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Taking a glimpse at me the standout focus would be fitness. It is my lifestyle and my work. I lift weights, I run, I hike, I bike, I kayak, I snowshoe. I like to move. I have competed in fintess competitions, run many a road race, and have big plans for my

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Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods How to cut fat in cooking: 1 of 15

Cutting fat in your cooking is an easy way to shed pounds and improve your overall health. Dietary fat is calorie dense. Each gram of fat contains nine calories, compared to carbohydrates and protein, which each has four calories per gram. As you can see, cutting even a small amount of fat from your cooking can make a big di...
Home & Garden > Home Repair (Other) A beginner's guide to building a home gym: 1 of 8

If you are thinking about a home gym, there are a few things you should take in to consideration before you make your purchases. The newest fitness equipment may look good and promise great results, but it might not be the best selection. With all the choices out there you will need to consider the type of exercise you want ...
Health & Fitness > Digestive Diseases Celiac Sprue: Symptoms: 1 of 3

What You Need to Know about Celiac Disease A few years ago hardly anyone had heard of Celiac Disease. In recent years doctors have begun to learn about the disease and diagnose patients with Celiac Disease. I became familiar with the disease when my husband was diagnosed. We quickly learned how critical eating a gluten free ...
Health & Fitness > Alternative Exercise Tension tubes and resistance bands for workouts: 2 of 4

Resistance Bands Resistance bands, sometimes called exercise bands, are pieces of rubber tubing that have become a popular tool for strength training in recent years. Resistance bands come in a variety of shapes, colors, and lengths. They also come in different levels of resistance. Bands made for beginners or those with les...
Sports & Recreation > Running Understanding runner's lingo: 1 of 2

If you have friends who are serious runners, you may sometimes wonder what on earth they are talking about when they share tales from their latest training session. We runners have a vocabulary all of our own. We go on many different types of runs, all with different purposes. Allow me to translate some of this lingo for you...
Food & Drink > Poultry Recipes: Low-fat chicken Parmesan: 7 of 13

Low Fat Chicken Parmesan Chicken parmesan is one of my favorite foods. Restaurant style chicken parmesan often contains a shocking amount of fat, and can be a downfall to any good intentioned dieter. Frustrated with high fat restaurant food, I decided to make my own chicken parmesan. Not being a very experienced cook, this w...
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Weight and the part it plays in metabolism: 4 of 7

What is metabolism? Metabolism is a term used to describe how the body converts food into energy, and then gets rid of waste products. It is a physical and chemical process that takes place among ions, atoms and molecules in the body. This process is divided into two types: Catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism is the breakin...
Food & Drink > Fast Food Fast food restaurants serving the unhealthiest food: 8 of 13

We all sometimes give in to the temptation that fast food presents: a delicious, inexpensive meal with no work involved. We know that most fast food can cause weight gain and is loaded with saturated fat and sodium, among other things. Opting for a healthy, home cooked meal is much more beneficial for our health. My hope is ...
Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Beginner's guide to low fat cooking: 9 of 14

Choosing to reduce your fat intake is an excellent step in creating a healthier lifestyle for yourself. The diet of the average person contains much higher levels of fat than necessary. As a nutritionist, I typically recommend that the diet be made up of no more than 30% dietary fat. Reducing intake of dietary fat is an easy...
Health & Fitness > Fitness & Exercise Tips Exposing fitness myths: 12 of 18

Myths About Strength Training Television and magazines have created an image of a bodybuilder as an enormous, unnatural, muscle bound person, which has turned many people off of strength training due to a fear of developing unnatural muscles. I would like to take this opportunity to dispel this myth and let you know how stre...