http://healthhabits.wordpress.com Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:39:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A little while ago I had asked if anyone had any requests for recipes. Our buddy, Robb, wanted to know how to cook fish on the grill the healthy way (i.e. sans the fish & butter foil packet idea, the one he knew well). Our favorite little person, Grace, had ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/southwestern-salmon-salad/ Yesterday, at the U.S. National Swimming Championships, a 42 year old mom with: an arthritic and surgically repaired left knee, a surgically repaired right shoulder, and a surgically repaired left thumb... won the U.S. national 50 meter freestyle championship. 42 years old Fastest female swimmer in the U.S. Mom Dara Torres Here's a link to a video of ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/age-is-just-a-number-right/ NYT columnist Mark Bittman alerted me to this post @ Grist about: Kitchen illiteracy Processed convenience foods saving little or no time And how convenient fresh food might be a real game-changer. And like Mark, I couldn't agree more. But, I would take the argument even a little further. I would argue that convenience food ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/is-convenience-food-convenient/ [caption id="attachment_4620" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Stereoscopic model of PEDF"][/caption] Link between obesity and diabetes discovered Researchers at Monash University (led by Associate Professor Matthew Watt), have discovered that fat cells release a novel protein called PEDF (pigment epithelium-derived factor), which triggers a chain of events and interactions that lead to development of Type ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/pedf-the-link-between-obesity-and-type-2-diabetes/ Your mind has been shaped by evolution to absorb the culture that surrounds you. As a child, you ingest and collect the beliefs, attitudes and actions from everyone around you. Using this form of mimicry, you learn how to walk and talk and think and feel. And, if everything goes well, you ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/the-obesity-mind-virus/ You gotta love the Japanese. They start with a little of this: Add in a little of this: [caption id="attachment_4601" align="alignnone" width="252" caption="image credit: Roger Hargreaves"][/caption] And end up with this: Occlusion or Kaatsu training. What is Occlusion or Kaatsu Training? In a nutshell, Occlusion Training involves applying a tourniquet of some sort (Researchers use a pneumatic ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/occlusion-kaatsu-training-the-easiest-and-fastest-way-to-build-muscle-mass-or-health-club-kink/ So, 4th of July is here and it's the biggest barbecue day of the year. I'm having my own barbecue for my friends and I'm really looking forward to it. I love the traditional barbecue foods of burgers, hot dogs, ribs & all that good stuff but I also like ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/sizzling-summer-steak-tacos/ Happy Independence Day America!!! http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/happy-independence-day/ Scientists in the UK and Denmark have shown that elderly men are capable of dramatically increasing their muscle mass. All it takes is some growth hormone and some deep knee bends (elderly man speak for squats). Growth hormone??? Isn't that the same stuff Barry Bonds was (allegedly) self-medicating with? Well, yeah, but it's okay ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/mechano-growth-factor/ [caption id="attachment_4550" align="alignnone" width="435" caption="stock photo of anonymous obese woman - credit: Trust for America's Health"][/caption] According to the most recent CDC data, America is fatter than ever. And, according to the CDC and the media and the Trust for America's Health, things are only getting worse: And, as I reported in a ... http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/obesity-disease-politics-power/