Just got my copy of Tony Horton’s P90X fitness program delivered to my front door, courtesy of UPS after ordering from Amazon.  It’s 12 DVD’s with a different workout on each one. I started this program last week and man, what a workout!  I thought I was in half-way decent shape but this program is a “killer!”  It’s Marine Bootcamp …

The US Department of Agriculture has launched a new website called “Your Food Environment Atlas” that provides users with the ability to map a number of USDA statistics.  It’s an excellent way to visualize some of the data. According to the site, The Atlas assembles statistics on three broad categories of food environment factors: Food Choices—Indicators of the community’s access …

I love my iPhone.  I use it more than any other electronic device, with the exception of my desktop computer and, of course, my TV.  But unlike these immobile devices, my iPhone is always with me – even at the gym. One of the biggest advantages of the iPhone is the thousands of applications, or “apps” that are available for …

Poke around the Internet for non-surgical ways to stop snoring and you’ll find ads, websites, and articles describing all kinds of anti-snoring devices and techniques.  With some estimates of Americans who snore at more than 50%, the “anti-snoring market” is red hot. The good news is that if you have a snoring problem, there are a large variety of non-surgical …

Upon learning that my blood pressure was “borderline,” I immediately started looking for natural ways to get it back down.  Since I believe in a holistic approach to health issues, bringing my blood pressure down artificially through medication was out of the question. There had to be a way to reduce my blood pressure naturally.  It turns out there is.  …

Couple of months ago, my wife started complaining that I had begun snoring pretty loudly at times.  No big deal, I thought.  Lot’s of people start to snore later in life, especially men. However, things started getting worse.  I obviously wasn’t sleeping well and was waking up repeatedly during the night and getting up in the morning feeling like I …