Live Fit and Sore

Category: Health/Nutrition

  • Cleaning up your carb act: Where to begin

    Cleaning up your carb act: Where to begin – latimes.com Carbs are really what gets most people in trouble food/weight wise. Most Americans eat between 250 and 300 grams of carbohydrates a day, the equivalent of 1,000 to 1,200 calories. The Institute of Medicine, which sets dietary nutrient requirements, recommends 130 grams a day. Some,…

  • One Year of Live Fit and Sore!

    I forgot to mark a momentous occasion that passed recently — one year of Live Fit and Sore! Here is the link to the post I created Nov 18th about why I started this blog:  http://livestrongandsore.com/2009/11/18/hello-world/ And today, here are my thoughts – I started this particular blog Nov 18 2009 with the intent of…

  • Scientists now saying carbs, not fat, are to blame for America’s ills – latimes.com

    Scientists now saying carbs, not fat, are to blame for America’s ills – latimes.com. Most people can count calories. Many have a clue about where fat lurks in their diets. However, fewer give carbohydrates much thought, or know why they should. But a growing number of top nutritional scientists blame excessive carbohydrates — not fat…

  • CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys

    Here’s the article to go with my post from yesterday: Parents and Mcdonalds The Checkup – CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys. The D.C.-based nutrition watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest has helped a California mother file a class-action suit against McDonald’s, demanding that the burger chain stop marketing…

  • Parents and Mcdonalds

    I just saw a story on GMA about a Mom suing McDonald’s because her daughter is obsessed with Happy Meals and the toys that come with it. She says its their fault with their marketing targeted towards kids and she can tell her daughter ‘No’ but she sees the commercials on TV and it’s a…

  • Paleo eating filters your view

    This is a great new blog I found from Diane Sanfilippo- Holistic Nutritionist specializing in Paleo nutrition, blood sugar regulation, food allergies/intolerances and digestive health Balanced Bites — she gives good sound advice about eating clean. She’s also readily accessible via Twitter which I think is awesome –She recently wrote a post in response to…

  • Loving What You Hate: Accepting your most despised physical traits

    Loving What You Hate: Accepting your most despised physical traits. This post really doesn’t tell you how to make peace with the part of you that makes you feel less than perfect but it’s a good starting point to think about it — and if the answer is to learn to accept it and live…

  • Man finds extreme healing eating parasitic worms

    Man finds extreme healing eating parasitic worms – CNN.com. The reason I am including this article is not for the ick factor – it’s because what I find interesting is that things that are considered radical today were probably more common place long ago and may have some basis in truth.  Now don’t go out…

  • Get out of Bed and Live!

    I added this video because for women – I think it’s important to hear how training like I do — Crossfit, HIIT — helps other aspects of your life.  She says in the morning when she has to get up — its like let’s get up and Live! Which is exactly how I feel and…

  • Not Even Kids on Sports Teams Get Enough Exercise

    Not Even Kids on Sports Teams Get Enough Exercise So relying on your child’s sports team to ensure they get enough exercise may guarantee that they are getting in their 60 mins of activity because of instruction time! We parents just can’t win! What are we to do — think about encouraging or finding additional…