Weight loss - common myths
Dieting has led to many unhealthy misconceptions about weight loss and caused long term difficulties in maintaining a healthy body weight. There are no magical foods or ways to combine foods to reduce body fat. To lose weight, you need to make ... [... more]
Better Health |
Ten steps to reduce breast cancer risk
While the cause of breast cancer is unknown, factors such as body weight, physical activity alcohol and hormone replacement therapy have been proven to influence risk. [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Eating disorders
Obsessive thoughts about food and body weight can change eating patterns (dieting, making excuses not to eat, avoidance of social situations involving food, going to the bathroom straight after meals), mood (feeling depressed, irritable or ... [... more]
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Frances Kuffel
An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body. When she was in her early forties, Frances Kuffel lost half her body weight. In Passing for Thin, Frances describes with unflinching honesty and a wickedly dark sense of ... [... more]
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Marty Jerome
The 2008 edition of this classic log and calendar, the only one tailored to runners of all levels includes: The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2008 * space for tracking daily and weekly mileage, as well as time, body weight, route, ... [... more]
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Arthritis and water exercise
Warm water exercise (hydrotherapy) is helpful for people with arthritis. The resistance of moving through water boosts muscle strength and endurance. Warm water exercise (hydrotherapy) is particularly helpful, because your body weight is ... [... more]
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Weight and muscle gain
A person's build depends largely on genetic factors, which is why it is difficult for a naturally thin person to put on weight. There are ways to put on weight; however, gaining lean body weight (muscle rather than fat) is a slow process that ... [... more]
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Worm Castings
The ancient Greek Philosopher, Aristotle called worms the "intestines of the earth". They devour half their body weight in organic matter each day producing great amounts of wonderful worm poo. It's this poo or 'castings' that's like gold for [... more]
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