[sidebar]You can eat a great variety of foods in a great variety of recipes. This prevents repetition and boredom, two obstacles to long-term success. Our goal is that The South Beach Diet becomes a healthy lifestyle, not just a diet. Good Fats, Bad Fats Fats are an important part of a healthy diet. There’s more and more evidence that many fats are good for us and actually reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke....
With Buddhism, I appreciate the 8-fold path, but not the complicated tenets. For years I attended a Tibetan Buddhist Temple called Ningma and I didn’t have a clue about what the prayer wheels meant, but I liked the sound. I found that the dharma talk calmed me more than a sermon. The Jewish religion is foreign to me, but I like Mysticism and mystical experiences associated with Kabbalah and the Torah contains many stories of mystical experiences....
When you’re having a particularly grueling day, you may feel less committed to your partner compared to a more relaxed day, according to University of Arizona researchers. After surveying 328 people (164 couples) about their daily hassles, relationship satisfaction, closeness, and commitment, along with the daily sacrifices they made for their partner (read: picking up your husband’s socks), they found that people felt more committed to their partners when they made more small sacrifices, according to a study to be published later this year in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships....
How To Work Out In Small Spaces [pagebreak] A Sample Week At A GlanceAim to do three Slim + Sculpt Straps sessions and three or four 20-to 30-minute Cardio Walk sessions each week. Feel free to swap days according to your schedule. Lie faceup on floor, heels in foot cradles under anchor point and arms extended at sides. Pressing through glutes, lift lower back a few inches off floor (A)....
Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences who tested 100 whole chickens purchased from farmers markets throughout Pennsylvania found 90% tested positive for Campylobacter and 28% harbored Salmonella — two pathogens that can cause serious foodborne illnesses By comparison, just 20% of raw, whole, organic chickens purchased from grocery stores were found to contain Campylobacter bacteria, and 28% tested positive for Salmonella, the researchers said. In addition, only 8% of raw, whole, nonorganic, conventionally processed chickens from grocery stores tested positive for Campylobacter and 52% of those contained Salmonella....
Well, things have changed—or rather, science has changed. Recent studies that have relied on actual blood biomarkers, not just self-reported diet surveys, show that the diet known as the New Nordic Diet is more powerful at triggering weight loss and fighting heart disease than other popular nutrition plans, including Mediterranean-style diets. What’s more, the New Nordic Diet is the only well-researched weight-loss approach that emphasizes eating organic, seasonal, and locally grown food—right inline with what research also shows to be ideal for human health and the environment....
“Walking is one of the best types of ‘medicine’ we have to help prevent diabetes, or reduce its severity and potential complications—such as heart attack and stroke—if you already have it,” says JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, chief of the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Women who did at least 30 minutes daily of moderate physical activity, such as brisk walking, slashed their risk of diabetes by 30%, according to results from the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study....
The couple, both in their 50s, gave up most of their staples. Gone were sugar, refined carbs, white bread, and the nightly bottle of wine. In 4 months, he lost 25 pounds and she, 12. The bonus: Their diet is now healthier than it has ever been, loaded with vegetables, low-fat dairy products, and whole grains. “We feel great,” says Linda. So imagine their consternation when they learned that despite their best efforts, neither was getting the RDA of essential nutrients like vitamins D and E, and Linda was perilously low on fiber....
Baked apples are one of those tricky desserts that sounds healthy but usually isn’t. Let’s face it: No amount of wholesome fruit can stand up against an onslaught of butter and refined sugar. But this recipe is different. Using just a half-tablespoon of coconut sugar for the whole batch keeps added sugars in check and lets the apples’ natural sweetness shine. (Find out what’s really in your coconut milk latte....
After tracking the diets and health outcomes of more than 100,000 people for three decades, the study team found those who tossed back roughly 1 ounce of nuts each day were 20 percent less likely to die during the 30-year study period. Breaking down those findings, nut eaters were 29 percent less likely to die from heart disease. And, somewhat surprisingly, those who ate nuts regularly were actually slimmer than those who did not, the research shows....
But wait: Reclaim your sense of adventure, and go east, young man (or young woman)! Because this is exactly what you’d be doing if you had tickets to the Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival this weekend, October 15–18, held on the Cape Cod island. This is where presidents vacation and sustainable fishing and farming traditions are as much a part of the seascape as quiet sandy beaches, Rosa Ragusa, and quaint clapboard villages....
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MORE: The Best Birth Control Is The One No One Uses The percentage of overweight and obese Americans 65 and older has grown: 72% of older men and 67% of older women are now overweight or obese. Baby boomers started reaching age 65 in 2011, and the report, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, also shows many of these older Americans are not financially prepared to pay for long-term care in nursing homes....
Researchers rounded up an array of natural plant extracts (cinnamon, onion, garlic, cloves, peppermint, cocoa, and saffron) and gauged their ability to fight a virus called Phi X 174 in a test tube study. Cinnamon was the only extract that proved strong enough to inactivate the virus—and it passed with flying colors, shutting down 99.9–100% of the virus in just 10 minutes. (Discover the spices and other ingredients that can balance your gut bacteria for optimum health when you try the Good Gut Diet....
Move those arms On Saturdays during the summer, I enjoy giving my feet a break and my arms a workout. I paddle my bright yellow kayak down the Delaware Canal. My soles thoroughly enjoy the time off, and my upper body loves the chance to take over. The rhythmic padding is soothing. It eases my mind as I skim past weeping willows that dip to the water’s edge and grassy banks filled with purple loosestrife and butterfly bushes....
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[sidebar]Half of the study volunteers had head pain triggered by the weather. The top culprits: Cold, dry weather: 22%Hot, humid weather: 12%High or low barometric pressure: 13%Changes in weather patterns: 14% Others were sensitive to a combination of weather conditions. “A weather change could occur on a Tuesday and these patients might not get their migraine until Wednesday or Thursday,” says study coauthor Alan M. Rapoport, MD, director of the New England Center for Headache Relief in Stamford, CT....
Researchers collected data from over 1,700 participants and found that those who reported facial redness after drinking were up to 2.27 times more likely to have hypertension compared to those who didn’t experience alcohol-related redness. Experts have long known that drinking alcohol yields a temporary spike in blood pressure. Once alcohol gets into your system, your body starts metabolizing it into a compound called acetaldehyde. The compound has a relaxing effect that causes blood vessels to expand, resulting in a blood pressure dip....
