For years now, each fall as Thanksgiving approaches, my wife has been suggesting that we dispense with the time-honored tradition of wives cooking huge meals in the kitchen while husbands wander around the house aimlessly looking for something to do. Why not, she asks each fall, just deep fry a turkey outside? Every year, we discuss it (in reality, I just shout NO! at the top of my lungs) and …
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Strict diets and extra time spent doing cardiovascular workouts. It’s a fitness routine common for wrestlers across the state in the month leading up to the season’s first weigh-in.
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State health officials are stressing a healthier lifestyle as a new Department report shows that one in every 10 Wisconsin adults has diabetes, making the disease a major health concern. “It’s fair to describe the spread of diabetes in Wisconsin as an epidemic-and it shows no sign of easing,” said Secretary Karen Timberlake.
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By ROB HERBST, The Daily News, rherbst@bgdailynews.com
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Britons spend ?330million a year on supplements. We asked three devotees to give up their pills - with fascinating results.
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Regular exercise and a calcium-rich diet could be two ways to help lower the risk of metabolic syndrome, according to a new study.
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Several residents who have taken control of their diabetes say the disease doesnt have to mean living with disabilities.
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Thanksgiving is over for most folks, but you’re probably still got plenty of holiday parties and family dinners to attend. Our fitness expert, Becky Fox, has some advice on how to maintain a healthy diet over the holiday season at Fit Knoxville, the New Sentinel’s fitness blog, at blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/fitness/:
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(ARA) - “Sniffle, sniffle, wheeze, wheeze.” These are tell-tale sounds of cold and flu season, which is right around the corner. With a little knowledge and a few smart tips, you and your family may make it through the winter without a single “ah-choo!”
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lobbies for senior citizen benefits at the national, statewide and local level and is a social group with service to others in mind. It meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the second Monday at the Community Room at the Fernandina Beach Police Department, 1525 Lime St. Call John Megna at 277-2143.
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