Archive for April 2009

Protecting Your Family from the Flu

Posted Apr 28th, 2009 and has 1 Comment »

If you’ve been watching the evening news lately, then you know that the lead story for a couple of days has been the epidemic of swine flu that’s hit Mexico and is moving into the US.
Although a case of the flu isn’t that big a deal for most healthy adults, this disease tends to hit children and the elderly …



The A-B-C’s of Weight Loss

Posted Apr 17th, 2009 and has 1 Comment »

Still struggling to lose weight?  Have you tried one diet after another with little or no results?  Or worse, have you gained back more that what you lost on your last diet?  Losing weight shouldn’t be this hard!
Well, in truth, it’s not.  Losing weight is pretty simple.  Here’s what I recently learned becoming certified as a Fitness Nutrition Coach.



Planning vs. Doing

Posted Apr 12th, 2009 and has No Comments »

I was pretty busy last week.  I had ordered a brand new weight bench from Amazon.com and it finally arrived at my front door.  I opened the box and quickly found that this was going to be a “some assembly required” type of project.  No problem.  I took out my tools and got to work.
After about 40 minutes, I finally …



Asthma and Indoor Air Quality

Posted Apr 6th, 2009 and has 2 comments

If you’ve got kids, you’ve got to understand the link between Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and the triggering effect it can have on childhood asthma.  Yet another scientific study, this one conducted by Johns Hopkins University and published in the February issue of the journal “Environmental Health Perspectives,” has confirmed that there’s an association between bad IAQ, primarily high levels …