From the monthly archives:

January 2006

Alkaline Food Chart

January 30, 2006

I still find what Robert O. Young and Shelley Redford Young wrote in The pH Miracle to be the most compelling literature on how to eat healthy that I know of.
And I read that book over a year ago.
I still try to eat according to their recommendations of 80% alkaline foods and 20% acidic foods.
If [...]

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1-2-3 Fit Franchise

January 26, 2006

There’s a new player in the fitness club market called 1-2-3 Fit.
Believe it or not, the new franchise was founded by two Quiznos executives, one of whom is still working for the company.
1-2-3 Fit is going after a perceived gap in the fitness market. That is, the co-ed market.
The new fitness club aims to get [...]

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Marion Nestle on Vitamins

January 25, 2006

In the January 16, 2006 issue of Newsweek, Marion Nestle makes a controversial statement: “I don’t think there’s much evidence that Americans are vitamin-deficient, except for those who eat a peculiar diet or those who are sick.”
Do you agree with this?
At first glance, I did not. Then, Marion explained herself.
There’s so much vitamin fortification of [...]

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A Grapple a Day!

January 24, 2006

A friend asked me a few weeks ago if I had seen the Grapples at our local grocery store. Actually I hadn’t. She explained it briefly to me and I was appalled enough to go look it up on the internet. In a nutshell, they take Washington Extra Fancy Fuji Apples and [...]

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Banish the Wintertime Blues

January 24, 2006

Here’s a new article on Seasonal Affective Disorder. The article is written by Dr. David Edelberg, the co-author of the new book, The Triple Whammy Cure. Since we’re in the heart of winter, I thought it might be of some interest to you.
Are You Feeling the Wintertime Blues?Ten Easy Steps to Turn Them Around
By David [...]

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