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Hahn: Long-Term Aerobic Training Causes Premature Aging And Damage To The Heart Print E-mail
by Jimmy Moore   
Monday, 31 March 2008

Fred Hahn is making a "Slow Burn" believer out of me

1. When you start talking about living a healthy lifestyle, generally the conversation begins with your diet and the kind of foods you put inside your body. While that is certainly the logical first step when it comes to losing weight and improving your health, most people tend to neglect another important factor in the weight and health equation: exercise. Ah yes, the dreaded “e” word!

But what if everything you think you know about exercise is just plain bogus? Have we been duped into thinking we need to spend hours running on a treadmill when actually that might cause your body more harm than good? YIKES! 

 
Giant Food Alerts Customers to Voluntary Recall of Stonyfield Organic Fat Free Blueberry Yogurt Print E-mail
by Charles Stuart Platkin   
Monday, 31 March 2008

March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food, following a voluntary recall by Stonyfield Farm, removed from its shelves 6 ounce cups of Stonyfield Organic Fat Free Blueberry Yogurt because the product may contain plastic and glass fragments.The product recalled by Stonyfield's has a UPC code # 0-52159-00044 with product codes printed along the cup bottom that start with the following dates:- April 13, 2008 -- April 14, 2008 -- April 15, 2008 -- April 25, 2008 -- April 26, 2008. Upon being notified of the voluntary recall, Giant Food immediately removed all affected products from its shelves.

Customers who have purchased the affected products may return them to Giant for a full refund. Customers looking for additional information may refer to the Stonyfield Farms website at www.stonyfield.com or call Giant Customer Service at (888) 469-4426 for more information. Customers can also visit the Giant website at www.giantfood.com.

 
Should Police Departments Have Fitness and Weight Standards? Print E-mail
by Charles Stuart Platkin   
Sunday, 30 March 2008

How often have you seen an overweight police officer and thought - hmm -- too many doughnuts. Well, the city of Chicago, the 2nd largest police department in the US is thinking about creating a "thinner blue line" according to the NY Times. Read the article in the Times here. You can also read about it in the Chicago Sun-Times here. What do you think? Put your comments below.

 
Green tea helps beat superbugs Print E-mail
by Charles Stuart Platkin   
Sunday, 30 March 2008

(Source: Society for General Microbiology ) Green tea can help beat superbugs according to Egyptian scientists speaking today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The pharmacy researchers have shown that drinking green tea helps the action of important antibiotics in their fight against resistant superbugs, making them up to three times more effective.

Green tea is a very common beverage in Egypt, and it is quite likely that patients will drink green tea while taking antibiotics. The medical researchers wanted to find out if green tea would interfere with the action of the antibiotics, have no effect, or increase the medicines’ effects.

 
Another Point for the Organic Industry! Print E-mail
by Melissa Goldberg   
Sunday, 30 March 2008

For years I've been a big supporter of the organic movement. But recently I made a decision to make a change in my buying behaviors and bring my beliefs into my home. Now, it is hard to find food in my house that is not organic. There so many reasons to purchase organic foods, first and foremost, organic foods are better for the environment and of equal importance, better for you health.

 
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