by Brett Blumenthal
My heart goes out to the family of 18 year old Stephanie Kuleba, who died Saturday, 24 hours following breast surgery. Doctors believe she died as a result of a rare reaction to anesthesia called malignant hyperthermia.  Although Stephanie’s surgery was considered corrective, aimed at fixing an inverted nipple and asymmetrical breasts, the story reminded me of [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Recently, I have been hearing about a lot of adults who obsess over some aspect of their health.  I’m talking about adults that fall into the age group of 40 something to 60 something.  I’m also talking about individuals whom most would perceive to be ‘perfectly healthy and fit’…individuals, that if I looked at, I’d [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
We all have been on the band wagon about sustainability….green living…triple bottom line…social responsibility…yada yada.  When looking at the environment and when looking at our recently grown passion for sustainability, we have been in a reactive mode: slapping band aids on to fix the wounds we have inflicted on the earth.  It has taken astronomical [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Have you ever missed a good night sleep and then the next night stayed up late to watch your favorite rerun of Friends, Frasier or Scrubs…because even though you had seen it five times, you just couldn’t get enough?  And then the night after, you went out with friends for drinks and dinner, and it [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Ah yes, the ever noble salad entree…the dieters delight…the healthy individual’s staple.  Truth is, I’m a huge salad lover.  Actually, the rawer the vegetable, the better.  As a kid, I would scarf down carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers…you name it: If it crunched, I loved it.  Once the crunch was gone, however, I didn’t [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Ok…I debated writing about this…and may even regret it, but it is hard for me to not have some sort of commentary on this subject.  For one, I don’t like politics and I’m not a political person…at all.  And two, I am in no place to judge other people or their lives.  That said, it [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Did you ever wish that you had an internal alarm to tell you to ’slow down’…or to ’stop eating doritos’…or to ‘get back to the gym’…or to even ‘take a vacation’…before it is too late?  I got mine this morning.  I think I’ve continued to celebrate my birthday now for about three weeks…and [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
This past Friday, I had the great pleasure of seeing ‘Next Generation,’ an extraordinary modern ballet production put on by the Boston Ballet at the Wang Theater.  When I go to the theater or shows, I often flip through the Playbill during intermissions, reading about other performing arts productions coming to the area.  The advertisements that [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Yes, I’m a believer.  I really feel that when you strength train, a little pain means a lot of gain.  There is such a thing as overdoing it, but a little pain means that you had a good workout the day before because you created the stress in your muscles necessary to create [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Having been an aerobics instructor and a personal trainer, I am always amazed at the number of trainers who really don’t cut the mustard.  I often wince when I see trainers ’training’ individuals when they are clearly incompetent.  Mostly because the people they are ‘training’ are in the dark about what they should be getting [...]

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