Discover the Secrets of Good health

New research appearing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that strength training can reduce body fat, and attenuate abdominal fat gain.
The research applies to overweight or obese premenopausal women and was conducted over two years.
So what kind of exercise were these women doing?
Continue reading…

Yes, we’re back to school and the schedule is as crazy as ever. To add insult to injury, I’ve got pneumonia. Yes, you read that right, I have pneumonia. It’s the walking variety so I didn’t even feel that sick, I just had a cough that wouldn’t quit.

I went to the doctor a couple of days ago because I wasn’t feeling great, I’d had a persistent cough I couldn’t get rid of and it was really messing with my workout and my plans.

Wrigley is doing its level best to convince us that Gum is Good.
Can you really lose weight just from chewing gum?
Continue reading…

Throughout the coastal areas of Latin America, you’ll find local variations of “Camarones al Ajillo”, freshly caught shrimp, fried quickly in olive oil with garlic and chiles. My friend Arturo grew up near the beaches of Alcapulco and learned a way of preparing the garlic shrimp classic with jalapenos and coconut milk. The [...]

Updated. From the recipe archive.
Late September and early October is Concord Grape season in California’s central valley. Every time I walk under our grape arbor in this season, just the smell of those ripe grapes conjures up memories of childhood - wolfing down a PB & J, slurping a rapidly melting frozen grape [...]

Buffets and other social functions can be trying when you want to eat healthy. It pays to have a strategy planned well in advance.
Continue reading…

SharpBrains has interviewed Judith Beck, author of The Beck Diet Solution. Beck brings the principles from cognitive behavior therapy into the field of weight loss.
The Beck Diet Solution is designed to be used alongside any healthy and nutritious diet.
What are the cognitive and emotional skills and habits that dieters need to train?
Continue reading…

If you are having a chocolate craving after your pizza, then Domino’s Pizza now has the answer.
It is called the Oreo Dessert Pizza.
Continue reading…

The Eat-Clean Diet, by Tosca Reno, is physically beautifulâ?¦ every page seems to leap up at you with an explosion of glossy pictures, colorful sidebars and pull quotes.
The information is laid out in a very reader-friendly way and speaks in a basic language that most will easily comprehend. Beyond the bookâ??s exceptional [...]