Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin
The City Council of Los Angeles has granted Michael Torchia’s declaration to make the week of March 14th, 2010 an Annual Holiday called “Health and Fitness Week” in the State of California. Mayor Villaraigosa will personally be awarding the honor to Michael Torchia at the launch of the Shape Up America Campaign 30-city tour. This [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2009 by admin
_The low-carb diet involves eating more protein and fat in foods such as meat, cream and butter and cutting out bread, sugar and other foods high in carbohydrates.
People who shun carbs like bread and pasta are 25 per cent more likely to suffer clogged arteries than in a low-fat diet, the research published in the [...]
Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin
The case for cardio exercise just keeps on getting stronger. First a University of Princeton team shows that exercise lets lab rats (Note: I mean actual laboratory rats here) produce neurons with improved stress response (i.e. they don’t respond), and now a group of Swedish neuroscientists is telling us that improved cardiovascular fitness actually makes [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 4, 2009 by admin
I got a lot of feedback last summer after Michael Jackson’s sudden death when I posted some surprising statistics about heart attacks and how younger adults are more at risk of dying during cardiac arrest than older adults. Now I’ve found some more surprising info on Msnbc about the most dangerous times that leave you [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2009 by admin
Ever wished you could undo 20 years of bad habits? Well now you can. Scientists have finally discovered a way to turn back time and the good news is it’s cheap, it’s easy and everyone can do it.
It turns out that the key to eternal youth isn’t a beauty serum or botox — it’s exercise. [...]
Posted on November 13, 2009 by admin
Okay, this whole Red Bull craze has passed me by but that doesn’t mean it’s not going stronger than ever. The younger generation of college age adults has really adopted Taurine-style drinks like Red Bull and its competitors- if you’ve ever pulled all-nighters in a college dorm to finish a term paper than you can [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by admin
Okay, so the obesity epidemic has a number of different causes but the high sugar, high fat, overprocessed foods we eat keep coming back in study after study of what causes people to get fat.
Now a new study shows that the bacteria in the human digestive tract- these microbes allow us to digest our food- [...]
Posted on November 3, 2009 by admin
So I noticed this item that recently came out concerning the effects of diet soda pop on kidney health:
A wake-up call for those who consider diet soda as a “safe food” with zero calories! A major U.S. lifestyle and health study revealed that regular consumption of artificially sweetened drinks can lead to a gradual decline [...]
Posted on October 30, 2009 by admin
In the past week I heard of two cases of Epstein Barr disease (the old dreaded Mono from my school days). One case was someone famous that was discussed in the media, the other was a personal friend who lives out of town. Anyway, since it’s been a long time since my high school days- [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 22, 2009 by admin
Flu season is coming up and this year we have a lot of concerns surrounding H1N1 Virus, otherwise known as the Swine Flu. Apparently this virus attacks young people (who have not built up sufficient immunities yet) as well as the older generation. If you think you may have flu symptoms, go to this website [...]
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