Category: Health/Nutrition

  • Study shows how Medicare rewards MDs for overuse | Reuters

    CHICAGO (Reuters) – Medicare’s move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Hemani said doctors, policyholders and patients should realize that “despite best efforts, there are factors other than just…

  • News to Note

    First lady begins fight against childhood obesity – washingtonpost.com. At its core, the first lady’s initiative centers on clearer nutrition information, increased physical activity, better access to healthy foods and, ultimately, personal responsibility. “This isn’t about trying to turn the clock back to when we were kids, or preparing five-course meals from scratch every night.…

  • Don’t Lose your Resolve

    Everyone struggles with living a healthy and fit life. Trust me on that one. It’s hard when there are so many distractions and easier ways to travel but living this sort of life has so many pay offs. But It Takes Time! It’s a long journey but with time and commitment the journey is fun,…

  • Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer | Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday. via Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer | Reuters.

  • Thursday’s Workout is a Wrap

    Plumbline Training Bootcamp Calisthenics Warm-up: backwards lunges, high knees, tuck jumps, leg lifts 50 pushups Core: crunches, 6 inch flutters, V-ups 3 -1 min rounds,- AMRepsAP ring dips with 25lb vests double rope waves with lunges 25lb db split jerks Trifecta station: Power Clean, Push Press, Back Squat (65lbs) Double box jumps So I got…

  • It’s Sobering isn’t it?

    7 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Cancer Risk. …estimates that nearly one in two men and women born in 2009 will be diagnosed with cancer at some time during their lifetime. Think about that estimate above. That means if you have more than one child today, one of them will be diagnosed with cancer at…

  • News to Note

    Six Meaningless Claims on Food Labels – Well Blog – NYTimes.com. Although food labels are supposed to tell us exactly what’s in the food we’re buying, marketers have created a language all their own to make foods sound more healthful than they really are. Prevention.com – 25 Ridiculously Healthy Foods. Lots of good ideas about…

  • Enjoy your Sunday!

    One of the great things about workin so hard on your fitness, is that your body changes. Or at least you hope that your body changes! Well for me, I have gone down about 3 clothing sizes. A few weeks back I went through my entire closet and purged bags and bags full of clothes.…

  • hibernation of my self-control

    Are there some foods that you eat that you just start to realize that you must never eat again. They are those foods that you can’t stop eating once you start? I am sure for a lot of people it’s potato chips. For me, at least this past week, its the cereal Cracklin Oat Bran.…

  • Saturday and Snow

    Snow on the ground and it’s crisp outside. I love it!! I headed out to Gold’s Gym when it started it’s light dusting and came out 1 hr 15 later to about an inch and it’s still coming down. 34 mi treadmill 50lb OH squats 50lb back squats 40lb iso lats 25lb push presses 50…