Health & Fitness
Yellow is for Depression
The news on health benefits of ingesting turmeric (Curcuma longa) just keeps accumulating. Using the original research that validated this root crop as an effective anti-inflammatory, many researches are building from there to test whether the anti-inflammatory properties will affect a wide range of conditions from heart disease to diabetes, from cancer to skin […]
Exercise Tips to Shape up Your Golf Game
Your favorite golf course is ready for another great round of golf, but is your golf game up to par? Shape up your golf game with the following exercise tips to increase your fitness level as you shoot for more of those birdies and eagles. The fairways are groomed, the putting greens are smooth and […]
GOT MILK? Teaches Easy Garden-To-Table Summer Cooking
The California Milk Processor Board, creators of GOT MILK?, conducted a free and interactive garden event and cooking demo for children of the Bayside Community Center as part of its Real & Simple Summer campaign. Accompanying GOT MILK? for this event was renown children’s culinary expert, Chef Gino Campagna, master chef at Piccolo Chef […]
Little Known Secrets of Lantana
Like the potato, tomato, chile pepper and pinto bean, Lantana is a native of the Americas that has found its way around the world and into the common use in many cultures. Lantana, a relative of Verbena, is native to the more tropical areas of the American continents, especially the Caribbean islands, Mexico, Ecuador […]
Build Strength, Lose Weight and Feel Healthy
Strength training offers a triple-threat approach to full body health and fitness. By focusing on building muscle, you get more return on investment by kick starting your metabolism, elevating fat burn and improving muscle and bone strength for overall increased health, performance and weight loss. If you can build muscle through strength training, then you’ll […]
What Does a Smoke Break Really Cost?
I was recently struck by how much money Americans spend on healthcare every year. The figure is astounding: almost 18 percent of all spending in our economy goes to health care. So I thought it might be interesting to break out some of the costs of one of America’s favorite bad habits: smoking. Of course, […]
Intuition – A Hunch Worth Following Up On?
by Mrs. Freud The dictionary of psychology gives two definitions of intuition that leave the inquisitive mind none the wiser at first: intuition is said to be a mode of immediate understanding and knowing without conscious thought or judgment. The origin of this understanding is described to be either a) somehow mystical or b) the […]
Celebrate Wisdom from the Past
In the course of recovering from “the big C,” I have done a huge amount of reading about the history of health disorders. And I have discovered that much was known and proven seventy five and even a hundred years ago that has been lost along the way. In the late eighteen hundreds and early […]
Five Super Foods Great to Grill
The produce stands are brimming with farm fresh fruits and vegetables—two food categories that Americans simply do not eat enough of: juicy peaches, red ripe and sweet tomatoes, fresh picked corn-on-the-cob. So why not try grilling them to help you up your daily intake? What’s great about grilling veggies is they taste better grilled than […]
2013 ACIS Collegiate Fitness National Championships
San Diego State University Takes First Place San Diego State University took home the gold at the 2013 American Collegiate Intramural Sport (ACIS) Collegiate Fitness National Championships held recently at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Student athletes Mike Nguyen, Jack Waddell, Aimee Orozco, and Lindsay Miller competed against student athletes from […]
