All fats are not created equal. That was a recurring theme at the recent Worlds of Healthy Flavors conference, an annual collaboration between the
and nutritionists at the Harvard School of Public Health. The conference, which brings together chefs from the food service industry and leading experts in
and medicine, is intended to help food purveyors expand healthy meal choices for consumers.
The message that not all fats are bad has been around Read the rest of this entry »
Shah Alam, Selangor
Couch potatoes and gym junkies alike can benefit from Fitjam Day camp presented by Fisaf-certified (Federation of International Sports, Aerobics and Fitness Inc) instructors.
Break into a sweat at the different fitness workshops available like step with plyos, fit ball conditioning, hip hop, Latino groove, four move hi lo and body balance.
The camp is from 8am-5.30pm. Fee: RM150. Call to register.
A Chingay parade will Read the rest of this entry »
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.
— Amidst all the frantic news about Steve Jobs and his medical leave of absence from Apple, one thought should remain paramount: Prayers for him and his family.
While Wall Street focuses on the billions of dollars of shareholder value that Apple lost Wednesday when Jobs disclosed his decision and on what his departure means for the company, let’s not forget Jobs is a human being with a family.
That said, Read the rest of this entry »
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Gym bags that hold everything a woman needs but will also fit inside her locker can be hard to find. REI kept those things in mind in designing the Balance Gym Bag, $59.50, made from recycled plastic bottles. It has a large zipper opening on the top, a side panel for a 1-liter water bottle, compartments for shoes and clothes, mesh vents to air things out and a removable shower caddy. A zippered stash pocket keeps your keys and phone handy. At REI Read the rest of this entry »
The best way to achieve your fitness goals is to focus on making small
changes, which goes against the usual January rush to “drop a dress size in
a month”. Take just three things that you know you need to change and make
these your goals for this week: drink more water; go to an exercise class;
and get off the bus a stop early. Add three more a week and in a month you
will have changed 12 things that would have been too intense had you Read the rest of this entry »
(Jan 29, 2009 – 10:39 AM) :
Mort Fertel has a new step-by-step relationship changing system. It is not marriage counseling, but Marriage Fitness.
Baltimore, Maryland, January 2009 — The first step in entering the new world of Marriage Fitness is signing up for a free Email. This will get you started on saving your marriage. If either person in a relationship starts the learning process to getting their marriage back on track, once the Read the rest of this entry »
Published Thursday, December 11, 2008
When you look at your food, some ingredients are easy to see. For example, there is obviously milk in your cereal, cheese on your pizza and peanut butter on your toast.
But your meals are also filled with ingredients you can’t see. And you might be surprised to learn just how much those hidden items affect your health.
Salt is a perfect example of an ingredient that you might not notice, even when you Read the rest of this entry »
As a 30-something, I hereby resolve to sleep more in 2009. And published today in the
, a predictor of
. In fact, the study showed that one extra hour each night lowered the estimated odds of having such gunk in the vasculature by 33 percent. According to the study authors, getting that extra hour brings a benefit, cardiovascularly speaking, similar to that of lowering systolic blood pressure (the top number in the blood pressure ratio) by 17 Read the rest of this entry »
07:55 PM CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The clock’s ticking on 2008. Time to rid the house of corn chips and good intentions and get ready for a brand spankin’ new year.
Let’s go over the resolution list again, shall we?
No muffins. No pizza. No ice cream. No beer. No chocolate. No nitrates. No head cheese. No white rice. No T-bones.
Exercise an hour a day. Lift weights constantly. Follow Atkins. Follow South Beach. Read the rest of this entry »