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Self Care: Everything For a Healthy Body
July 26, 2010 – 7:31 am | No Comment
Self Care:  Everything For a Healthy Body

Has your life shifted lately? I’ve found with the recession that I’m spending a lot more time at home, meeting with friends in parks and living rooms, and foregoing fancy restaurants and theater shows.

My pace of life isn’t slower, though; if anything it seems faster than it’s ever been. Looming to-do lists, family obligations, the busy-ness of daily life can easily overwhelm any downtime I’m hoping to find.

For Weight Loss the Hare Beats the Tortoise
May 9, 2010 – 4:21 pm | 3 Comments
For Weight Loss the Hare Beats the Tortoise

The faster you lose weight may determine your ability to keep it off and how much you lose. That’s the result of a new study published last week in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

How Much Water Do You Need Per Day?
April 13, 2010 – 4:30 am | 11 Comments
How Much Water Do You Need Per Day?

I recently reviewed some diet information urging participants to drink eight 8 ounce glasses of water per day and I rolled my eyes … just how long had that information been out there? So I decided to go find out for myself and you know what? It’s actually pretty accurate. Here’s the stats

This is Why You’re Fat: An Update
April 8, 2010 – 4:10 am | 10 Comments
This is Why You’re Fat:  An Update

KFC is adding a new twist on the list of Why You’re Fat. It’s newest concoction, a bunless “sandwich” with two pieces of fried chicken sandwiching gobs of bacon and cheese. Ick.

Thinner You, Healthier Planet
April 7, 2010 – 4:30 am | 6 Comments
Thinner You, Healthier Planet

Alicia Silverstone is the poster child for living a thin, green life. This veganista walks the walk and has a smaller carbon footprint than most of us. She is an example of an article I read recently in Health Magazine. The thinner we are the less impact we have on our environment.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Vote with your Remote
March 26, 2010 – 8:40 am | 2 Comments
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Vote with your Remote

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution debuts tonight with a double episodes beginning at 8 pm on ABC. It’s rare that we as Americans can make a difference by being couch potatoes, but today is one of those opportunities.

Jamie Oliver Wants to Save the World
March 22, 2010 – 9:06 pm | 14 Comments
Jamie Oliver Wants to Save the World

The premise of the show is to drop a fish-out-of-water Brit into the middle of the unhealthiest city in the US. Huntington, WV leads the country in heart disease, diabetes and obesity rates. More than 50% of it’s population is obese, not just overweight, obese.

Top 10 Food Rules
February 10, 2010 – 4:27 pm | 6 Comments
Top 10 Food Rules

Eat at a table. Our “rush, rush society” has led us to shove food down our throats as an afterthought to our schedules. Eating at a table allows your brain some real down-time and usually results in fewer calories consumed. And, no you can’t bring reading material or check your email!