Turning Fat into Muscle: Do the Math!
Take two women, both of whom weigh 123 pounds and stand five-foot seven. One looks heavy, and the other one looks trim. What accounts for the difference? In a word, muscle. Before the industrial age —...
View ArticleWhy Fiber Is Nature’s Weight Loss Miracle
There are many methods you can use to lose weight. And if you’re like most of us, you’ve probably already tried many of them. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who would like to drop ten,...
View ArticleA Healthy Twist on PB&Js
Anyway you slice it (pun intended) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a great treat. But making the perfect PB&J, however, can be a challenge. I became a bit of an expert at the artful...
View ArticleMore Than A Square to Spare: America’s Best Public Toilets
I call it an “away game.” That’s when you’re on the road and you have to, well you know, “sit a spell.” That’s when you’ll be grateful to the restroom gods above to find yourself in the presence of one...
View ArticleA Smoke Free Life: Could E-Cigarettes be the Solution?
This November 15th is the Great American Smokeout Day, which occurs every year on the Thursday before Thanksgiving. There is a popular myth in America today that smoking as a health issue is a thing of...
View ArticleHoliday Toy Alert: Keeping Children’s Eyes Safe
“You’ll shoot your eye out,” is one of the memorable lines from the holiday classic, A Christmas Story. Little Ralphie Parker hears this taunting admonition repeatedly after he presents his “What I...
View ArticleThe HCG Diet Fad: Why It’s NOT For You!
Fad diets are like most politicians, lots of promises, but few if any results. The latest star on the “Wheel of Diet Fortune,” is the “HCG diet,” which combines supplements, or actual injections, of...
View ArticleA New Year’s Resolution Diet Plan that Works
Have you made a New Year’s Resolution to lose five, ten, or 25 extra pounds in 2012? Good for you! But as you know there is only one thing better than making that resolution and that, of course, is...
View ArticleThe Presidential Candidates: Why Barack Obama Is a Wise Choice
When all the rhetoric has ended and the last attack ads have been aired, America’s women will be left to decide between two very different visions for their future. Elections have consequences....
View ArticleEnding 100 Years of Dieting Dead Ends
The January 2013 issue of Health, which focuses on, no surprise, weight loss; has a wonderful guide to diet advice over the past 100 years. The cigarette brand, Lucky Strike, for example, suggested in...
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