If you’re trying to lose weight by going to the gym, or running or any other kind of exercise, STOP. You’rewasting your money and your time. You are going to stay fat, unless you change your diet.
I estimate that diet is at least 80 percent of weight loss. By all means, exercise, do what you like, it’s good for for all those other things people tell you about, but actual weight loss is not among them.
A high processed foods diet is going to keep Read the rest of this entry »

Americans should be required to buy health insurance, bringing healthier people into plans that will help bring down costs, the chairman of one of the nation’s largest private insurance companies told a Detroit audience Tuesday.
Ron Williams, chairman and CEO of Aetna, said he favors plans similar to those adopted by some states that require everyone to have health insurance — either through a workplace plan or through a plan consumers buy on their Read the rest of this entry »

Added features and enhancements to the consumer-friendly site include
three new video clips as well as information about 2009 deductibles,
contributions and out-of-pocket maximums. Easy-to-use interactive
calculators let consumers compare HSAs to other health plans, estimate
their potential tax savings with an HSA and calculate the future value
of accumulated savings. In addition, there’s
an extensive Read the rest of this entry »