I remember the first strength training class I taught back in the 80s and how some men wondered what the heck a class filled with 99.9% women was doing lifting weights. At the time I had read how stronger muscles created stronger bones and it all made a lot of sense. In fact, every time a muscle is forced to work against resistance, it tugs on the related bones and causes … [Read more...] about Got Prunes?
Archives for December 2011
Get off YOUR Butt!
While you are sitting on your butt, ponder this. Besides elevating blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight, studies show that too much sitting is also tied to increases in breast and colon cancer. Studies linking 49,000 cases of breast cancer and 43,000 cases of colon cancer to prolonged sitting puts it right up there as a risk factor along with smoking and … [Read more...] about Get off YOUR Butt!
Seems so Simple
This is the way of PEACE: overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. --Peace Pilgrim … [Read more...] about Seems so Simple
Hip, Hip, Hipp
“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” ~ Hippocrates … [Read more...] about Hip, Hip, Hipp
Good Morning. Wake up Hungry?
Good morning. My computer is having a very hard time getting moving this morning. Hey, it happens to all of us at one time or another. Gonna keep this short and sweet since I lost most of my blogging time and refuse to let this machine frustrate me on a Friday morning...or any morning! Totally underestimated my calculations on both protein and fiber when I blogged about the … [Read more...] about Good Morning. Wake up Hungry?