My father passed this past September. It was a trying time for me. When I came back to Maryland from Texas after the funeral. I had a lot of stuff to do, so the thing that suffered the most was my workouts. I figured no big deal. I am in great shape. A couple of months won’t hurt. Well I started back about two weeks ago and for some reason… Continue reading
Posted under Cancer, Diabetes, General Health
This post was written by admin on December 4, 2008
Recently, my 85 year old grandfather fell and fractured his hip. At 85, that can be a serious issue. My grandfather just came out of his hip replacement surgery with flying colors and is recuperating right now as I write this blog entry. It got me to thinking about my own situation… Continue reading
Posted under General Health, fitness
This post was written by admin on December 3, 2008
One of the things that really bothered me during my health issues was the lack of knowledge and/or concern from doctors when it came to discussing nutrition or diet in combating disease. It is so neglected that for many people (including myself) wonder if there is some type of conspiracy, but seriously. Since my cancer surgery I made a decision that I would include foods that I thought provided me the best opportunity for a healthy life. I did a lot of research and my first question is what makes a “superfood” a super food. Here is a definition, based on a citation in the Oxford English Dictionary… Continue reading
This post was written by admin on December 2, 2008
I love to cook. And coupling that with my quest to be healthy has been one of the fun aspects of keeping myself healthy. I am going to showcase a recipe per week of recipes that I have come upon during my quest to be healthy. The first recipe is… Continue reading
Posted under Diabetes, Healthy Recipes
This post was written by admin on November 22, 2008
I recently had a discussion with my aunt who has been a registered nurse for the past 30 plus years. She was complementing me on the site; I really liked that because she wouldn’t if she didn’t like it. We began to talk about family history… Continue reading
Posted under Diet, General Health
This post was written by admin on November 12, 2008
Today’s post features a healthy food choice from Burger King. Most, if not all fast food restaurants have healthy food choice alternatives now. At Burger King one of these is the TenderGrill Chicken Sandwich. Just so you know. I don’t feature salads and stuff like that because in my opinion, if you want a salad you need to go to a salad bar. But that is just my opinion. Here are the numbers for Burger King… Continue reading
This post was written by admin on November 11, 2008
I recently wrote a post about an article in the Washington Post on the rising cost of diabetes medication and how being healthy could benefit both the health of your body and your finances. Not two days later another article talks about the rise in the number of diabetes cases. Both articles have a startling and equally scary reality. This rise has been 100% over the last 10 years (7 years for the rise in cost).
Here is a breakdown by state… Continue reading
Posted under Diabetes, General Health, Healthcare
This post was written by admin on October 31, 2008
Most of the time when we think of spice we think about how they can help influence the taste of our foods, but for thousands of years spices have been revered by many cultures as medicinal cures. In my quest to stay healthy I have incorporated many of these spices into my diet. Here are the spices I… Continue reading
This post was written by admin on October 30, 2008
Yesterday morning and I heard something that got my attention. The news story was discussing the cost of diabetes medication. According to the story between 2001 and 2007 the price of diabetes medication has more than doubled. It went from 6.7 billion in 2001 to… Continue reading
Posted under Cancer, Diabetes, Healthcare
This post was written by admin on October 29, 2008
Today I am about to do some shopping for my upcoming winter workout program and I was thinking about how I am amazed at the nutritional content in many of these foods that we think are “healthy”. I completely shutout processed foods like frozen meals with few exceptions. Why? Because if you look at many of those products you would be amazed at the nutritional content in those foods. How do you find out what is in what you are eating? Here is how… Continue reading
This post was written by admin on October 27, 2008
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
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