Study: Regular Aerobic Exercise Best for Reducing Visceral Fat
Hot off the presses… The Duke study showed aerobic training significantly reduced visceral fat and liver fat, the culprit in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aerobic exercise also did a better job than resistance training at improving fasting insulin resistance, and reducing liver enzymes and fasting triglyceride levels. All are known risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. …”Resistance training is great for...
World’s Heaviest Mom Going on a Diet
Back in 2010, Donna Simpson – the World’s Heaviest Mom (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) – was attempting to fulfill her fantasy… hitting 1,000 pounds. I guess reality proved to be more compelling than fantasy, since Simpson intends to convert her members-only website – where (among other things) subscribers paid to watch her eat – to a diet blog. Until very recently, Donna Simpson —...
Spreading the Gospel of Healthy Eating in the Delta
As this NPR article succinctly describes it, Mississippi is “ground zero” in the fight against obesity-related health issues: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. As the author also notes, the problem is particularly acute in the Mississippi Delta. “We have a culture of easy living, good eating with fatback and lard and things like that. We like to sit on our porch, and we like our adult beverages,...
CSI: Canada, Seen It
I stole the title for this post from a t-shirt on display in the gift shop at the Ontario Science Centre. Figured it would be appropriate for my return-from-The-Great-White-North post. What can I say? Canada rocks in nearly all respects but two: 1. Canadian drivers (at least in the vicinity of large cities like Vancouver and Toronto) are hell-on-wheels. Face-to-face, the Canadians we encountered were a delightful, friendly, laid back...
Oh Canada!
We’re bound for the Great White North! We’re shoving off just before dawn, Saturday morning for Vancouver, BC. We’re planning to cruise BC for a few days, then fly to Toronto for Fan Expo Canada. All-in-all, we’ll be on the road for 10 days. Some fun, eh? 😉 Needless to state, we’ll be facing the same challenge that many vacationing folks face: how to have fun without going completely to hell,...
Time Running Out For Sweepstakes…
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