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There are so many reasons why proper form and posture are important when you are working out. Most exercise professionals won’t even let clients begin an exercise routine without learning about the basic form for each particular exercise. This is a good thing, since incorrect form and posture can lead to aches, pains and serious injuries!

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Did you know that approximately 200 Americans die each year from food-induced anaphylaxis, a severe and potentially fatal systemic allergic response (Sampson 2002)? Some 30,000 adults and children end up in U.S emergency departments suffering from an anaphylactic reaction to food (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network [FAAN] 2006a). And you don’t have to pig out to be a victim of a food allergy. Sometimes, exposure to even a miniscule amount of an allergen can be extremely harmful.

For reasons not yet fully understood, food allergies appear to be on the rise. In the United States, up to 8% of children and 2% of adults now suffer from them (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS] 2004). While much more common in children than adults, allergies affect people of all ages and ethnicities. Continue reading →

The idea that it is possible to better one’s health through a healthy diet may seem like a new notion, considering all the recent media reports on the topic. However, this hypothesis is nearly 2,500 years old, as evidenced by Hippocrates’ ancient advice to physicians to “leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.” The fact that today’s emerging research has scientifically connected diet to disease prevention merely confirms what Hippocrates said way back then. Continue reading →