Adverse Outcomes in Pregnancy - There is an increase in the risk of having a stroke during pregnancy and within a few months of giving birt...
Motivation
Have to give my walking friend credit for two things - one is the opportunity to get in a 2 a day and the other - blog fodder. She switche...
Calorie Labeling - Does it Work?
Dumanovsky, T., Huang, C. Y., Nonas, C. A., Matte, T. D., Bassett, M. T., & Silver, L. D. (2011). Changes in energy content of lunchtime...
Hot Dogs and Oxymorons
It is hard to point out faults or contradictions when people are doing their best and have a noble cause. But I write a blog and some thing...
TLC and all the Cs
I have been reading a little lighter fare today - an article in the ACSM Certified News. The article is about cholesterol factors that are ...
Two A Days
Perhaps you were not familiar with the term two a days before the NFL strike of 2011, but one of the concessions that the owners made to the...
Odds and Ends
RACCs - A few weeks ago, my Mom bought something that seemed to be the lowest in calories, but in fact was not. Last week I bought somethi...
Exercise Goal follow up
Today is Saturday - the day of the week that I committed to an hour walk with my friend. As we were walking, I told her about my weekly exe...
Whole Grain Quiz
In the national health and diet survey that was last administered for the FDA - one of the questions asked of the respondent is if the foods...
Birth Control VS STD Control
Today the Institute of Medicine recommended that birth control (prescription types) be made available without a copay. I can understand why ...
Exercise Challenge
I do not talk about the physical activity guidelines very often, but there were released in 2008 and call for no less than 30 minutes of mod...
The Hidden Message
I was telling my dinner companion about the Dietary Guidelines recommendation that we avoid solid fats and added sugars. This was discussed...
Patient Choice?
My mother does not know how to post comments on the blog website because I have not shown her yet. Today she told me something about a rece...
Odds and Ends
Latisse is the eye cream that is supposed to thicken eye lashes without the use of mascara. The commercial plays a lot during one of the s...
For the Doctors
In 2008, the National Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention ( NHDSP ) program began to emphasize the ABCS to address these chronic diseases. ...
Who DOES listen to the guidelines?
Some one that I care about is in the hospital recuperating from heart surgery. In his own words, this is why he had the surgery: "The ...
The Great Monetary Effect of Calorie Reductions
I recently reviewed this research article and as it supports the things that I believe to be true - I like it! The reference is: Dall, T. M....
An Attempt to Limit the Calories of Cheap Foods
News out today reporting that 19 chain restaurants have joined with the Healthy Dining group and the National Restaurant Association to pa...
the high cost of cheap foods
I was in the grocery store with my Mom the other day and we were behind a man and his son (it seemed that they were father and son). The li...
Living Longer - but still terminal
NLST The published study is available by clicking the above link My concern and or contention with using imaging to screen for lung cance...
Every BLT Matters
I am surrounded by clever people and this blog post was inspired by one of them. I have from time to time mentioned my sister who is a main...
Plane Ponderings
In the air again - I have these two things to share from my travel to Florida today.. I was able to get the aisle seat on both flights and o...