Yoga is Popular, and it May Also be Healthy

(CC BY 2.0) Espen Klem/Flickr There are many forms of yoga, and any effects on health likely vary with the type and amount. Some forms of yoga place more emphasis on physical postures and stretching or flexibility, others on breathing or meditation. Other forms of yoga include faster-moving series of movements. Studies on yoga and its healthy benefits are often small short-term, and without clear comparison groups, so for now conclusions are tentative, but early research is promising. The research is thin, but here’s what it says A recent review of multiple studies found some evidence that those who do yoga may experience reduced blood pressure, blood triglyceride levels, and possibly LDL cholesterol over, compared to those do do no exercise at all.

Junk Food Makers Gaming School ‘Smart Snack’ Standards to Keep Kids Eating Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Jason Brackens/Flickr Flamin’ Hot Cheetos are catnip for school kids for a lot of reasons: their tongue-toasting spiciness, their satisfying crunchiness, the way that they turn your fingers red instead of ordinary Cheetos orange, and of course, the fact that they are junk food, with scant more nutritional content than a poker chip. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos are also, according to the revised federal nutrition guidelines for America’s public schools, a “Smart Snack.” The guidelines were assembled by the Institute of Medicine and issued by the Obama administration last year, and the Cheetos “Smart Snack” designation, aside from making one wonder what the hell a dumb snack would be, is an illustration of how the food industry

Summer Shape Up with Balance Bar – Giveaway

Yesterday, I gave you all sorts of summer shape up tips via Gabby Reece.  Today, you have the opportunity to win a prize pack from Balance Bar. One winner will win a box of Balance Bare Bars and a Balance Bar headband. All you have to do to enter is follow the Rafflecopter below.  The giveaway runs from tonight until next Friday night and a winner will be announced on Saturday, June 6. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway The post Summer Shape Up with Balance Bar – Giveaway appeared first on It Sux To Be Fat.

Early Bird ends TOMORROW, 3/27/15

Don’t wait!  The Early Bird discount for the #2015 ObesityHelp National Conference ends TOMORROW, 3/27/2015.  You’ll get education, info, motivation, make friendships and memories that will last you a lifetime.  Check out what other attendees say about going to an OH Conference.  We hope to see you there!OH2015 Early Bird Registration Closes …

i did it!

finally after all these years i got  my plastics done!! tummy tuck, lipo of back and chin. i’m super swollen and you can’t see my results just yet but they’re under there i just know it looking fwd to seeing my new shape emerge from this cocoon of swelling.i’m ofiicially …

#2015 OH Conference-Early Bird Discount ends 3/27

  The OH2015 ObesityHelp National Conference Early Bird Registration closes on March 27th. Registration includes access to all conference activities on Friday Saturday, plus lunch on Saturday. Just $75 (Save $10) – Reserve Your Tickets NOW 2015 ObesityHelp National Conference WhenOctober 16th 17th WhereEmbassy Suites Raleigh-Durham201 Harrison Oaks BoulevardCary, North Carolina 27513 USA Each year, ObesityHelp.com …

Pain…exactly how am I supposed to work through it?

No matter how hard I work on processing pain, I have a difficult time with this part of learning to heal.  I forced myself to look for pictures that represent something painful to me…. pictures that I pass over quickly every time I come across them. I found two that certainly qualify. When …

Saturated fat & CHD in Europe

This post shows that, for all 192 countries in the world, for men and women, for CVD deaths and all-cause mortality, the HIGHER the cholesterol levels, the LOWER the death rate; the LOWER the cholesterol levels, the HIGHER the death rate. The Pearson correlation coefficient gets higher as we move from male CVD deaths to female CVD deaths to male all deaths to female all deaths. This blog repeats the exercise of examining the association between heart disease (this time CHD) and an accused causal agent (this time saturated fat). The data is available for Europe here [Ref 1]. As you can see below, the association is again inverse – the higher the saturated fat intake, the lower the CHD death rate for males… and females… The