Discover the Secrets of Good health

Some lucky people seem blessed with an iron will; they decide to go on a diet, swear off chocolate, and not a morsel of it passes their lips until they’ve reached their goal weight.
The rest of us occasionally need a little help. What can you do when motivation vanished weeks ago, when you find [...]

The first time my friend and fellow food blogger Fernanda mentioned wanting to make a Portuguese salt cod stew, I was skeptical. (Though given how well Fernanda’s salmon fish stew had turned out what was I thinking?) Salt cod isn’t one of those easily-found-in-the-supermarket items. For hundreds of years codfish preserved in salt may [...]

Treadmill Desks appear to be growing popularity. The TrekDesk takes it one step further with the addition of an exercise ball.
At first I thought these things seemed rather gimmicky. However I’m beginning to notice more aches and pains from sitting in an office all day.
I seriously wonder how difficult it would be to type at [...]

There has been much talk lately about the obesity epidemic which is sweeping the world, and the ensuing panic has resulted in an avalanche of books and articles packed with ideas about why we are growing larger and what we can do about it.
As a physician struggling with making sense of all this over the [...]

Congratulations America, you are no longer the heavyweight champions of the world.
The obesity rate of the US is currently at 25%. However - according to a new report - another country now has an obesity rate of 26%.
Who is it?
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From the recipe archive, a cool salad for hot days.
Inspiration for good food can be found anywhere, even Starbucks, where I had a delicious chicken salad sandwich recently. The key ingredients other than chicken? Cranberries and tarragon. French tarragon is a distinctive herb, with a slight anise or licorice aroma. We [...]

Welcome to our Focus on the Olympics articles that introduces you to our Olympic athletes and hopefuls that will be competing in Beijing this summer. Before every dive, Laura recites “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.” from Philippians 4:13.

We’ve talked about fitness partners before. The simple truth is some people enjoy working out on their own (I’m one of those) and some people really need and do better when they have a fitness partner to motivate and keep them focused.

Welcome to our Focus on the Olympics articles that introduces you to our Olympic athletes and hopefuls that will be competing in Beijing this summer. She enjoys reading, dancing, surfing and going to the beach in her spare time.

Exercise myths are great because they are either so patently untrue that it’s easy to dismiss them or they sound suspiciously like great advice so they are easy to believe. We’ve all been taken in by common fitness myths. My favorite was the one I believed for years.