Email your healthy ideas or articles you find to Becky for future Wellness posts.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

IU's Antonio Williams offers tips for eating healthy on the go

This article has a list about quick and easy health eating on the run during the holidays. It also talks about feeding kids.

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/20593.html

Monday, November 28, 2011

Monday, November 21, 2011

Tampon recall due to great health risk

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/tampon-recall-by-kimberly-clark-for-life-threatening-risks/recalls

Med diet heart benefits confirmed by new study from Johns Hopkins

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/med-diet-heart-benefits-confirmed-by-new-study-from-johns-hopkins/nutrition

I love the low-carb, higher fat and protein Mediterranean Diet. It is the easiest to stay with I ever tried. Tasty, too. Some people thought that fats were the cause of cholesterol in the arteries, but now they believe the cholesterol is produced from the carbohydrates we eat.-Becky

http://www.threestonehearth.com/nutrient-spotlight/saturated-fat

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Exercises to Prevent Joint Pain While Running

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/20262.html

I'll bet this applies to walking and other activities, too.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Waistlines and Cholesterol

http://p.p0.com/YesConnect/HtmlMessagePreview?a=UCugBescbRqQjysNqoqQ9DAG

Here is info and sort of a nice waistline tracker that you can use to help lower your cholesterol.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Link to health news and research updates

You may be interested in a link to either view health stories and the latest updates on health research. You can also subscribe to a newsletter at this link: http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com

Researchers Find Similarites in Faces of People with Autism

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/autistic-facial-characteristics-identified-university-of-missouri/autism/

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Skin cancer risks from flip-flops, baseball caps

LinkPLEASECover your ear tips, neck, and the tops of your feet, if you wear open sandals or ball caps in the summer.
http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/the-skin-cancer-risks-from-flip-flops-baseball-caps/skin-cancer

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Low Carb Diet Not Hurting Arteries and Is Causing Faster Weight Loss

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/acsm-paper-high-fat-low-carb-does-not-hurt-arteries-johns-hopkins-research/diabetes/

Working for Becky, and kids Doug and Rachel Towriss! Roger is losing his weight being gluten-free (no pastas, breads, etc., also).

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Going to work can make you fat!!? (clue-it's not the work)

Please read this and let Becky know if you have any ideas--besides not going to work!!
http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/going-to-work-can-make-you-fat/nutrition

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Happy National Start Walking Day!

Today is National Start Walking Day, sponsored by the American Heart Association. The weather is warmer and it is time to become a healthy person! Here is everything you'll need to make your event easy to plan, simple to execute - and fun!

Friday, March 11, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dieting Isn't a Recent Fad ...

... & snake oil has been on sale for a long time:

A Defence of the Graham system of living: or, remarks on diet and regimen. Dedicated to the rising generation. (1835)
Glutton or epicure. (1899)
The fun of getting thin. (1912)
Reducing weight comfortably; the dietetic treatment of obesity.(1914)
Girth control, for womanly beauty, manly strength, health and a long life for everybody. (1923)
Pounds off! (1942)
Cornflake Crusade (1957)
Hung, strung & potted; a history of eating in colonial America. (1971)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Communication with Those Who Know US

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/couples-therapy-counseling-communication-study/human-behavior/

This may help you understand not only why people misunderstand those they know well at home but also at work!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

IU Health Page

Julia saw this interesting IU page with info on SAD (dark winter "disease"), slipping on ice, gambling and other health-related issues: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/issue/page/normal/329.html. You might want to take a look!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Lower colon cancer risk

Exercise lowers colon cancer mortality risk: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
"But it isn’t necessary to run marathons or to work out for many hours every day."