Archive for September, 2009
Eat Us
Posted on September 11, 2009 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments
Get Out and Play
Posted on September 9, 2009 - Filed Under Exercise, healthy lifestyle | View Comments
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Melanie Oudin Believes
Posted on September 8, 2009 - Filed Under Mental Health, healthy lifestyle | View Comments
I’ve enjoyed watching the US Open this weekend. I’ve especially enjoyed watching the young American Melanie Oudin continue her run through the field, upsetting highly ranked players (Dementieva, Sharapova, Petrova) along the way.
In each of these matches, she’s dropped the first set, only to rally and win the next two each time. She’s fun to watch, [...]
The Best Docs
Posted on September 4, 2009 - Filed Under Exercise, Mental Health, Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | View Comments
“The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they’ll ease
Your will they’ll mend
And charge you not a shilling.”
–Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
Bogus Claims
Posted on September 1, 2009 - Filed Under Weight Control | View Comments
A part of an article from the Cooper Wellness Center newsletter that I received by email today:
“The Federal Trade Commission reports that more than half of all weight-loss ads make at least one false or unsubstantiated claim. They have developed a ‘red flag’ campaign to help guide consumers to screen out the following false claims:
Lose weight [...]
