A discussion of fitness,nutrition, health, and anything else that comes to mind.
We are poised on the precipice of destruction. Armageddon is but a moment away. What could possibly initiate such depressing diatribes? I walked into my house the other day and found my youngest daughter watching something on TV called "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" and I have no better explanation than the end is near. For the gleefully uninitiated, this latest ...
Just as President Obama’s beliefs on homosexual marriage have “evolved” so my feelings about the run/walk/run method of training has evolved. He originally felt that marriage was between a man and a woman but once his enlightened and all wise 10 year old daughter opened his eyes, he evolved to an understanding that it didn’t matter whether you were married to a man, a woman, a sheep, or a park bench, as long as you ...
There are a few icons of modern history that stimulate instant recognition with just their first names. Say Elvis, Madonna, Cher, Prince (or whatever he is this week), or Beyonce and instantly visions of celebrity and notoriety flood your frontal lobes. No one, however, can hold a pork chop to everyone’s big sister, Oprah. The O has put the pro in promotion and has redefined the cult of personality. To be sure, ...
Government Gone Wild! Recently the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made some egregious recommendations regarding Pap smears which should not go unchallenged. In essence, this supposed advisory body stated that women over thirty could go five years without a Pap if they have a negative prior Pap and a negative HPV test. Let me say at the outset, so there is no confusion, that this recommendation has about as much ...
I ran twenty one yesterday. Twenty one miles. It was my last long training run before the Charleston Marathon in three weeks. It was also the eve of Christmas Eve, so my thoughts were on credit card bills, virgin births and such. During the run I listened to a podcast about the Dead Sea Scrolls, ( I can hear you now, “This guy has no life!”) and I was thinking about what life might have been like in first century ...
I’ve been thinking a great deal about the empty nest lately. Not some lament over a missing bird but what happens when your kids either leave home voluntarily or are forced out by court order. (“Gee mom, so I am 35 and still living at home. Have you seen what it is like out there?) I’ve been thinking about this life transition because my wife and I are about 536 days 7 hours and 22 minutes away from being alone in ...
Dr. Eaker is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist in Augusta, Georgia.
When he is not playing with the kids, working, speaking, sleeping, or eating….he is running, having completed sixty five marathons/half marathons on three continents including Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Rome, and five Boston Marathons.
He is the author of “Holy Hormones”, Approaching PMS and Menopause God’s Way, “Healthy Habits for a Fit Family” from Bethany House Publishers: a guide to fitness in mind, body , and spirit, and most recently “A Woman’s Guide To Hormone Health”, a book on everything menopause.
