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How to Work Off Thanksgiving Calories
If you're worried about devouring a huge Thanksgiving meal and what that will mean to your waistline, have no fear. You can have your cake — I mean pie — and eat it too, you just have to get moving afterward. After the break, check out the calorie amounts for your favorite Thanksgiving foods and find out some ways you can work off those tasty calories.
Tips From the Dental Chair
Sitting in the dentist chair is never pleasant for me. Luckily, my daughters still enjoy the experience — they think a cleaning is like having their teeth tickled. Inspired by their enthusiasm for oral health, I compiled a list of simple tips to make the experience of dental work a little less anxiety provoking.
Fit Kids Gift Guide
What little kid doesn't have energy to burn on Christmas morning? Here are a few gift ideas for the active little ones in your life that will take them around the block on two wheels as well as into the pool — indoor swim lessons make a great gift and help add structure to the rainy and cold Saturdays of Winter. Fear not, soccer was not left off the list of fun things to do and gifts to give.
Kristen Wants to Quit Smoking, Do It Too!
Kristen Stewart made the first step in kicking her cigarette habit — admitting to Entertainment Weekly that she's ready to give it up, saying, "I'm going to stop smoking. I'm not such a good smoker, anyway. It's not in my bones.
Best Buy No Longer Just Selling Couch-Potato Electronics
When I hear my husband is headed to Best Buy, I get a bit nervous. My fears my be slightly allayed by the fact that select outlets of this electronics mecca will be selling my favorite fitness accessory that features a computer chip: heart rate monitors. Forty stores in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas will be selling HRMs as well as pedometers and gear for swimming, yoga, and Pilates enthusiasts.
Another Reason to Eat Carbs: Boost Your Mood
The majority of Fit readers call themselves carb queens, and Winter can make those carbohydrate cravings even more intense. But have no fear: scientists are finding even more reasons not to avoid this essential food group.
A recent study of more than 100 obese and overweight adults in Australia found that dieting put people in a better mood; a drop in pounds led to increased satisfaction.
Just a Spoonful of Honey
It's that time of year when dry coughs begin to interfere with sleep. You lie down and start coughing, and the coughing keeps you up. Never fear, there's a natural fix for the problem: honey.
Is Your Swine Flu Fear Growing?
All Summer long, swine flu has made it into the headlines on a weekly, if not a daily, basis. This flu was quickly declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, not because of the number of deaths due to this strain of the virus, but because it spread worldwide with speed.
A blogger over at Newsweek wants to add a little perspective to the media coverage of H1N1.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- Lighten up your fettuccine alfredo — That's Fit
- Learn a thing from Lance Armstrong's coach — Fit Bottomed Girls
- Arm warmers make Fall runs cozy — Fresh Fitness Tips
- Don't fear symmetry, muscular imbalances lead to injury — Marks' Daily Apple
- How's your gluten? It's Celiac Disease Awareness Month — FitCeleb
- Skip the online swine flu drugs', they're phony — The Daily WD
- Eight powerful ladies who thrive on a vegetarian diet — Lunch Box Bunch
- Heat up your workout with the sexy S factor — Shape
- Algae shot for your health? — Vital Juice
Is Your Underwire Bra a Breast Cancer Risk?
Teaching at a yoga studio means I meet a lot of free-spirited folks. One student told me she stopped wearing underwire bras because she heard they can lead to breast cancer. This idea has been circling around that wearing a bra all day compresses the lymphatic system of the breast, resulting in accumulation of toxins that cause breast cancer.
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