Monthly Archives: May 2008

Want to make some extra money in your spare time?

May 27, 2008
By Rich

Make money in your spare time promoting the Team Beachbody online fitness club and make $19.44 on each membership! The Team Beachbody Club is the fastest growing, most effective and affordable online fitness club on the Internet. Hundreds of thousands of members are enjoying the support, guidance, motivation and inspiration of the Team Beachbody...

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Should we be living in zoos?

May 25, 2008
By Rich

My daughter and I went to the zoo today and all of the animals are so beautifully housed and fed and every effort is made to recreate their natural habits and to keep them healthy and happy.  Not too fat, not too thin, but eating like they would in their natural habitats and maintaining...

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Meditate for Your Heart

May 23, 2008
By Rich

A recent study of adolescents with high blood pressure found that those teens who practiced transcendental meditation for 8 months improved the ability of their blood vessels to relax and dilate by 21 percent. That’s about the same improvement expected from taking antihypertensive drugs. Dr. Vernon A. Barnes is a physiologist at the Medical...

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Kicking the habit may be contagious

May 22, 2008
By Rich

Did I tell you that I am blue in the face? Yes, I’m blue in the face from passionately and unashamedly promoting the benefits of health and fitness and maintaining an ideal weight to everyone that will listen. I do that by telling everyone that in order to be successful you need support and...

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Are you struggling with belly fat?

May 21, 2008
By Rich

On the message boards today, I saw someone write, “I’m getting just a little, no a lot, frustrated with the belly fat that just won’t go away” and I provided a short response. It is a good opportunity for my readers to get more information about the risks of belly fat as well as...

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Obesity contributes to global warming

May 21, 2008
By Rich

Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says. This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices,...

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U.S. obesity rates alarmingly high

May 21, 2008
By Rich

New research shows “alarming levels” of obesity in most ethnic groups in the United States, principal investigator Dr. Gregory L. Burke, of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina told Reuters Health. The study also confirms the potentially deadly toll obesity exacts on the heart and blood vessels. “The obesity epidemic has the potential to...

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Amby Burfoot’s 10 Tips for Marathon Training

May 20, 2008
By Rich

I’ve been a long time reader of Runner’s World and always find their articles informative and valuable. The marathon isn’t for everyone, but if you do decided to train for one, these 10 tips from Amby Burfoot will help you do it right. “Three weeks before last spring’s London marathon, I received an e-mail...

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8 Ways to Know If You’re Fit

May 20, 2008
By Rich

A major health headline this week was a study dispelling the notion that you can be both fit and fat. Last fall, the wires were abuzz with citations about the dangers of being thin and fat (so-called “skinny fat”). With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we’re overweight. But...

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What is Your Body Mass Index?

May 20, 2008
By Rich

It’s no secret that the U.S. is one of the fattest nations in the world: 66.3 percent of Americans over 20 years old are overweight or obese (about 140 million); 32 percent are obese (67 million); and almost 5 percent (9 million) are morbidly obese. Among adolescents 12 to 19 years old, over 17...

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