I’m sure you’re heard a lot about the controversy over the winner of the 2014’s The Biggest Lower competition, Rachel Frederickson. She dropped 155 pounds in the span of 7 months. That’s about 22 pounds per month. While impressive, it’s not a healthy way to lose weight. As a dietitian and weight-loss...

According to a recent AARP Newsletter (October-November 2013), there are six myths about fitness over the age of 70 we should know about. Myth 1: Stretching becomes more important as you age. According to AARP: Research is showing that stretching does little to prevent injuries but could cause them....

A Story I heard recently: On a bright and sunny day a fishing boat docked in an idyllic Greek village shortly after noon. An American tourist, who was admiring the modest catch, complimented the Greek fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “A couple of...

As in the movie, Field of Dreams, where novice farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come”, if you make exercise fun, people will come. Actually, the best approach is to never let them know it’s exercise.   Watch this: http://tinyurl.com/yclbbf9  

Tabloids seem to have their eyes peeled for celebrity “bumps”. In other words, is so-and-so pregnant? Who named it the “bump” I don’t know, but it obviously is very descriptive of one’s physical shape. I suppose that’s why older women with osteoporosis are said...

They say “youth is wasted on the young”. This has much meaning as you get older. You don’t repair as quickly. When you’re young and, say, you hurt your shoulder lifting a heavy box, by the following week or so that incident is completely forgotten. If that same injury happened...

 

As I was reading the latest issue of Nutriton Action Healthletter, a short piece caught my eye. It talked about how using the action words such as “go” in “Go exercise” encouraged people to eat. Why? Because with that word “go” they believed they needed to fuel up...