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Injuries suck - plain and simple. They are especially frustrating for those who are used to being active. The standard protocol for injuries is RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), therapeutic exercise and painkillers. Here’s why diet should play a big part in this equation and how to optimize eating to help hasten [...]

UK woman Dawn Page has been awarded £810,000 (1.6M USD) in damages from her nutritionist Barbara Nash
Mrs Page started the “Amazing Hydration Diet” in order to lose weight. She ended up suffering a “massive epileptic fit and brain damage caused by severe sodium deficiency.”
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You know the weight-loss industry has gone berserk when a guy like Randy Jackson, of American Idol fame, can publish a DIET book! No, I’m not kidding.
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I’m sure many readers will have experienced a diet that “failed” in the past. These are often ones which you manage to stick with for a few days, even a week or two, then give up on. Usually, the diet was impractical or you just weren’t feeling committed to it.
Sometimes, though, a diet seems successful: [...]

With the Beijing Olympics right around the corner, there is the usual hype, controversy and politics that have become synonymous with the games. And while there will be some compelling stories, showdowns and drama - there will be a select few athletes for whom the road to Beijing was that much more challenging. [...]

If you have any interest in dieting (and presumably you do, if you’re reading this), you’ve almost certainly come across the word “calorie”. Maybe you have an idea what it means - in particular, you probably have the impression that too many calories aren’t good. But what exactly is a calorie, and how do calories [...]

If someone from 50 years ago were to travel through time to the present day, they wouldn’t recognize most of the foods in our modern-day grocery stores. We’ve been busy tweaking our foods to comply with the whims, trends and science of the moment and in the process, we didn’t notice the deterioration of [...]

How many have ever wondered at all the wasted energy in a gym? People pounding away on treadmills and stationery bikes.
“All of this energy is summarily dissipated and ultimately exhausted for the sake of a single individual’s wellbeing” says Mitchell Joachim - eco-designer. Joachim has the answer: A Human-Powered River Gymnasium.

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Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the UK, gave a speech during the G8 summit to exhort Britons to stop wasting food. In a time of global food shortages and dramatic price increases on staples such as bread and rice, Brown said that “It is right to remind people that about £8 [$16] a week [...]

After watching the fascinating discussion about Weight Watchers vs Gym membership, it seems like a good time to run this giveaway. 24 Hour Fitness are giving away a gift certificate to a Diet Blog reader. It’s part of the 12millionlives inspirational site / promotion.
Here are the details:
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