Apps and gadgets for food and feet
Posted: January 7, 2013 at 2:37 a.m.
The BodyMedia FIT wireless armband ($149) is meant to be worn at all times, even while sleeping.
When I received the results of a routine cholesterol test, I was certain there had been some kind of mistake. I’m young, unstressed and healthy, or so I imagined. I work out, too, and most impartial observers — and some partial ones — would describe me as “lean.” Plus, I eat a nutritious diet, I swear. So why did my LDL levels surpass my IQ — or, for that matter, Einstein’s ?
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