Monthly Archives: July 2008

Patti Regehr and Larry Magid School is out and, if you have kids at home, routines are changing. If yours is like most families, you’re no longer having those hurried breakfasts and brown bag lunches. Instead, the kids are spending … Continue reading →

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My late mother may have been right.  Long before it was fashionable and long before companies started doctoring it with sugar and fruit flavors, mom fed us yogurt. She wasn’t exactly sure why it was good for us but she … Continue reading →

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Americans spend billions of dollars a year on weight loss programs and, after years of pain staking research, I figured out why many of them actually help you lose weight but often fail to help you keep it off.  It … Continue reading →

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Here’s a newsflash for you.  A study conducted at the University of North Carolina concludes that we eat more on weekends than we do during the week. The study, published in the journal Obesity Research found that, on average, Americans … Continue reading →

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Just about everyone I know who exercises regularly has been sidelined for a time because of an injury.  Some injuries result from dumb luck accidents but others can be prevented by proper warm ups, the right use of equipment and … Continue reading →

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Atkins may have been right all along.  A number of recent studies have suggested that a high-fat, low carbohydrate diet may be more effective at taking off weight than a high-carb diet. Some argue that successful low carb/high fat diets … Continue reading →

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