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Vitamin D seems to be in the limelight lately. Maybe it will be singled out as the vitamin of the decade award! Seriously though, now it seems it may help promote better weight loss besides maintaining strong bones, lessening hypertension…

A new study published in April edition of Exercise and Sport Sciences Review dispelled the myth that lower intensity exercise helps you burn more calories after your workout is over. In a nutshell, the study basically said “you can’t out…

A new analysis seems to put to rest concerns that eating too much soy could affect testosterone levels in men. Soy contains weak plant estrogens and many have worried that the increasing popularity of soy products (and the ubiquitous use…

All this rain we’ve had is good for something…my herb garden! My basil and cilantro have taken off and the dill is not far behind. I am not so sure about the marjoram, it is a slow grower but at least it’s alive!

I actually hope we get a little rain these next couple of days because there will be no one here to take care of my plants. I am blogging lunch early because I need to get my laptop packed up and into the car with the rest of the stuff. I won’t actually be getting to my parent’s until late this afternoon because I am going to stop halfway and take Will to his play class. I know my lunch is going to have to hold me for a while so when trying to decide what to have (from my very limited choices) I chose a vegetarian chili over vegetable soup because I was getting double the fiber and six times the protein! I’ll be checking back in tonight from home-sweet-home Cape Cod!

WABC weather anchor Heidi Jones continues to share
training tales as she and her team gear up to run 13.1 miles at the New York
City Half Marathon on August 16th:

I
believe that to reach your main goal, you have to have little ‘goal-ettes, ‘ as
I call them, along the way. They are those little Yes! moments, when we reach milestones leading toward that ultimate goal. For my team, our
‘goal-ette’ was a 5 mile tune up race last weekend in Central Park, as we build
towards a half marathon in August.