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Monthly Archives: January 2009
No Healthy Lifestyle Can Do Without…
(Continued) A Better Way to Watch TV Watching TV and playing video games has long been named as one of the culprits for our national obesity crisis. The average American stays glued to the tube between four to six hours […] Read more »
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No Healthy Lifestyle Can Do Without…
It doesn’t really matter what activity or sport you choose, as long as it is something you enjoy enough to keep doing it. In any case, you want to mainly focus on three areas: Aerobics, strength and flexibity. Read more
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Too Much Salt in Our Food Creates Serious Health Hazards
The typical American diet contains way too much salt, according to clinical studies recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (1/22/2010; NEJM.org). This is not exactly news; however, the negative consequences for our health from the widespread overuse […] Read more »
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Making the "Bucket List"
In the movie, “The Bucket List,” Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two characters with vastly different social backgrounds who find themselves both diagnosed with cancer. They decide to forego the less than promising medical treatment and, instead, live their […] Read more »
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I’m Trying to Lose Weight, But I’m Not Getting the Support I Need
Dear Timi, I have gone on a fitness and weight loss program and have already had some success. The problem is that my husband, who also could lose a few pounds, has no interest in joining me and does not want […] Read more »
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Strictly Vegetarian, Too Radical?
Dear Timi, As a “vegan,” I adhere to a strictly vegetarian diet. My friends and even my doctor keep telling me that my eating habits should be more balanced and that I won’t get a sufficient amount of protein from […] Read more »
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The Message of Good Health – Keep Paying it Forward
I love Gladys. Gladys is one of my greatest success stories in a personal mission of mine that began in the year 2000. You may remember the movie with Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt that tells the story of a […] Read more »
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Where Does Your Food Come From – Should You Care?
A few years ago, I was about to have a book published. Everything was ready to go when my publisher called with bad news. The agency in charge of the printing process had given the print job to a new […] Read more »
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Scary Statistics of the Diabetes Epidemic
The online journal, BioMed Central, has recently published a nationwide survey on diabetes in the United States that includes a detailed state-by-state breakdown. The results are not surprising and confirm more or less what researchers have known for quite some […] Read more »
