Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category
Antioxidants, Orange and Green Vegetables Linked to Longer Life
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:09 Comments Off on Antioxidants, Orange and Green Vegetables Linked to Longer LifeUnlike McDonald’s, which is mostly shades of brown, new research claims colorful vegetables, specifically oranges and dark greens, maybe help extend lifespan and decrease mortality. Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that among the 15,000 study participants (American adults, ages 20 and older) taking part…
Holiday Gift Picks
Monday, December 20, 2010 20:17 Comments Off on Holiday Gift PicksFor several years now we have been selecting our Holiday Gift Picks and composing a list with pictures and links to make your holiday season a bit easier. Our lists have become such a popular feature with our reader , this year we expanded them and did two lists. One was released in November for […]
Link Time! Jane Fonda, Healthy Christmas Cookies, and More.
Monday, December 20, 2010 15:48 Comments Off on Link Time! Jane Fonda, Healthy Christmas Cookies, and More.If you were around in the 80’s you might remember the advent of the VCR which made The Jane Fonda Workout extremely popular. Jane Fonda who turns 73 tomorrow, is back with the Jane Fonda Workout Revamped. While Fonda is still in great shape, she relies on a team of experts to actually instruct the workout series. The new…
HCG Diet Slammed by Nutritionists During Holiday Promotion
Monday, December 20, 2010 12:48 Comments Off on HCG Diet Slammed by Nutritionists During Holiday PromotionHCG Diet Direct has tried to capitalise on Christmas diet anxiety by offering a holiday promotion – prompting nutritionists and health professionals to warn dieters away. The HCG Diet uses human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone which women produce during pregnancy. By taking it, dieters trick their bodies into trying to provide food for a non-existent baby. The HCG…
Sports Training for Babies and Toddlers: Have We Gone too Far?
Monday, December 20, 2010 9:58 Comments Off on Sports Training for Babies and Toddlers: Have We Gone too Far?In an age where parents are looking to advantage their children in an ultra-competitive world, kids are being started earlier and earlier in academics, arts and yes, athletics. And not even children anymore, but babies and toddlers are getting very early starts in sports-related training. Enter entrepreneurs like Doreen Bolhuis, founder of “Gymtrix”, a company that offers a library…
Best weight loss exercise for great results
Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:35 Comments Off on Best weight loss exercise for great resultsThere is no better way to burn off calories but to sweat it out through exercise. It may be hard, but this is one hard work that will surely pay off. Simply allocating at least thirty minutes to an…
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Eat This, Not That! 2011
Saturday, December 18, 2010 10:09 Comments Off on Eat This, Not That! 2011The Eat This, Not That! series of books have a nice collection of tips to aid you in making smarter food choices. They’ve recently released a brand new edition, Eat This, Not That! 2011, which claims to provide thousands of easy food swaps, helping you save 10, 20, 30 pounds, or more. The book covers food choices from popular…
World’s Fattest Woman’s Race Against Time
Friday, December 17, 2010 10:02 Comments Off on World’s Fattest Woman’s Race Against TimeUPDATE — RETRACTION We have been contacted by the subject of this post, Ms Smith, who requested that we remove her photo. She claims that those who did the original interview – Barcroft Media misled her, and details in the press are inaccurate. She says “I am not the world’s fattest woman. My doctor did not say he wanted…
Top Food Trends of 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:09 Comments Off on Top Food Trends of 2010The dawning of another year often brings reflection on trends that arose in the year gone past, and also some speculation on what will be popular in the year to come. This year is no different, with TIME Magazine recently revealing some of the highs and lows of the past 12 months. So, what were the top 10 food…
Poll: Does Biggest Loser Equal Biggest Diet Expert?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 15:02 Comments Off on Poll: Does Biggest Loser Equal Biggest Diet Expert?The newest “Biggest Loser” was just announced on NBC last night and in case you missed it, Patrick House took the prize. No one would argue that his 181 pound weight loss was astounding, but does winning Biggest Loser make one a dieting expert?…