IF YOU ever wonder whether you’ll be able and willing to pursue an active lifestyle into your later years-enlarged prostate, osteoporosis and muscle atrophy aside-take a look at the documentary Surfing for Life, airing on PBS stations beginning in April…
IF YOU’RE MIRED in a sense of hopelessness and with the rate at which serotonin reuptake inhibitors fly off the apothecary’s shelf, there’s a good chance you’ve been through that town-you may want to consider exercise as an alternative to…
It doesn’t matter what triggers it. Maybe you’ve finally gotten tired of bleary-eyed nights doing nothing more physically challenging than watching Sports Center, followed by days spent in torpor. Maybe your girl friend lost 10 pounds doing it. Hell, maybe…
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IF THE 13 billion other health deficiencies related to obesity weren’t enough to dissuade you from the Po’Boy life, then take a bite at this: In a University of Washington study of more than 1100 adults, researchers determined that the…
In theory, those interested in a healthy heart and/or first class abs should restrict their intake of saturated fat. In practice, however, fat happens. When it does, a new study suggests that a chaser of oats or vitamin E can…
Has St. John’s wort been decanonized? The herb, which is used on a regular basis by more than 1.5 million Americans, showed “remarkably negative” results in treating major depression, according to a double-blind study published in the Journal of the…
Unlike vitamins and minerals the thousands of phytochemicals in plants don’t seem to have any nutritive value, but they apparently protect the body against cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. The best known Phytochemical is beta-carotene, the vitamin A precursor…
YOU KNOW that carbohydrates are transformed into energy, providing you the fuel to get through an active day and a tough workout. But you don’t need any extra energy to power you through a good nights sleep. With this in…
A STAPLE of Middle Eastern cuisine, hummus (rhymes with “pumice”) is a dip made of chickpeas, garlic and tahini (sesame-seed paste.) Because it is vegetable-based hummus is low in calories, but the legumes provide a decent hit of protein while…