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Another Reason Not to Eat Junk: Pringles Recall

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:10:02 +0000

As if junk food wasn’t bad enough because of the high calorie content and unpronounceable ingredients, here’s another reason to avoid it. Procter & Gamble has announced the recall of two flavors of Pringles : Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger and Family Faves Taco Night. The culprit is the widely used flavor enhancer hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) made by Basic Food Flavors, Inc. Investigators found dirty equipment and poor drainage at the Las Vegas plant and smelly, standing pools of liquid where the HVP was made. What’s even worse - the liquid tested positive for salmonella. Um . . . eww. Pringles isn’t the only food to worry about . Hot dogs, chili, stews, gravies, sauces, soups, salad dressings, and other snack foods also contain HVP made from this company. For a full list of products contained in this recall, check out FoodSafety.gov . Will you be tossing anything from your kitchen cabinets?

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Get Fit For 2010: Challenge 9, Review Your Fave Fitness DVD

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:34:44 +0000

Working out at home with a DVD is a great way to help meet your healthy goals for 2010 . This week’s challenge : write a blog post in the Get Fit group reviewing your favorite fitness DVD . Remember to put an image of the DVD cover in your review. By meeting this challenge you will not only be thinking about fitness, which can only lead to good things, but you will be entered to win our weekly prize - a $100 Nike gift card. Writing up your DVD review in the community group also enters you to win our fabulous grand prize: a $1,000 gift card from Nike ; a year of personalized nutrition plans by nutritionist Alexa Fishback , plus a copy of her book ; a year membership to 24 Hour Fitness for you and a friend; and two Bodybuggs . At the end of three months, we will pick a grand prize winner at random from all of the entries in all of the weekly challenges. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win the grand prize! A little extra motivation to help you meet your healthy goals for 2010. If you’re not already a member of the PopSugar Community, register here now. Click here for the official rules . You have until 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, March 14, to complete the ninth challenge. Can’t wait to read your reviews!

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Treadmill Tip: Adjust the Grade

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:00:51 +0000

To keep things exciting on a treadmill, you have to mix it up, and one way to do so is to play with the incline. For folks with troublesome ankles and knees, going faster can make cranky joints even crankier. By adjusting the grade you can increase the difficulty of your workout without compromising the joints of your lower legs. If you walk on a treadmill, use that incline button to take yourself for a hilly hike with this walking workout . On last week’s episode of The Biggest Loser , trainer Bob Harper also reminded us all that increasing the incline means you burn more calories in less time , and who doesn’t want to be more efficient in their workout? It’s not only efficient, but turning up the grade also means you work more of your muscles and in a greater range of motion. Try cranking the incline on your next treadmill walk up to 10 - just to see how it feels.

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McConaughey Family Trip, Lindsay’s Lawsuit, & Heidi’s Post-Op Parody!

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Matthew McConaughey travels out of LA with Camila, Levi, and baby Vida. Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade for using her name in an ad. Heidi Montag gets in on the joke about the perils of too much plastic . . . surgery and credit cards. Check it all out on PopSugar Rush !

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Get Lifted: Swinging Kettlebell Squat Lunge

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:07 +0000

I’m all jazzed about kettlebells lately, and if you’re looking for an exercise to use this unique piece of equipment, here’s one to try. It’s sure to tone your thighs and tush and give you sculpted shoulders. For tips on how to do this move keep reading.

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Get Lifted: Swinging Kettlebell Squat Lunge

Keep Your Vitamins Out of the Bathroom

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:09 +0000

If you down your vitamins with a little bit of tap water, chances are high you store them in your bathroom or kitchen. Unfortunately, a new study indicates that the watery elements of those two rooms make them the worst places to keep these pills. High humidity and high temperatures, often found in both the kitchen and bathroom, can degrade the potency and decrease the shelf life of certain supplements - even if the bottle caps are screwed on tight. Opening and closing the bottles allows humidity to creep inside, and that moisture can dissolve ingredients in the vitamins, decreasing their quality. The chemical changes are irreversible. It doesn’t make your supplement unsafe, just less potent. Check your vitamins and if you notice irregular brown spots, darkening, or signs of moisture in the container, you may want to replace them. And when you do, store your bottles away from the bathroom and kitchen. I keep mine on my desk at work. Where do you store yours?

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Food Review: Dark Chocolate Quinoa Midnight Crunch

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:25 +0000

Quinoa in chocolate? That’s what I said, but if you’re a fan of Nestle Crunch, you might want to give Dark Chocolate Quinoa Midnight Crunch chocolate bar ($5) a try. It contains rice-quinoa crisps from Bolivia. It’s vegan, GMO-free, soy-free, gluten-free, and certified organic. Not only that, but since it’s made by Alter Eco , you know it’s also fair-trade certified, which means you can feel good about “supporting farming families through fair prices, direct trade, community development, and environmental stewardship.” OK, so we know this chocolate is eco-friendly and PC, but how does it taste? To find out, read more. Made with 61 percent cocoa, this dark chocolate bar has an amazingly rich and robust dark chocolate flavor. I was really blown away by how creamy and mouth watering it was. I also loved the texture of the crispy quinoa crisps. Honestly, this chocolate is up there in flavor with expensive chocolates I’ve tried, and being that it has such a deep, dark flavor, after a few squares, your chocolate cravings will be satisfied. I’ll definitely be buying this again, as it’s my new go-to chocolaty treat. Ingredients: Cocoa Mass, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Rice-Quinoa Crisps Like I said, I was satisfied after about three squares, so really, that’s only 66 calories. Not bad for a sweet treat. If you’re looking for more sweet stuff, check out my recommendations for more organic, fair trade chocolate goodness .

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Get Fit Giveaway Fitness DVD Review: Killer Abs Workout

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:29 +0000

This week’s challenge for the Get Fit For 2010 giveaway is to write up a review of your fave fitness DVD . Here’s a workout that FitSugar reader Maryannie loves. My favorite workout is Killer Abs by Trainerpack.com . Which is btw, completely FREE! I love the fact that there is a lot of focus on the lower abs and obliques. I have found that it really shapes my stomach. My ex-trainer told me that you should always start by training your lower abs and then obliques and then upper abs. I’ve been doing this workout for about a month now in combination with yoga and Zumba and I am starting to see great results. I especially like this workout because it moves quickly between the exercises and also suggests the number of repetitions. Which btw I have exceeded! Overall rating: LOVE IT! Write your own DVD review in the Get Fit For 2010 community group. By participating, you’ll also be entered into the drawing for our weekly giveaway of a $100 Nike gift card as well as our awesome grand prize .

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Gastro Esophageal Reflux

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:03:44 +0000

Gastro Esophageal Reflux Gastro esophageal reflux (GERD) is the disease wherein the mucosa is damaged by the changes that happens in between stomach and esophagus due to relaxation or improper function of the lower esophageal sphincter. image by Seegul This results in expulsion of gastric juices in to esophagus. Hiatal hernia also causes this condition. In chronic cases this reflux defect affects respiratory and laryngeal portions also. They are called extra esophageal reflux disease. (EERD) Heartburn , regurgitation and difficulty in swallowing are the common symptoms. Rarely does it accompany with pain in swallowing, high salivary secretion, nausea and chest pain . GERD in some cases causes injury to esophagus and it includes ulcers in the junction of the stomach and esophagus. (Necrosis), narrowing of the esophagus (stricture), metaplasia and rare form of cancer in the esophagus. It causes damage to other organs than esophagus (EERD) which includes cough , laryngitis , asthma , sinusitis and dental damage . Even somebody have symptoms of pharyngitis , sinusitis and even recurrent ear infections. In children, GERD causes various symptoms like vomiting, cough and other respiratory symptoms . All children have different symptoms and their behavior changes in food intake, unnecessary crying, fails to gain weight and some children have belching as in adults. Babies when affected they used to scream while sleeping, poor sleeping patterns, vomiting after feeding, unusual hiccups, running nose condition, problems in swallowing of feed, gagging, frequent ear infection and sinus congestion. Refusing food or taking food often is common in babies. Nocturnal cough, bad breath is also common in infants. image by wikipedia Most infants are having possetting after a feed, there is weight gain, they eat well and there are no other symptoms also. But when they grow, some babies show improvement and their lower esophageal sphincter becomes more proper. Some babies with GERD do not have any vomiting symptoms and most of the babies are mostly affected by more reflux and more damage to esophagus. Commonly called spitting up in infants is the main symptom of infant’s GERD. “ Barrett’s esophagus ” is a condition where cell changes occur which are precursor for carcinoma. Endoscopic study shows clearly about the narrowing of the junction of stomach and esophagus and which causes the difficulty in swallowing or dysphagia. Barium meals X-ray , manometry are all valuable investigations including EGD . In GERD , now, monitoring pH of esophagus is having vital importance in calculating the severity of the disease and improvement status after medication or surgery. In chronic cases it is advised to take three yearly endoscopy to study possibilities of any adverse conditions in the esophagus such as dysplasia. EGD is also a form of endoscopy which facilitates to see the surface of the esophagus and stomach. image by wikipedia Biopsies show any form of edema , inflammatory changes , even pre-cancer identifications such as dysplasia and carcinoma . Some of the patient will not show any surface changes and they are called non-erosive type of reflux. In healthy adults that the junction between stomach and esophagus has a valve arrangement which prevent anything comes back from stomach to esophagus but in the adults of having reflux , they do not have proper valve arrangement and they have their stomach content in to the esophagus such as enzyme, stomach acid and bile substances which cause inflammation to esophagus. Hiatal hernia, obesity and hypercalcemia play an important roll in developing this condition. image by wikipedia Life style modification and certain foods definitely promote this condition. Providing elevation to head while sleep is the best result giving practice and almost several patients feel comfort without reflux when they avoid food two hours before going to bed. Proton pump inhibitor such as pantoprozole, H2 receptor blocker like ranitidine is very much useful and widely used to heal the disease by reducing acid secretion. Antacids play an important roll in treating this condition. Prokinetics like cisapride and mosapride of having the value of improving action of the lower esophageal sphincter and helps in rapid gastric emptying and thereby stopping reflux actions in to esophagus.

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My 5 Fave Weight-Maintenance Tricks

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:50:11 +0000

A fit woman going into both my pregnancies, I gained a fair bit of weight with both of my daughters. While I worked hard to lose those excess pounds, I have found maintaining my weight to be a walk in the park (I kind of mean that literally). Along with regular exercise, here are five simple (and easy to incorporate into your daily life) tricks I use to keep the numbers on my scale steady and my jeans fitting just right. Source: Getty View Slideshow ›

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