Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Growth hormone may rise 300 percent with exercise: Acute increases also occur in cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline
The figure below (click to enlarge) is from the outstanding book Physiology of sport and exercise, by Jack H. Wilmore, David L. Costill, and W. Larry Kenney. If you are serious about endurance or resistance exercise, or want to have a deeper understanding of exercise physiology beyond what one can get in popular exercise books, this book should be in your personal and/or institutional library. It
How much protein does one need to be in nitrogen balance?
This post has been revised and re-published. The original comments are preserved below.
Interview with Jimmy Moore, and basics of intima-media thickness and plaque tests
Let me start this post by telling you that my interview with Jimmy Moore is coming up in about a week. Jimmy and I talk about evolution, statistics, and health – the main themes of this blog. We talk also about other things, and probably do not agree on everything. The interview was actually done a while ago, so I don’t remember exactly what we discussed.From what I remember from mine and other
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
New Year's (Or Any Time) Resolutions You Can Actually Stick To
Do you set a New Year's Resolution?
The 1st of the year is seen by many as a fresh start; a time to look forward and set a New Year's Resolution. New Year's resolutions aren't for everyone - in fact, only a small percentage of people set a new Year's Resolution, and an even smaller percentage will actually keep theirs. This time of year is often criticized or joked about for that very reason - New Year's Resolutions to lose weight, work out more, eat healthier, get stronger, walk more steps, run faster, get to the gym more, cook at home, pack your snacks, are really difficult to keep.These resolutions are usually hard to keep because people tend to set too many goals at once and their goals are very broad! It can be really easy to go into the new year with several very broad goals in mind (usually worded something like "do this activity more" or "do this activity less") and because the wording isn't very specific, that handful of goals suddenly morphs into one big, non-specific goal, which eventually morphs into an even less specific form of whatever goals you wanted to meet, which eventually just dwindles away. Sound familiar?
As a Registered Dietitian, I think any time of year (not just the New Year!) is a good time to set a resolution, or a goal, and it's my job to help people meet their goals related to nutrition and health. We wrote about this here - instead of going into the New Year with a regular old resolution, make a SMART goal.
A SMART goal is a goal that is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound.
Specific - This is the What, How and Why. One reason those goals to "lose weight," or "get healthier" don't work is because there are no specifics on how you're going to meet those goals. It can be really easy to drop your resolution "eat healthier" if you never wrote down the specifics of what that goal meant to you - did it mean you were going to eat salad for every single meal, or give up all sweets? You need to define all the specifics of your goal to achieve it.
Measurable - How will you know you've achieved your goal? How will you measure your success? By being able to measure a goal, you will have tangible evidence that you're working towards your goal or meeting your goals. Instead of "going to the gym more" you would set a goal to "Go to the gym 3 nights per week."
Attainable - Your goal should challenge you, but shouldn't be too out of reach that you never attain it. You should be able to write down the steps to meet your goals. I like how Heidi Greenwood wrote in her recent post: "It may be helpful to view your health goals as if you were training for a marathon. Not literally training for a marathon, but knowing that to reach your health goals is a process that requires planning, time, and external support." You wouldn't set a goal to train for a marathon and then never run more than 3 miles during your training - you would usually follow a very detailed, specific plan that has you meeting certain milestones before being able to run the full marathon. You should do the same with every one of your goals.
Realistic - This is the one that gets a lot of people. Don't set yourself up for failure by setting a completely out-of-reach goal. Remember, you can always set a new goal after you've met your first goal. This is especially true for those goals that might reduce certain habits - a lot of people want to "give up sweets" or "eat better", so they deprive themselves of the foods they like in an attempt to meet their goals, which ends up in failure. Be realistic with yourself and be flexible with your goal. If you've never been able to give up sweets completely, maybe try reducing your sweets intake to a couple squares of dark chocolate per day that you will really savor. Another big goal people have is to "lose weight" and they usually have big goals in mind and not a lot of patience.
Sometimes it's better for people to focus on goals that are focused more on health and fitness (for instance, lifting heavier weights or packing your lunch), which will lead to weight loss, instead of being so hard on themselves for not losing 10 lbs. in a week. A realistic goal to set is to throw away the New Year's Diet - if diets worked, there wouldn't be so many of them.
Time-bound - This means you will have a time frame for meeting your long-term goal, but also for those shorter-term goals and steps along the way. Having a time-frame helps you determine what your steps along the way should be to meet your long term goal.
Once you've written your goal, write your actions to meeting the goal.
Examples:
Eat more meatless meals by making 2 new vegetarian recipes per week.Action: Bookmark recipes online or in a vegetarian cookbook. Make a plan to shop once a week for ingredients for new recipes.
Walk 10,000 steps every day by March 1st, 2016.
Action: Increase steps by 200 steps per day each week starting January 1st until step count reaches 10,000 steps per day.
I will eat better to fuel my training this year by substituting my usual candy bar and chips snack with a healthier option.
Action: Write out which snacks I will have for the week and pack in my bag: apples and walnuts, cheese stick and grapes, homemade trail mix, peanut butter and jelly, hardboiled egg and a pear, Greek yogurt with berries and granola, etc.
Get stronger by going to the gym 3 times per week.
Action: Find gym and get membership. Make the most of your gym time by getting a personal training plan.
Note on training plans - Fitness isn't one-size-fits-all, and the team at Sanford POWER develops training programs to help you meet your personal fitness goals. From individual to large-group training, Sanford POWER training programs can help you reduce your risk of injury, improve overall health and fitness, and increase mobility, flexibility and strength. Call today at 605-312-7800 to find out more on training options.
There are many goals you can set for yourself, but make sure you set a SMART goal instead of a regular old resolution to ensure you'll be able to follow through with it during the whole year. Does a whole year seem daunting to you? Write down a short-term SMART goal for the month. My smart goal this month is to take time each Sunday to go grocery shopping and prepare food (rice, sweet potatoes, cut up vegetables, hummus/dressings, salad and protein) for the week.
Share: What goals have you set for yourself that you didn't think you would achieve? How did you achieve it? Do you have any New Year's Goals?
Read More:
Sanford Sports Nutrition || Getting SMART About New Year's ResolutionsFood and Nutrition Magazine || 5 Tips for a Guilt-Free New Year's Eve Party
U.S. News Health || Forget About the Weight, Let's Eat For Better Health
EatRight || Toss Out Fad Diets and Quick Fixes; This New Year Resolve to Develop a Healthful Lifestyle
Heidi Greenwood || How to Approach Your Health Goals in 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015
New Years Resolutions: Be SMART!
Every year at this time we all vow to eat healthy and lose weight and make a list of New Years Resolutions that are typically blown by January 2nd. If you make SMART goals that are Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Result focused and Time measured, you will be off to a much better start with your resolutions.Here are some examples:I am going to lose weight, not a great goal. It doesn't say how
How much dietary protein can you store in muscle? About 15 g/d if you are a gifted bodybuilder
Let us say you are one of the gifted few who are able to put on 1 lb of pure muscle per month, or 12 lbs per year, by combining strength training with a reasonable protein intake. Let us go even further and assume that the 1 lb of muscle that we are talking about is due to muscle protein gain, not glycogen or water. This is very uncommon; one has to really be genetically gifted to achieve
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Postprandial glucose levels, HbA1c, and arterial stiffness: Compared to glucose, lipids are not even on the radar screen
Postprandial glucose levels are the levels of blood glucose after meals. In Western urban environments, the main contributors to elevated postprandial glucose are foods rich in refined carbohydrates and sugars. While postprandial glucose levels may vary somewhat erratically, they are particularly elevated in the morning after breakfast. The main reason for this is that breakfast, in Western urban
Large LDL and small HDL particles: The best combination
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five main types of lipoproteins found in circulation, together with very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and chylomicrons.After a fatty meal, the blood is filled with chylomicrons, which carry triglycerides (TGAs). The TGAs are transferred to cells from chylomicrons via the activity
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Oven roasted meat: Pork tenderloin
This cut of pork is the equivalent in the pig of the filet mignon in cattle. It is just as soft, and lean too. A 100 g portion of roasted pork tenderloin will have about 22 g of protein, and 6 g of fat. Most of the fat will be monounsaturated and saturated, and some polyunsaturated. The latter will contain about 450 mg of omega-6 and 15 mg of omega-3 fats in it.The saturated fat is good for you.
Ground meat treats: Zucchini and onion meatloaf
var citeN=0; A cousin of the meatball (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN)) ), the meatloaf is a traditional German dish. The recipe below is for a meal that feeds 4-8 people. The ground beef used has little fat, and thus a relatively low omega-6 content. Most of the fat comes from the 1 lb of ground grass-fed lamb in the recipe, which has a higher omega-3 to omega-6 ratio than the regular
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Growth hormone: The fountain of youth
Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated with aging, and, more generally, poor health.In adults, growth hormone deficiency is associated with: decreased calcium retention and osteoporosis, loss of muscle mass, increased fat deposition, decreased protein synthesis, and immunodeficiency. In children, growth hormone
Intermittent fasting, engineered foods, leptin, and ghrelin
Engineered foods are designed by smart people, and the goal is not usually to make you healthy; the goal is to sell as many units as possible. Some engineered foods are “fortified” with the goal of making them as healthy as possible. The problem is that food engineers are competing with many millions of years of evolution, and evolution usually leads to very complex metabolic processes. Evolved
The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: More smoking is associated with more plaque, unless you eat more eggs
var citeN=0;I blogged before about the study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))). This study attracted a lot of media attention (e.g., citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))). The article is titled: “Egg yolk consumption and carotid plaque”. The study argues that “regular consumption of egg
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Half-hearted Atkins diet and cardiovascular disease
I would like to comment on a recent article comparing the Atkins, Ornish and South Beach diets (Miller et al., 2009; full reference at the end of this posting), which has been causing quite a lot of commotion among bloggers recently. Especially low carb. bloggers.An excellent post by Michael Eades clarifies a number of issues with the study, including what one could argue is the study's main flaw
38 g of sardines or 2 fish oil softgels? Let us look at the numbers
The bar chart below shows the fat content of 1 sardine (38 g) canned in tomato sauce, and 2 fish oil softgels of the Nature Made brand. (The sardine is about 1/3 of the content of a typical can, and the data is from Nutritiondata.com. The two softgels are listed as the “serving size” on the Nature Made bottle.) Both the sardine and softgels have some vegetable oil added; presumably to increase
You can eat a lot during the Holiday Season and gain no body fat, as long as you also eat little
This post has been revised and re-published. The original comments are preserved below. Typically this is done with posts that attract many visits at the time they are published, and whose topics become particularly relevant or need to be re-addressed at a later date.
The China Study II: Wheat may not be so bad if you eat 221 g or more of animal food daily
In previous posts on this blog covering the China Study II data we’ve looked at the competing effects of various foods, including wheat and animal foods. Unfortunately we have had to stick to the broad group categories available from the specific data subset used; e.g., animal foods, instead of categories of animal foods such as dairy, seafood, and beef. This is still a problem, until I can find
Monday, December 21, 2015
New Additions to the UNT Dallas Library Catalogue
Bending over Backwards: Disability, Dismodernism & Other Difficult Positions
by Lennard J. Davis
Unlike race, gender, and sexual orientation, disability remains one of the least examined or explored areas of human categorization. This book challenges that lack of scholarly examination diving into topics of the body including its relation to politics, the environment, and the legal system. Bending over Backwards also argues that the topic of disability exhibits the very nature of postmodernism by being widely seen as a deviation from normalcy, whereas issues like race and gender merely serve as variations in categories. This is a unique look into a frequently ignored topic and should be read by anyone wishing to expand their understanding of disability.
Murderball
directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
This Academy Award nominated documentary follows the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. full-contact quadriplegic rugby teams leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Atheism is a recent Neolithic invention: Ancestral humans were spiritual people
For the sake of simplicity, this post treats “atheism” as synonymous with “non-spiritualism”. Technically, one can be spiritual and not believe in any deity or supernatural being, although this is not very common. This post argues that atheism is a recent Neolithic invention; an invention that is poorly aligned with our Paleolithic ancestry.Our Paleolithic ancestors were likely very spiritual
Rice consumption and health
var citeN=0; Carbohydrate-rich foods lead to the formation of blood sugars after digestion (e.g., glucose, fructose), which are then used by the liver to synthesize liver glycogen. Liver glycogen is essentially liver-stored sugar, which is in turn used to meet the glucose needs of the human brain – about 5 g/h for the average person. (Source: Wikipedia) When one thinks of the carbohydrate content
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Nuts by numbers: Should you eat them, and how much?
Nuts are generally seen as good sources of protein and magnesium. The latter plays a number of roles in the human body, and is considered critical for bone health. Nuts are also believed to be good sources of vitamin E. While there is a lot of debate about vitamin E’s role in health, it is considered by many to be a powerful antioxidant. Other than in nuts, vitamin E is not easily found in foods
Cheese’s vitamin K2 content, pasteurization, and beneficial enzymes: Comments by Jack C.
The text below is all from commenter Jack C.’s notes on this post summarizing research on cheese. My additions are within “[ ]”. While the comments are there under the previous post for everyone to see, I thought that they should be in a separate post. Among other things, they provide an explanation for the findings summarized in the previous post.***During [the] cheese fermentation process the
Sudden cholesterol increase? It may be psychological
var citeN=0; There are many published studies with evidence that cholesterol levels are positively associated with heart disease. In multivariate analyses the effects are usually small, but they are still there. On the other hand, there is also plenty of evidence that cholesterol is beneficial in terms of health. Here of course I am referring to the health of humans, not of the many parasites
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Total cholesterol and cardiovascular disease: A U-curve relationship
The hypothesis that blood cholesterol levels are positively correlated with heart disease (the lipid hypothesis) dates back to Rudolph Virchow in the mid-1800s.One famous study that supported this hypothesis was Ancel Keys's Seven Countries Study, conducted between the 1950s and 1970s. This study eventually served as the foundation on which much of the advice that we receive today from doctors is
Emotional Eating...'Tis The Season
This is a question that we get asked all the time. Which is better: juicing or blending? Does one offer more health benefits than the other? Juices and smoothies both play an important role in any
Strength training: A note about Scooby and comments by Anon
Let me start this post with a note about Scooby, who is a massive bodybuilder who has a great website with tips on how to exercise at home without getting injured. Scooby is probably as massive a bodybuilder as anyone can get naturally, and very lean. He says he is a natural bodybuilder, and I am inclined to believe him. His dietary advice is “old school” and would drive many of the readers of
Almonds Nutrition Facts & 15 Magnificent Health Benefits, High Calories But Healthy!
Almonds are healthy nuts which are added to various dishes and processed food products. In addition to delicious taste, almonds nutrition contents has so many health benefits for human body. Although popular bears the name "nuts", but in botany, Almond does not belong to the nuts crop relatives or legumes family. The almond fruit has a distinctive taste, therefore it is not surprising that many
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Does tallness cause heart disease? No, but sex does
var citeN=0;Popular beliefs about medical issues are sometimes motivated by a statistical phenomenon known as “spurious relationship”, among other names. Two variables X and Y are influenced by a third variable C, which leads to X and Y being correlated and thus the impression that X and Y are causally associated. Take a look at the table below, which I blogged about in a previous post (citeN=
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Long distance running causes heart disease, unless it doesn’t
Regardless of type of exercise, disease markers are generally associated with intensity of exertion over time. This association follows a J-curve pattern. Do too little of it, and you have more disease; do too much, and incidence of disease goes up. There is always an optimal point, for each type of exercise and marker. A J curve is actually a U curve, with a shortened left end. The reason for
Looking for a good orthodontist? My recommendation is Dr. Meat
The figure below is one of many in Weston Price’s outstanding book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration showing evidence of teeth crowding among children whose parents moved from a traditional diet of minimally processed foods to a Westernized diet.Tooth crowding and other forms of malocclusion are widespread and on the rise in populations that have adopted Westernized diets (most of us). Some
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Refined carbs, sugar, and cholesterol: My own experience
A few years ago I went to the doctor for a routine appointment, and I was told that my LDL cholesterol was elevated. I was in my early 40s. My lipid profile was the following - LDL: 156, HDL: 38, triglycerides: 188. The LDL was calculated. I was weighing about 210 lbs, which was too high for my height (5 ft 8 in). My blood pressure was low, as it has always been - systolic: 109, diastolic: 68.My
Monday, December 7, 2015
Apps to Help You Make It A Healthy Holiday & Beyond!
As the holidays approach and the celebrations begin, one of these apps could potentially be your new bff! It is so important to be mindful of what you are eating and that is easily lost during the holidays at the buffets, cocktail hours, pass around hors d'oeuvres, the office food fest and the actual holidays. Here are 2 great smart phone apps that will EASILY let you keep track of all your
Niacin and its effects on growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, blood lipids, mental disorders, and fasting glucose levels
Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B3, or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads to a dreadful disease known as pellagra. In large doses of 1 to 3 g per day it has several effects on blood lipids, including these: it increases HDL cholesterol, decreases triglycerides, and decreases Lp(a). Given that this is essentially a reversal of the
The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: The “protective” effect of smoking
var citeN=0;In a previous post (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) I used WarpPLS (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship between red meat consumption and mortality. The model below shows the different paths through which smoking influences mortality, highlighted in red. The study was not
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Pressure-cooked meat: Top sirloin
Pressure cooking relies on physics to take advantage of the high temperatures of liquids and vapors in a sealed container. The sealed container is the pressure-cooking pan. Since the sealed container does not allow liquids or vapors to escape, the pressure inside the container increases as heat is applied to the pan. This also significantly increases the temperature of the liquids and vapors
Why red meat consumption may appear unhealthy in scientific studies
var citeN=0; There have been many academic articles in the past linking red meat intake with increased mortality, and there will be more in the future. I discussed one such article before here (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN)), citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))). The findings in this article, which received an enormous amount of media attention, are the basis for my
Trip to South Korea: Hidden reasons for the leanness of its people
var citeN=0; In September last year (2012) I went to South Korea to speak about nonlinear data analysis with WarpPLS (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))), initially for business and engineering faculty and students at Korea University in Seoul, and then as a keynote speaker at the HumanCom 2012 Conference (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN))) in Gwangju. Since Seoul is in the
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Obesity protects against disease, unless you eat butter
Notes: - This post is a joke, a weird parody of academic research, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is being filed under “Abstract humor”. In my reading of academic articles I often come across articles with a lot of problems – interpretation biases, idiotic self-citation, moronic research designs, misguided immodesty, exaggerated political correctness, fake markers of high moral standards,
Want to make coffee less acidic? Add cream to it
var citeN=0; The table below is from a 2008 article by Ehlen and colleagues (citeN=citeN+1;document.write(Number(citeN)) ), showing the amount of erosion caused by various types of beverages, when teeth were exposed to them for 25 h in vitro. Erosion depth is measured in microns. The third row shows the chance probabilities (i.e., P values) associated with the differences in erosion of enamel and
Friday, December 4, 2015
Fennel bulb nutrition facts
Fennel bulb nutrition factsDelicate, sweet flavored fennel bulb commonly features in many Mediterranean cuisines. Its succulent enlarged bulb imparts special “anise like” sweet flavor to the recipes. Bulb fennel is cultivated as vegetable for its beautiful, squatted stems in many regions of the southern Europe, especially in the Italian plains. It is also known as Florence fennel, finocchio,
Endive nutrition facts
Endive nutrition factsEndive, commonly popular as escarole, is a green leafy vegetables with a hint of bitter flavor. However, this well known salad plant is much more than just a leafy green. Escarole is packed with numerous health benefiting plant nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin A etc. Botanically this perennial herbaceous leafy plant belongs to the Asteraceae (daisy) family, of the genus
Eggplant (Brinjal) nutrition facts
Eggplant (Brinjal) nutrition factsEggplant or Brinjal, is a very low calorie vegetable and has healthy nutrition profile; good news for weight watchers! The veggie is popularly known as aubergine in the western world.Botanically, it belongs to solanaceae family and named as Solanum melongena. This perennial plant is native to Indian subcontinent and now grown in many tropical and semitropical
Cucumber nutrition facts
Cucumber nutrition factsEver wonder how to beat the scorching summer heat? Remember humble crunchy cucumber! This wonderful, low calorie vegetable indeed has more nutrients to offer than just water and electrolytes.The vegetable is one of the oldest cultivated crops and believed to be originating in the northern plains of India. The plant is a creeper (vine) just like other same cucurbita family
Collard greens nutrition facts
Collard greens nutrition factsCollard greens are highly nutritious staple green “cabbage-like leaves” vegetable. Collards are one of the most popular members of the brassica family, closely related to kale and cabbage and could be described as a non-heading (acephalous) cabbage.Botanically, the greens are named as Brassica oleracea L. (Acephala group).Collards are probably originated in the
Carrots nutrition facts
Carrots nutrition factsNaturally sweet, delicious and crunchy, carrots are healthy additions you can make to the vegetable list in your diet. Indeed these root vegetables comes with wholesome health benefiting compounds such as beta-carotenes, vitamin A, minerals and anti-oxidants in ample amounts.Botanically these taproots belong to the apiaceae or umbelliferous family of the genus; Daucus and
Cabbage nutrition facts
Cabbage nutrition factsEver wonder what is the secret of Chinese people ever youthfulness? It is cabbage!Rich in phyto-nutrients, this cool season leafy vegetable belongs to the "brassica" family of vegetables, which also include brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, kale and broccoli. It is one of the widely cultivated crops around the world. Scientific name: Brassica oleracea (capitata group
Butternut squash nutrition facts
Butternut squash nutrition factsButternut squash is the most popular among winter squash varieties. Oftentimes, the squash is recognized as large pear shaped golden-yellow pumpkin fruit, which is put for sale in the markets. Butternuts are annual long trailing vines. They usually cultivated in warmer climates of South and Central American regions for their edible fruits, flowers, as well as
Thursday, December 3, 2015
New Additions to the UNT Dallas Library Catalogue
The Critique of Pure Reason
One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy, Kant’s first critique aims to determine the limits and scope of pure reason. The book is divided in to two parts: Transcendental Doctrine of Elements and Transcendental Doctrine of Method.
Gender and Political Economy: Incorporating Diversity into Theory and Policy
This collection of essays explores feminist political economy in two parts titled “Dissolving Dichotomies: New Approaches to Social Reproduction and Labor Supply” and “Engendering Production: The Social Construction of Low-Wage Labor Markets.” Topics discussed include reformulations of economic theory; historical and empirical research on the economic roles and status of women and people of color; and proposals for broadening the public policy agenda.
A Companion to African-American Studies
This collection of essays takes a look at the history and future of African American studies, written by expert contributors in the very same field of study. Also included is a series of essays by some of the people who helped establish African American studies as an academic discipline.
This excellent book is for anyone who has ever felt that Shakespeare is boring or too difficult to understand. Taking a creative approach to Shakespeare’s works, this text shows readers how to read Shakespeare’s plays without worrying about the “academic” interpretation. Chapters include discussions on dramatic conventions, the poetry of the theater, characters, structure and dramatic scene, and much more.
Moors, Jews, martyred saints, cross-dressers, kings, and queens are some of the many people that make up this exploration of sexual diversity in 10th to 16th century Iberia in this collection of essays. The source material used is just as diverse as the people discussed – the martyrdom of Pelagius, the exploits of the transgendered Catalina de Erauso, archival evidence of sexual otherness, and alternative readings of canonical texts. Anyone interested in medieval, cultural, Hispanic, gender, and gay and lesbian studies will find this book useful and enlightening.
These books and many more are available in the UNT Dallas Library.
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