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Sugar, Not Fats and Oils, is What is Causing the Obesity Epidemic
Why are we so fat? We have not become greedier as a race. We are not, contrary to popular wisdom, less active – a 12-year study, which began in 2000 at Plymouth hospital, measured children’s physical activity and found it the same as 50 years ago. But something has changed: and that something is very…
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Being Reasonable about Nutrition
Food fascism and the 80/20 rule There’s no doubt in my mind that a Paleo diet is what we’ve evolved to eat. That’s hard to argue with. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to be healthy while eating foods that are not considered “Paleo”, regardless of what the Paleo zealots will tell you. Some of…
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WOD Recaps
Have no fear — i have been working out the past few days! Just haven’t posted them — until now. Friday Shoulder Presses, Ring Dips, Rests, Push Presses, Push Jerks One bar. Increase load for each lift. Do dip directly after lift then rest for 2 minutes. 65/65/75 –this was a very hard WOD!…
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The Special Bond of Having a Pet
I’m an animal lover. I don’t have any pets living with us right now — too much going on, not enough time to give them the attention they deserve. But there is something really special about having a pet. They affection and love they can show for their owner, the support they give during hard…
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Mindfulness Meditation Linked With Positive Brain Changes, Study Suggests
Scientists have found that a kind of Chinese mindfulness meditation practice is linked with actual physical changes in the brain — changes that may even have protective effects against mental illness.Researchers from the University of Oregon studied past data from a 2010 study of 45 undergraduate students, as well as a past study on 68…
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Movie theater junk food: Is it a menace to society? – latimes.com
This editorial has some good points — the food at the theater sucks. Water is probably the only healthy thing you can buy but the cost of it at the theater is crazy! If you’re a parent concerned about your kids eating healthful food, where is the last place you’d want them to go?…
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Girl Scouts vs. Health and Fitness
Today is a much needed rest day for me — I’m sore! Not over crazy sore but definitely a good day to rest. What’s crazy is that I miss the gang though — that’s part of the draw about CrossFit. You want to go workout because you miss your pals if you don’t! So last…
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Why eating like we did 20,000 years ago may be the way of the future
When it comes to our eating habits, it’s clear that we’re doing it wrong. We may be in the midst of health crisis, but there are few practical solutions for dealing with it. But now a growing chorus of people are claiming that modern and processed foods are to blame, insisting that we should instead…