of message more often. We need a voice of reason to counter the faddish morning talk show blather about YOU MUST DRINK YOUR FISH OIL OR YOU WILL DIE TOMORROW. Michael Pollan has started the dialogue about a more rational, healthy relationship with food and food production. You integrate that message with lifestyle. It’s important for us to hear. Thank you!

By: Nonsequiteuse

Nonsequiteuse — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:53:19 +0000

I’m trying to live a little, but also stir things up a bit. I was bummed out by the Facebook ‘what color is your bra’ meme, so am trying to start a new meme that contains a concrete call to action beyond posting your bra color. I’m asking my friends (and hope they’ll ask theirs, and so on, and so forth) to do just 3 things. 1) Visit Army of Women, read, and sign up. 2) Change their FB status to “I’m in the Army now.” and 3) Link that status update to http://www.armyofwomen.org so that other women can read, join, and encourage others to join. Hope it helps move us toward the goal of 1,000,000!

By: Janet Powers

Janet Powers — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:45:19 +0000

Happy New Year Dr. Love – great interview on the Today Show this morning. I am going to go buy your new book today – wishing you much success with the new book and getting the message out about being healthy AND having fun! All my best! Janet