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It All Begins With the Feet… an answer to back pain

February 5, 2009 by

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Article written by Jamie Lynn Are you one of the many Americans that suffer from back or neck pain, maybe hip or knee pain?  You are not alone.  Between 1997 and 2005, a 65% increase in medical cost related to neck and back pain, an estimated $86 million per year (Salynn Boyles, 2/12/2008), and most […]

The Snacking-Sleeping Connection; Aging, Depression & Visceral Fat

February 5, 2009 by

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This following two articles were discovered by Vicki Bernstein in a newsletter from the American Fitness Association – an association for older adults. The Snacking-Sleeping Connection The amount one snacks appears to be related to the amount of sleep one gets. That is the finding of University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, as […]

Embrace Other Points of View

December 29, 2008 by

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By Jim Cathcart Everything you know has come from within the limits of your life up to now. You might be wrong about how things work. Explore and experiment with other ways of looking at things. See things from someone else’s perspective. Take a different route to your usual places. Read something outside your areas […]

Flathead Valley, MT Residents – An ‘Alternate Root’ New Year!

December 28, 2008 by

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The New Year is often a time to reconsider our fitness program or, at the very least, to contemplate introducing one. It is common knowledge that exercising and eating a healthy well-balanced diet are two of the most important factors contributing to long-term health; however, implementing these things in a way that can be sustained […]

Sizing Up Your Body

December 28, 2008 by

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( Time Magazine) Sanjay Gupta, M.D. Can’t decide if you’re overweight or not? You can turn to your scale, your waistline or your doctor to help you figure it out. The one thing you shouldn’t do, however, is trust your lyin’ eyes — at least if the people around you have weight woes of their […]

How to Survive the Holidays!

December 18, 2008 by

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Here are a few ideas to help us make it through the holiday season: 1. Plan Ahead: If you are going out to dinner, research the menu online so you know what to expect and you can plan your day around it 2. Potluck: Eat before you go and make something that will fit into […]

Inspiration

December 16, 2008 by

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PICTURE THIS by Will Craig (sent to me by Jayla McNamee) Is it possible to become successful just by thinking about it? Research has proven that the mind cannot tell the difference between a real occurrence and one that has been well-imagined. The moment you experience an event vividly in your imagination it is recorded […]

Faster Fitness After 40??

December 13, 2008 by

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(Prevention Magazine) Why Fitness Comes Faster After 40: Find out how regular workouts give you better endurance than a college student By Marianne McGinnis (Marianne McGinnis is a former Prevention associate editor) Surprise: You can actually get better results from embarking on an exercise program now than when you were in college, say Brazilian researchers. […]

Saving Our Food Supply…

December 11, 2008 by

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: December 10, 2008 As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed “secretary of food.” Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Nicholas D. […]