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New York's 'Real' housewife Bethenny Frankel has a diet plan for you

Sunday, February 15th 2009, 1:25 AM
The struggling economy is working wonders for Bethenny Frankel. At least for her diet plan.
One of New York’s straight-shooting “Real Housewives,” she claims the secret to skinny is akin to financial planning in her new book, “Naturally Thin: Unleash Your Skinny Girl and Free Yourself From a Lifetime of Dieting” (Simon & Schuster, out March 2009). “It’s a no-more-dieting-forever book,” says Frankel, a natural-food Read the rest of this entry »

'The Real World' comes of age

By Samantha Frank, guest blogger
is 21 and all grown up.
After running out of big cities, the show has returned to New York. But this time, it’s the borough of Brooklyn.
Just as Brooklyn brings together all walks of life, so does
house.
The hour-long season premiere introduced an array of characters with plenty of substance instead of just looks. It’s a nice change from recent past seasons.
Ryan has it all. He fought in Iraq in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Gap casting call finalist is a real babe

Monday, December 8th 2008, 9:43 PM
Cute-as-a-button Audrey Sussmann is a real charmer.
2-year-old clambering over furniture or with cupcake frosting smeared over her face.
So when her parents decided on the spur of the moment to enter her in the Gap’s annual online casting call contest, they had to move fast to clean up her act.
“I took a few snapshots of her after her bubble bath,” said
. “It was the last day [to enter] the contest.”
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Real Body-Changing Fitness Takes At Least Six Months

are working out, the results of a study of just how long it really takes to change your body’s look could be disappointing or hugely empowering.
University of Wisconsin researchers asked a host of mostly sedentary people to be judged, based on swimsuit photographs, by a panel and given a rank on a scale of 1 to 10. Put on a six-week exercise program, the participants were graded again, and, well …
The subjects’ ratings barely changed, if at Read the rest of this entry »

New Company Offers Real Solutions Concerning Health and Fitness

Benjamin Howard is frustrated with all of the weight loss diet fads, gimmicks that don't work, and money being wasted by consumers. So, he and his company have decided to fight the obesity health crisis in America in a new way. Atlas Fitness Consulting actually promotes hard work, determination, and a planned approach to weight loss.
Atlanta, GA (
) February 17, 2009 — The health and fitness industry is booming in America. The problem Read the rest of this entry »

Real men don’t diet, but they can get slimmer and fitter

Imagine two groups of friends having a drink in the pub on a Friday night. One is a group of women, the other men. Among all the usual chat about The X Factor and the credit crunch, the subject of weight and dieting comes up. The women talk about how much weight they’ve lost and the diets they’ve tried. The men, on the other hand, slap each other’s beer bellies and, with much laughter, joke about how many lagers it’s taken to create them.
Okay, Read the rest of this entry »

Real Fitness: Bonding over kettlebells

in the Lowcountry and the Coastal Empire.

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Real Fitness is a bimonthly series highlighting healthy individuals in the Lowcountry.
Real Fitness by: Mike, John and Christina Goode
Age: Mike, 49; John, 11; Christina, 9
Favorite activity: Kettebell training. The kettlebell may not look that pretty, but John and Christina Goode are more interested in winning ball games than looking good during practice. They and their father, Mike, Read the rest of this entry »

Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — Testing for 18 different gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes was no better at predicting a person’s risk for the blood sugar disease than a doctor’s assessment, researchers report.
The news is both encouraging and discouraging.
“The genomics revolution is here. You can be tested for disease risk,” said Dr. James Meigs, lead author of one of two studies published in the Nov. 20 issue of the
. Read the rest of this entry »

Sweeteners: Real Aid or Excuse to Indulge?

You may find this surprising — I certainly did — but only about 15 percent of Americans regularly consume beverages and foods that contain artificial sweeteners.
Given the perpetual struggles in this nation with expanding waistlines, and the apparent popularity of
sodas, I would have expected that at least half the population would routinely try to cut
by choosing what scientists call non-nutritive sweeteners in place of caloric sweeteners Read the rest of this entry »

The Real Rick Warren

Rick Warren understands politics.
It was announced last week that Warren would be giving the invocation at President Elect Obama’s inauguration. It’s shocking, to say the least, but a little less surprising considering Warren’s Saddleback Forum, a campaign season event in which Warren questioned Senator Obama and Senator McCain about faith and politics – two issues Warren feels very comfortable merging. The Saddleback Forum, however, was no more Read the rest of this entry »