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The Afternoon Siesta and the Benefits of Napping

May 11, 2012

A recent study was done at Weill Cornell Medical College to test the benefits of napping. The old tales of the afternoon siesta were substantiated to a great extent. Napping proved to increase scores when participants were tested fro cognitive ability. The results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics [...]

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The Fat Trap and How to Avoid It

December 29, 2011

I read an interesting article in the NY Times today and it was titled “The Fat Trap.” Here’s the link, if you want to read it, but it’s a long article, and I can paraphrase it pretty quickly. The Fat Trap (abbreviated version) Some people went to a fat loss center and had a controlled [...]

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5 Food Safety Tips

December 2, 2011

We’ve passed Thanksgiving and are well into the holiday season, and with all the food preparation and leftovers hanging out in your refrigerator you need to keep these 5 food safety tips in mind. First, be sure to read the labels on any food items you are buying. Lots of folks have allergies and you [...]

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Alcohol and Cancer Linked in Studies

September 21, 2011

I am a big fan of resveratrol, which is the antioxidant that is found in red wine. And I cheered when studies came out that linked drinking red wine (in limited quantities) to longer healthier lives. But I would be remiss if I didn’t also report on studies that have linked alcohol consumption with cancer. [...]

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7 Minute Muscle

September 18, 2011

I don’t very often openly promote other people’s products. Actually most of the time I may mention something like the Zumba DVD’s or “Sweating to the Oldies” or even the P90X but I don’t try to sell them to you because that’s not what this site is about; it’s about information. And to be honest [...]

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Fast Path to Better Health

September 15, 2011

One of the fastest ways to have better health is something that people rarely think about and unfortunately some people ignore on a regular basis is dental care. Now I am not talking about regular visits to a dentist, although that should be happening at least once a year, but I am talking about brushing [...]

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Mental Health Statistics

September 6, 2011

58.2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with mental illnesses every year. Interestingly enough our presidential election has been determined by far less people. Those two facts may have nothing whatsoever to do with each other, and I do admit that was a slight tangent. Over 58 million people though! (That number comes [...]

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Strength Training and Life Long Health

August 25, 2011

I’ve heard every excuse to avoid strength training. it’s too hard on my joints I don’t want to have ‘muscles’ like that it’s too hard muscle will turn to fat if you stop lifting strength training is for men I don’t want to look stupid because I don’t know what I’m doing I look too [...]

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SALT and Angelina Jolie

August 1, 2011

Two nights ago we watched the movie SALT which stars the lovely Angelina Jolie. As movies go it was pretty good. Lots of action, twists in the plot, Angelina Jolie. She was looking in great shape and apparently this was pretty soon after delivering the twins, so she had to spring back into form pretty [...]

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Worst Photoshop Ever?

July 21, 2011

Okay, well this might not be the “worst photoshop ever” but I mean seriously, does anyone really click on a link that looks like this? and think it’s legitimate? Seriously? I mean that is not even close to being proportionally the correct size head. Come on. We’ve talked about photoshop being the quickest way to [...]

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