The Sitting‑Rising Test: A Handy Tool, Not a Crystal Ball Every few months, a fitness test goes viral. One month it's grip strength. The next it's balancing on one leg. Then someone decides the secret to a long life is putting your shoes on while standing up. The latest test making the rounds is the sitting-rising test (SRT), a deceptively simple challenge: sit on the floor, then stand back up and see how many points you lose along the way. You start with 5 points for sitting

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I’m going with friend . But there’s no denying the controversy. A fully plant‑based diet rules dairy out entirely. Two of my favorite experts — Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Christopher Gardner — are both pretty “meh” on it. Meanwhile, I eat yogurt every day and pour a frankly embarrassing amount of milk into my coffee. A Lifetime of Whiplash Advice If you grew up in the 60s or 70s, you probably remember the “drink a glass of milk every day” era. I hated plain milk, so my mo

My cholesterol levels aren’t “ideal.” At least, according to the “standards,” they aren’t. Even when I was younger, my numbers were always a touch high for my age. In my 60s, my total hovered around 200. I did get it down to about 180 after switching to oatmeal for breakfast, but then it crept back up to 201 last year… and recently spiked to 240 . My PCP wasn’t concerned about the 201 and didn’t even hint at statins, but 240 might be a different story. I’m getting retested in