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A Year of Weights

Smiffy reflects on a year of weight training.

Audience:

Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.

Published:

Tuesday, 8th April 2008;
last updated on Wednesday, 9th April 2008

Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 3

The third and final part in the series about Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue.

Audience:

Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.

Published:

Wednesday, 16th January 2008;
last updated on Tuesday, 8th April 2008

Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 2

The second part in the series about Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue.

Audience:

Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.

Published:

Tuesday, 15th January 2008;
last updated on Tuesday, 8th April 2008

Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 1

This may come as a surprise to some people - it is not only possible for a Chronic Fatigue sufferer to engage in regular weight training, but also to make reasonable strength gains. Oh, and it can also reduce chronic myalgia. Smiffy tells of his experiences.

Audience:

Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.

Published:

Monday, 14th January 2008;
last updated on Sunday, 10th February 2008

Blogathon 2007

Smiffy returns to his writings after a three-month silence and makes some excuses.

Published:

Monday, 10th December 2007;
last updated on Monday, 1st September 2008

Gluten Free Feeds

A shameless plug for Smiffy's Gluten-Free RSS aggregator service.

Published:

Wednesday, 5th September 2007

Another Sildenafil Story: Jetlagged Hamsters

From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a study in the treatment of jetlagged hamsters using sildenafil.

Food-Info.net

A very useful resource from Wageningen University which includes a multi-lingual food allergy dictionary and numeric food additives data (E numbers).

Published:

Saturday, 17th March 2007

Getting children's favourites on the menu

Smiffy comments on a Caterersearch.com article on presenting children with decent food when eating out.

Strange but True: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets

Scientific American reports that cats are unable to perceive sweetness.