FDA Food Pyramid Replaced, Harvard Healthy Eating Plate Competes

September 30, 2011

For many years we have heard about the “Food Pyramid” (sometimes also known as the FDA Food Pyramid) and that was the guideline for healthy eating. Times change and so do attitudes towards what constitutes “healthy eating.” This also really depends who you talk to at any given moment. First a bit of history. The [...]

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I write blogs and provide blog content

September 26, 2011

For anyone reading who does not know I have recently moved from Reading Pennsylvania to Charleston South Carolina. The move was planned for many years and has finally become reality. We’re quite happy here and have already started jumping into theater with me working backstage for South Pacific last month and both Deb and I [...]

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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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Fastest Way to Burn Fat

September 7, 2011

Everyone is looking for the fastest way to burn fat. Who can blame them? In our “on demand” society we want what we want NOW. Not five minutes from now or next week or twelve weeks from now, but RIGHT NOW! Maybe even five minutes ago. Now is even too late. Unfortunately burning fat takes [...]

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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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The average american diet and why we gain fat

August 26, 2011

I was amazed at the information available from the USDA on where Americans get their daily “nutrition.” Check out their chart. So between added sugars and grains that is nearly 1100 calories per day! wow. 468 calories per day from added sugar alone! and only 129 calories from vegetables? Actually that part doesn’t surprise me [...]

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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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Cycling to Lose Weight?

August 22, 2011

One thing you might want to add to your fitness plan is a cycling regimen. A regular program of cycling can help you to lose weight, but the truth of the matter is that any sort of exercise is only going to be a component of a fat loss program. Did you get that? We [...]

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