Global Poll: A Look at Weight Around the World
Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
Remember those heart-tugging TV commercials in which Sally Struthers implored us to help fight world hunger? Well, we reached a strange tipping point recently. According to an October report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people worldwide now die from being overweight and obese than from being underweight. Although world hunger remains a significant [...]
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The 9 Best Cookbooks of 2009
Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
The recent cook-at-home trend made 2009 the year of the cookbook. So here are our favorite green, veggie and vegan offerings. We loved flipping and cooking through these and we hope you do too.
The Adaptable Feast
The Adaptable Feast could save your relationship. That is, if you’re an omnivore trying to have a relationship with a [...]
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Hangover prevention: Does drinking lighter-colored drinks help?
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
Drinking lighter colored drinks isn’t a good method of hangover prevention—but it may help a little. A hangover is caused by several things, including chemicals in alcoholic drinks other than alcohol. Among the compounds linked to a hangover are products of alcohol fermentation called congeners. Congeners are found in larger amounts in dark liquors, such [...]
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US environmental agency gets tough on smog
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher standards for how much smog can be in the air, a move the US agency said would save money and protect health, especially in children.
“EPA is stepping up to protect Americans from one of the most persistent and widespread pollutants we face. Smog in the air we breathe poses [...]
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Flip A Bad Day Into A Good Day
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
When nothing’s going right, halt the negative vibes with these tips from Alice D. Domar, PhD, executive director of the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Ask yourself: How much does this really matter? If something’s bumming you out, think about what it’ll mean tomorrow, or a month from now. “You may see that [...]
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Teachers Rate High In Well-being
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
Teachers have better overall health and well-being than workers in 11 other job categories, including lawyers, doctors, business owners and mechanics, according to a national study released Wednesday.
South Florida educators say it’s because their profession is more of a calling than a job. And despite budget cuts, contentious contract negotiations and controversial academic initiatives, teachers [...]
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The Cancer Risk Lurking in Your Drinking Water
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
Thousands of American municipalities add chlorine to their drinking water to neutralize contaminants. “Chlorine, added as an inexpensive and effective drinking water disinfectant, is also a known poison to the body,” says Vanessa Lausch of filter manufacturer Aquasana. “It is certainly no coincidence that chlorine gas was used with deadly effectiveness as a weapon in [...]
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50 Ways to Cut 500 Calories a Day
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
If you ate too many chocolate-covered cherries, or indulged in more eggnog that you shoud’ve, you’re not alone. If you fell off your diet wagon over the holidays, don’t panic. Jump back on and get rolling again with these great ideas to recover from your indulgences.
The most basic way to lose weight is to slash calories. That’s [...]
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The upside of Depression
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Steve W..
Happiness has had a tough time of it lately. The backlash against the seemingly endless stream of books about the subject returned 426,789 titles when I used that search term, including one that calls happiness “life’s most important skill”) had already set in last year. At the time, I pointed out that “among people with late-stage [...]
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I can’t bring myself to exercise during the winter
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by Steve W..
Dear Reader’s Clinic:
Now that the nights have drawn in, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to motivate myself to exercise. Getting out of bed for my thrice-a-week morning run is tough enough, but now that it’s pitch dark when I leave the office, summoning up the energy to head to the gym is almost impossible. Is [...]
