Oh boy, where to begin with this one? CNN just recently released an article called “Is eating egg yolks as bad as smoking?” In this article, it discussed how the dangers of smoking are comparable to the dangers of eating egg yolks as far as cardiovascular disease. The cholesterol in the egg yolk is what supposedly makes them so dangerous,
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Everyone knows fruits and vegetables are healthy for us, there is no question about it. They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and are even low in calories. Then why is it that so many people who eat their fruits and vegetables are still overweight? There are a few different answers to this question and today I’ll be focusing on
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So, you are in your local grocery store and you pick up some celery, rotate it to see if there’s any imperfection, you are satisfied with what you see, so you place it inside your cart. You stroll down the next isle and you see another stalk of celery that’s deformed and ugly but yet has an organic sticker. You
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It’s a sad day in age when more people are capable of getting injured with a personal trainer than training by themselves. It has become all too easy to obtain certifications for personal training and the personal training industry is growing rapidly each year. As a matter of fact, www.careerexplorer.net rated personal training as the 7th hottest job of 2012!
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What do you think of when you hear the word “cardio”? Do you think about hours of enjoyment? Maybe you think of it as a nice stress reliever after a long day of work. It’s possible you think about how much you hate the damn thing and imagine going all Office Space on its ass. If you are like me,
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Yeah, I heard this one way too many times. I’ve had mothers come up to me saying “I am worried about my kid!” “I am afraid that if he continues, this will make him short!” Oh, here’s a good one; “I don’t want him to be a little person!” If that’s not extreme, then what is? There are very few
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The Olympics are finally here! One of the more controversial issues that arose from the 2012 Olympics concerned Ye Shiwen, a 16 year old Chinese swimmer. Shiwen managed to take home the gold medal in the 400m individual medley by shaving 5 seconds off her personal best time and beating the previous world record by over 1 second! Not only
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We have all done it, many times in fact, participating in that sweet late night temptation. First off, get your mind out of the gutter you sicko’s, I am talking about FOOD here! Having that midnight snack before bedtime. It has gotten a bad rap over the years, people saying its not good because “It will sit in your stomach,”
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This has been a major topic over the past year and has been brought up quite often in the news and in the health industry. I was watching this special about how there is new research pointing that sugar does great harm to the human body and should be eliminated from our food. There was some guy by the name
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If you are like the large percentage, you have at least heard of, if not watched the show “The Biggest Loser.” Finally, a show that taught overweight Americans how to effectively lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle, or so we thought. Contestants are literally losing 100s of pounds per season, not to mention “The Biggest Loser” record of two
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