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Rise in Obesity Related to Quick Weight Loss Diets?

Israel Lagares — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:47:14 +0000

Editor’s note: This is a guest article from Andrew B. He writes at How To Stop Eating, a binge eating blog which contains tips to recovery from compulsive eating.

Due to the increase of obesity in today’s society everyone is looking for quick weight loss. This is dangerous, and can lead to…

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Fitness Health Network, Health Ranker, and Sorry

Israel Lagares — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:02:16 +0000

My Apologies

I just want to apologize for the few hundred folks that received a bombardment of posts. I switched from one RSS feed burner to another causing it to send out the last few posts all at once. My bad. As you can see, the count on my feedburner chicklet has not been updated.

Health…

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Health Insurance: A Brief Overview

Dennis — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:03:38 +0000

While many of us are fortunate enough to have a job that comes with benefits, including company-subsidized health insurance, there are many of us who work in non-traditional jobs, for small businesses, or who are self employed. For everyone, no matter the status of their employment, health…

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8 Reasons Why Size Matters: When Smaller is King

Israel Lagares — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:13:20 +0000

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jeremy over at SalutaryBlog.com. He recently started SalutaryBlog to help inform readers about health and fitness.

So often people try new fad diets but cannot (and should not) continue to follow the guidelines of these diets. Atkin’s, South Beach, The…

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Rising Gas Prices Can Help Your Weight Loss

Israel Lagares — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:36:47 +0000

Photo Courtesy of kpgingaz

With the ever increasing gas prices (doesn’t seem like it’s going down any time soon) I figured I had better take advantage of it some how. One way that I thought of was to not use my car as much. That’s right. I have not only saved money, but gotten…

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Are You Overweight?

Dr. Kal — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:03:04 +0000

That’s an easy question to answer, but the answer is often difficult to accept. The answer lies in your Body Mass Index (B.M.I.). BMI is a ratio of your weight to your height. It is calculated by multiplying your weight (in pounds) by 703, then dividing by your height (in inches) squared.

If…

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Twitter’s Effect on Your Health

Israel Lagares — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:35:01 +0000

I consider myself a savvy internet user, but there are some internet tools that I refuse to use. Twitter was one of those such tools. I’m all about being as healthy as possible so when I see an addicting new internet tool I try to avoid it. Why? Simply because I know that I will want to be on…

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Finding Health and Balance as a Blogger

Israel Lagares — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:37:13 +0000

I was going through my daily RSS health reading when I came across an article in the NY Times. By now, you should know what it’s about: blogging being “bad” for your health. Being the curious soul that I am, I went over and read the article and it got me thinking about my blogging health.

Well,…

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Heart Rate Monitors Don’t Work?

Dr. Kal — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:19:24 +0000

I read this article in the New York Times about the appropriateness of heart rate monitors. The article discusses the pros and cons of using heart rate monitors. Mainly focusing on the reasons why you do not need and should not use them.

This got me thinking because I advise my clients, who can…

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Fat People Cause Global Warming: Fat Isn’t Very Green

Israel Lagares — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:15:39 +0000

Photo Courtesy of starsky1231

Lately, we have noticed an increasing push for “going green.” We have seen changes in everything from transportation to food preparation to the internet. This got me thinking about how I could make my life greener. My immediate realization was that I was a…

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