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Forget deprivation, diet books focus on healthy eating
If living without pasta and bread, or giving up cheese and bacon make losing weight difficult, the latest diet books may provide some incentive to drop that added holiday weight.
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Skiing can be a family affair
Neil Reimer had never tried downhill skiing until his sons took lessons two years ago. Now the Calgary dad, 37, his wife Adrienne, 35, and their two school age boys are hooked. They have season’s passes...
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Food addiction frontier looms
Not surprisingly, nutrition found its way into plenty of headlines again this year, as populations continue to age and the health problems from not eating well become more apparent in medical stats. Several...
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Stretching is important to your fitness regime
Stretching and flexibility exercises come in many different forms, from yoga to simple stretches. For the best results, you should stretch daily. The beauty of stretching is it can be done anywhere and...
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Ho, ho, holding the calories not easy to do, experts say
This holiday season, the only thing stretched further than our budgets will be our waistbands.
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Holiday fitness: how not to fall off the sleigh
Hollywood trainer Erin O'Brien approaches the challenge of holiday fitness in a spirit of peace, good cheer and negotiation.
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Hula hooping for health
Dreena Guptill’s hoop dreams have nothing to do with basketball. She wants to make a living teaching people of any size how to hula hoop their way to health. It’s a great, full-body workout, she says, ...
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How to lose weight and look great
Jazzercise, steps aerobics and the idea that fat makes us fat have all come and gone. Wonder what health trends are in store for us in 2011?
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Ending the yo-yo dieting effect
A look at how protein intake and something called the glycemic index can play a role in keeping weight off.
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High-protein diets more deceptive than effective
Jennifer Sygo: Bumping up your protein — without jacking it up — makes sense for weight control. A simple way to accomplish this is to include a source of protein at each meal and snack.
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Video games rival phys-ed for fitness: Study
With the flashing lights, blaring music and banks of high definition television screens, kids might think they were wandering into an arcade.
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Line dancing: good for that achy breaky heart
Prefer your fitness with a dose of country?
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Exer-games better than thumb games
Sometimes it’s hard having a fitness fanatic for a mom. Our cupboards are bare of cookies, we park in the spot farthest from the front door of the shopping mall, and there are no video games in our household...
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