Archive for June, 2009

Kick Sugar Cravings to the Curb with Natural Sweeteners

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

My husband Bruce grew up in a family where eating sugar was a regular event. And as you can probably imagine, he loves it. Even to this day, his eyes light up at the sight of a piece of cake or a plate of cookies. But that was before he decided to ditch his sugar [...]

Fat Burning, Weight Loss, Diet and Fitness Question of the Week

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Every week I answer a question or questions that are sent in to me regarding fat burning, weight loss, diet, fitness and or the Fat X program. Today’s question was e-mailed in and was in regards to working out after completing the Fat X program. I downloaded the Fat X Workout Guide about a month [...]

Molecular shunt can make the animals burn more fat

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

By inserting a molecular shunt into the livers of mice, researchers have shown they can make the animals burn more fat. That so-called glycoxylate shunt consists of two metabolic enzymes normally found in bacteria and plants, but not in mammals, according to the report in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. [...]

Low fat, low red-meat diets prevent, treat prostate cancer

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

A new study published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics shows that diets low in both fat and red meat, low in dairy and calcium, but high in fruits and vegetables, can both prevent and treat prostate cancer. The Spartan Diet matches all this criteria, and then some. The Spartan Diet is low [...]

More excercise means less back pain

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

A new study at the University of Alberta found that people with chronic lower-back pain get far more benefits from more-frequent workouts. Specifically, people who hit the gym 4 days per week experienced 28 percent less pain and 36 percent less “disability” than people who worked out just two or three days per week. The [...]

Sorry I Haven’t Been Around

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Sorry i haven’t been around. I’m still sick I thingk I’m having gall bladder issues. But, if that it the case, it certainly answers a lot of questions and I finally know why I’ve been sick for about six months.

Fee Fi Pho Bo

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite – Like it or not, ready or not, we are celebrating a birthday today, and, as has become our habit, the day will begin with a wonderfully flavored pho – pronounced fuh – containing long life noodles. Pho is a an extraordinary rice-noodle soup that has its origins [...]

Crazy Workout & Vegan Feast

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Sorry about that "bad link" earlier this week…we had so much traffic to my TT blog that the web company shut my site down!But I think we have that all fixed up and you can read about thediet challenge here:=> Fat Loss Diet Depletion Challenge Or watch this youtube video I made about it (including [...]

Thursday 4 June 2009: SPRINT PYRAMID

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

SPRINT PYRAMID Today’s workout may look complicated, but it really isn’t. Run sprints of 10, 15, 20, 30, 20, 15, and 10 seconds with 1 minutes recovery in between (90 seconds on each side of the 30 second sprint). 5 minutes – Run or Run-walk 10 seconds – Sprint 1 minute – Recovery 15 seconds [...]

New Workout and Diet Depletion Video

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Fast and well designed, but performance was poor…I had a bit of an injury on the weekend while on an adventurous hike…I jumped off an 8 foot ledge and landed on some hard ground. I thought I broke my heels…but fortunately not and I got fixed up well at the chiro with some ART.Today’s workout [...]