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What is Healthy?

 

Sounds like an easy question – right? I mean if one is healthy does that mean the BMI looks good or he can run a marathon? Or does it mean ones cholesterol levels are good or one’s blood pressure is 120/80? What about ones endurance levels even if one is fat? What about one’s fighting [...]

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Diet? No – More Eating to Live!

The word “diet” is becoming passe like vampire movies. Everywhere I turn there are diet pills, commercials, books, websites (yes this I guess is one more to a point) and people espousing the latest, greatest diet! I am sick of diets!!!

Whats more I would hazarda guess and say that fad diets of any genre do [...]

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Burgers to Die For! :)

When I was a kid, I used to really look forward to hamburger night! My mom would basically mix meatloaf (bread, egg, milk, celery, onion and seasonings with hamburger) to make a couple of patty’s each!

At the time I thought the meatloaf was the normal way to make burgers but when I grew up I [...]

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Getting Older? Don’t Fear the Reaper!

While searching for a good song for this post about getting older I figured out that Mother’s Little Helper was not really a song about getting older.

What’s this post going to be about? Getting older and how it affects your plan to stay or get fit. As you might image if you are [...]

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Vote your Conscience; Protect Healthcare!

Warning – if you are as sick and tired of politics as I am right now and are not wavering on your national election picks - Please skip this post. I am going to opine on an important health issue in the United States for the upcoming elections.

Disclosure: I have been a lifetime fiscally conservative and [...]

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Getting your Veggies? Why I Like Lettuce!

As you might know, part of eating healthy is eating a varied diet. There seem to be six food groups in the food pyramid (adopted by the USDA) as follows:

Carbohydrates: 6-11 servings
Vegetables: 3-5 servings
Fruits: 2-3 servings
Dairy: 2-3 servings
Protein: 2-3 servings
Fat: use sparingly

A couple of areas my diet used to be lacking in was vegetables and fruits. [...]

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Ban Booze on San Diego Beaches?

When I moved to San Diego from New York as a teenager, I could not help but think how Lucky I was to live in such a paradise! I used to ride my bike to the beach many Summer days to partake in snorkeling, spear fishing and sun bathing!

Sure I noticed some college types having [...]

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