Health & Fitness News

Seasonal Stress Relief

December 9, 2012
By Rich Dafter
Seasonal Stress Relief

25 Ways to Relax & Rejuvenate over the Holidays – from Team Beachbody Holiday shopping. Meddling relatives. Taxing travel. The season to be merry can easily turn into the season of stress! But all the holiday hustle doesn’t have to bring on anxiety or keep you from reaching your goals! Too much stress is...

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Reset Your Body?

April 26, 2012
By Rich Dafter
Reset Your Body?

When Beachbody product development puts their mind to something, they do it as well as it can be done. With the release of Ultimate Reset two weeks ago today, they have done just that and I am testing it right now! Why reset your body? Let’s see what Beachbody has to say. “When you...

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Which Antidepressant is Right For You?

October 19, 2011
By Rich Dafter
Which Antidepressant is Right For You?

Which antidepressant is right for you – pills or a healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise? More than one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant, a class of drugs that has become wildly popular in the past several decades, U.S. government researchers said today. Antidepressants were the third-most common...

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Fitness with Diana – Back to Basics

May 19, 2011
By Diana

Sometimes things happen that are out of our control, but it’s how we deal with them that can make or break us.  As I have written before, I have a history of back issues due to an injury that happened back in 2000.  Every once in a while I do something, sometimes it’s extreme...

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Shakeology Certified Low Glycemic

August 2, 2010
By Howtobefit

You know about the awesomeness of Shakeology® – the ultra-premium health shake that Carl Daikeler’s wife helped formulate when she saw that her husband couldn’t eat a vegetable unless it was deep fried. Shakeology® was recently tested and measured for its Glycemic Index (GI) and received the amazing score of 24 by Glycemic Index...

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Too much TV may mean earlier death

January 11, 2010
By Rich Dafter

If you read my post from earlier today, you may have thought, yeah, yeah.  What a coincidence that CNN has an article this afternoon entitled, “Too much TV may mean earlier death”. It says, in part, “Watching too much television can make you feel a bit brain-dead. According to a new study, it might...

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Why Are Food Allergies on the Rise in Children?

November 17, 2009
By Rich Dafter

In yesterday’s Sphere.com there was an article by David Knowles entitled, “Why Are Food Allergies on the Rise in Children?’ and it is worrisome enough to post some of the article here.  He says, “The number of children with allergies to certain foods is rising at an alarming rate. That’s the conclusion of a...

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Drug Makers Raise Prices In Face of Health Care Reform

November 16, 2009
By Rich Dafter
Drug Makers Raise Prices In Face of Health Care Reform

Duff Wilson wrote an article for the New York Times today and it is just so troubling that I needed to present at least the first part of it (you need to subscribe to the NY Times to read the rest – they offer a free subscription): “Even as drug makers promise to support...

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Obesity costs US health system $147 billion a year

July 27, 2009
By Rich Dafter

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year, U.S. researchers said Monday. They said obese people spend 40 percent more — or $1,429 more per year — in healthcare costs than people of normal weight. “It is...

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Obamas plant organic kitchen garden at White House

March 21, 2009
By Rich
Obamas plant organic kitchen garden at White House

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Want to know where the presidential produce comes from? Take a walk past the White House. The answer may be planted right in front of you. First lady Michelle Obama helped break ground on a new White House organic “kitchen garden” Friday. It will be the first working garden at 1600...

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