Live Fit and Sore

Category: Health/Nutrition

  • Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches

    Topics Education Three Sticks: Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches. It makes a lot of sense–processed food is cheap so those lower income families eat more of it  — and summer time it can be worse because families can’t rely on the schools to handle some of the daily meals. It’s a vicious cycle…

  • Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules”

    7 Words & 7 Rules for Eating “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Pollan says everything he’s learned about food and health can be summed up in seven words: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Probably the first two words are most important. “Eat food” means to eat real food — vegetables, fruits,…

  • Notable News

    Study Finds Certain Drugs Can Keep Some Forms of Cancer in Remission Longer – NYTimes.com. Using certain anticancer drugs for years at a time can help keep some types of cancer in remission longer, doctors reported Thursday. In another finding, researchers said they had made progress on a long-sought goal — developing a way to…

  • Notable News

    Still a bit under the weather so my initial idea of getting up and going for a run fell to the wayside. I did want to share some interesting news I have come across the past few days: Vitamin D and colorectal cancer focus of new Arizona study U of AZ is my Alma mater…

  • Vitamins and Supplements for Your Age

    Vitamins and Supplements for Your Age What vitamins should you take? Unfortunately, there’s no one brand or pill that combines the recommended amount of every vitamin, mineral, and nutrient. To make this as easy as possible, we’ve listed our recommendations of pills and supplements by age and gender. Make your body and mind stronger, healthier…

  • Live Fit and Sore – In print!

    Giving back to others is part of Living a fit and healthy life.   I wanted to focus on something that I felt passionately about and decided to share the experience of my own transformation.   Once a month, I write an article that is published in the monthly HOA newsletter that is sent to all…

  • Tips on reducing your sodium intake

    Tips on reducing your sodium intake Even if you can’t change how much salt food manufacturers and restaurant chains put in their food, you can take steps to lower salt in your own diet. Here are some tips from American Dietetic Assn. spokeswoman Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo: —Focus on eating and preparing fresh fruits and vegetables, minimally…

  • Soda is bad for you.

    Nutrition Lab: Milk, soft drinks and bone strength – latimes.com. It does seem to be true that soda drinkers have worse diets overall. In a study published this month in the Journal of the American Dietetic Assn., for example, among 170 girls followed from age 5 to 15, those who drank soda at age 5…

  • It’s going to end up biting us in the ass

    Rachael Ray Lobbies Capitol for School Lunch Bill – NYTimes.com. Instead, she grimaced, leaned in and sounded off about the federal Child Nutrition Act and what she considers to be the government’s stingy reimbursement rates for school lunches. “Ridiculous,” she said. Rachel Ray also has a non-profit called Yum-o! Check it out for good recipes…

  • It’s Your Time – National Women’s Health Week

    Did you know it’s National Women’s Health Week! National Women’s Health Week is a week long health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). National Women’s Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. With the theme “It’s Your Time,” the nationwide initiative…