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Central London fitness centre Gymbox has come up with some killer PR: don’t bother with weights made of iron and steel – just use humans of differing weights. “Creating a mental image or intention of what you want to happen or feel is proven to improve physical and psychological performance,” said Gymbox owner Richard Hilton. “The human-weight lifting apparatus we…

Many people forget that exercise is just as important as what you eat in terms of health benefits and losing weight, yet frequently it’s what’s missing in a comprehensive approach to weight management. The next couple of days I will…

I finally did another big grocery shop and feel so good about having healthy food in the house! I went to the store with a plan. Dinners this week are as follows: Beef Stroganoff, Roasted Chicken with Stuffing, Green Beans & Acorn Squash, Pork Loin in the Slow Cooker with Sweet Potatoes and Asparagus, Steak on the Grill with Twice Baked Potatoes and Spinach. I also needed snacks, breakfast and lunch items. I was able to find most of the things I needed. I’ll need to grab spinach later this week as they were all out. Mike was with me so I catered to a couple of his requests and we splurged on filet mignon for our steak on the grill since we are happy to finally be eating dinner together again! I would normally buy sirloin, flank or strip steaks but I had my red meat lover with me and he chose those — he needs it though to replenish the fuels he’s burned these last few weeks! I’ll try to post recipes as I cook so that you can see how I used the ingredients I bought. Here’s the food!

Q. I enjoy using cast-iron cookware and I have heard that it can increase the iron content of some foods during cooking. Is this a safe source of iron and are there any foods that I shouldn’t be cooking in…

The latest in low tech weight loss gadgetry is the “A-Wrist-A-Trac”, a set of color-coded, beaded bracelets that represents food groups. We’ll take a look at how this works and speculate as to whether the idea will catch on….