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I read an interesting article today entitled, Science Behind “The Biggest Loser” Diet, which was very enlightening. Over the next week or so, I’m going to write about some of the topics it covers—which are several.
At a recent conference, the author Rebecca Scritchfield, learned from the “Biggest Loser” registered dietitian and [...]
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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) in conjunction with the US Food & Drug Administration ( FDA ) teamed up to track and measure American attitudes, knowledge, and behavior regarding nutrition and physical activity.
Surveying a total of 1,221 adults between November 14, 2005 and February 6, 2006, the FDA [...]
I love contests, so I decided to participate in two blogging contests that are offering a bike giveaway.
As you can see, bikes are popular in my neighborhood. Bike commuting is common in Southern California because of our great weather. It’s also a great way to go green, and to get a great work-out.
Cycling around the [...]
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According to the CDC, Mississippi has the highest percentage of obese adults and Colorado has the lowest percentage.
The CDC reports that six in 10 U.S. adults are overweight or obese; of which nearly a quarter are clinically obese.
These statistics are based on more than 333,000 adults aged 18 and older who reported [...]
Is your Food Worth its Weight in Exercise?
Wordless Wednesday has moved to Friday because today we’re featuring the guest blog post I wrote for FatManUnleased.
Fat Man Unleashed description:
“I am a fat man. My name is Israel Lagares. I used to be the kind of guy that was always in shape: a gym rat. But over the last few years I have fallen [...]
I’ve been designing a few T-shirts and these three shirts represent a few of my thoughts. I’d like your opinion, which one is your favorite? Or do you like a couple of them?
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Leave a comment about which shirt you like the best. The top voted shirt will be the first T-shirt for Iowa Avenue’s community. [...]
Beginning in 2008, Gallup and Healthyways surveyed more than 100,000 Americans revealing that 49% of Americans are “thriving,” 47% are “struggling,” and nearly 4% are “suffering.”
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The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index asked Americans to evaluate their lives by imagining a “ladder” with steps numbered from 0 to 10, where “0″ represents the worst possible life and “10″ [...]
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Exercise will not cut the risk of heart disease in those who are overweight unless they also slim down, according to a study of thousands of U.S. women published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
“Even high quantities of physical activity are unlikely to fully reverse the risk of coronary heart disease in [...]
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To get and keep people motivated, Iowa Avenue is starting a new challenge every month.
I’m challenging each and everyone one of you to come up with one habit in your life you’d like to change.
There has been much written about the idea of being able to change a habit in 30 days. [...]
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Oil just reached an all-time high of $120 per gallon which means the national average price Americans pay to gas up rose 0.4 cent overnight to a record $3.603 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
With the other precipitous issues of climate change [...]
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When losing weight, a popular method of tracking food intake is counting calories.
However, many people forget to include the various beverages they drink during the day for their total calories consumed, which can add up to hundreds to potentially thousands of calories, into a daily caloric consumption.
Let’s measure the [...]
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In modern society we have a tendency to look for quick fixes for most of our health problems. And we almost always try to fix them by taking pills.
Many medical conditions do require the use of medication. But prescriptions may have negative side effects and cost a lot of money.
There are some [...]
In a study at Yale University, scientists tested 161 brands of breakfast cereal of which 46 percent were marketed to children.
A cereal was put in this category if it had a character on the box, toys or games inside, or the company’s Web site listed the brand as a children’s cereal.
Amazingly, children’s cereals had more [...]
To focus on the environmental theme this week, today’s Wordless Wednesday (Friday) Walkers blog highlights various Eco-friendly and not-so friendly green photos from my neighborhood.
This photo is self-explanatory.
Recycle!!!
Why won’t people clean up after their dogs? (YUCK)
Last but not least, nature at it’s finest…………….
How was your walking this week? Did you take any pictures?
BTW, [...]
According to Wikipedia, vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products.
A less strict definition includes fish as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, [...]
After all, it’s about a healthy lifestyle!
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From celebrities to everyday people, many overweight and obese individuals, frustrated with trying diet after diet, to no avail, have undergone weight loss surgery.
Traditionally this surgery is recommended for men who are at least 100 pounds overweight and women who are at least 80 pounds overweight.
Depending on each patient’s needs, risk factors, conditions, and financial [...]
Today’s blog is the guest blog I recently wrote at the turnipofpower.com.
Turnip has now asked me to contribute on a regular basis. I couldn’t be more honored. Turnip was the go-to guy when I was looking for the right hosting for the Healthy Lifestyle Bloggers network.
On that same day I visited Turnip’s website, he was [...]
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I find it interesting, fascinating, amazing, helpful, and funny at all of the different keywords entered into Google search engine that lead people to Iowa Avenue.
I’m sure the list will keep expanding just as we are. Therefore, I wanted to share a few of them with you.
Here are today’s Iowa Avenue’s [...]
