http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:27 -0700 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:32 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Fuel-fit-for-firefighters--the-Engine-2-Diet-with-Rip-Esselstyn?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Longtime triathlete Rip Esselstyn knew that with his temperament, he was going to need a job that provided excitement Daily adrenaline challenge. You  know. Someth... Nutrition Weight Loss Diet and Nutrition Plant Based Diet National Vegan Month Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Fuel-fit-for-firefighters--the-Engine-2-Diet-with-Rip-Esselstyn?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Its-client-appreciation-week-at-Bar-Method-Marina--fitness-funand-prizes?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner As if getting through a Bar Method workout isn't reward enough,  the Marina Bar Method Studio  has cranked things up a notch. Translation:  Client Appre... Fitness Exercise Events Bar Method body shaping Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:36:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Its-client-appreciation-week-at-Bar-Method-Marina--fitness-funand-prizes?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Farm-Sanctuary-Thanksgiving--a-perfect-way-to-celebration-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Farm Sanctuary is ramping up for its annual Celebration of the Turkeys on November 21, 2009. This is one annual event that you do NOT want to miss.  Though admittedly you might have to do som traveling, depending on where you live.  But wh... Diet and Nutrition Events Plant Based Diet National Vegan Month Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:43:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Farm-Sanctuary-Thanksgiving--a-perfect-way-to-celebration-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Vegan-dining-in-San-Francisco--November-is-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner National Vegan Month is well underway.  And whether a longtime vegetarian or vegan, or just beginning to dip your toes in the plant-based dietary zone, we can all use a helping hand from the pros.  You know, those who prepare food for a li... Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet National Vegan Month vegan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:46:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Vegan-dining-in-San-Francisco--November-is-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Rocco-the-cowboy-goes-vegan--28-day-report-with-weight-loss-and-improved-lipid-profile?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Rocco goes vegan and shows huge improvements in health after only 28 days Imagine plucking your standard meat-eating cowboy off the ranch and inviting him to "go vegan" for a month. Now, imagine him shaking hands on the deal.  And ... Nutrition Weight Loss Diet and Nutrition National Vegan Month Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:58:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Rocco-the-cowboy-goes-vegan--28-day-report-with-weight-loss-and-improved-lipid-profile?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-November-is-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner November is National Vegan Month Right on the heels of October, which was celebrated as National Vegetarian Month, comes November. National Vegan Month. Oodles of web clips, resource research, recipe books, personal profiles and  stories of ins... Diet and Nutrition Plant Based Diet National Vegan Month vegan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:50:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m11d14-November-is-National-Vegan-Month?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d27-More-on-the-preventative-and-healing-powers-of-a-plantbased-diet?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner The colors and shapes of the plant-based dietKathy Preston has been doing a series of enlightening interviews on her blog over at Huffington Post. The kind of stuff that's right up my alley:  that food is our best medicine.And a simple, lo... Nutrition Diet and Nutrition Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet Vegetarian Awareness Month Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:10:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d27-More-on-the-preventative-and-healing-powers-of-a-plantbased-diet?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d26-The-American-woman-ommivores-dilemma?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner You could call it the American woman omnivore's dilemma. The luscious cake with frosting that thick pictured next to the latest diet.  It screams from the magazine covers every single time we hit the checkout stand at market. Even the cover of... Weight Loss Woman's Fitness Blueprint Women's Health and Fitness Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:55:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d26-The-American-woman-ommivores-dilemma?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Bay-Area-body-shaping-heaven--Bar-Method-Studios?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Between you and me, I've been spoiled rotten by this month of residence in Marin. Not just because we live most of the year w-a-a-y out in the sticks far away from easy access to shops, cultural opportunties, restaurants, and more, and living in Mar... Exercise T-Tapp Bar Method body shaping Women's Health and Fitness Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:58:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Bay-Area-body-shaping-heaven--Bar-Method-Studios?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Halloween-candy--the-scary-truth?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner So you already know that candy is junk food, Halloween or not. But we tend to get distanced from what "junk" really means.  Is it just empty calories?  Excess additives, fillers, and chemicals?  What's the harm?Candy Corn con... Diet and Nutrition Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:37:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Halloween-candy--the-scary-truth?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Alicia-Silverstones-new-vegetarian-diet-book-hits-the-bookshelves?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Alicia Silverstone's new book on healthy living, focusing on a  vegetarian. or more specifically a vegan, diet, has finally hit the bookshelves. Reviews are mixed, yet they all seem to agree on one thing:  this is a refreshing new read, a g... Weight Loss Diet and Nutrition Environment Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet Vegetarian Awareness Month Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:14:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Alicia-Silverstones-new-vegetarian-diet-book-hits-the-bookshelves?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Get-your-booty-to-Bar-Method-Marin?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Upper body lift while setting up arabesque at Bar Method - challenging! OK, no more trips to Italy for Laura. Even if it is for her honeymoon. Because when she comes back, she takes on her instruction at Bar Method Marin with a new vengeance. Arabes... Fitness Exercise Abs Bar Method body shaping Women's Health and Fitness Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:40:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Get-your-booty-to-Bar-Method-Marin?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Tobey-Maguire-speaks-out-on-healthy-school-lunches?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Toby Maguire for healthy, veggie option school lunches It's National Healthy School Lunch Week.Have you seen the school menu lately?  Though some school districts, most noteably some  in Berkeley, CA, have progressed to alternative choice... Nutrition Diet and Nutrition Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet Vegetarian Awareness Month National School Lunch Week Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:20:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Tobey-Maguire-speaks-out-on-healthy-school-lunches?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d13-The-Bar-Method--Marins-best-kept-bodyshaping-secret?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Bar Method signature seat work It's been a fast five years for Cindy Root, owner of the Bar Method Studio in Marin.  Bar Method Marin, located seconds off of HIghway 101 in the Bon Air shopping center, Greenbrae, has seen solid growth since its... Fitness Exercise Bar Method body shaping Women's Health and Fitness Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:53:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d13-The-Bar-Method--Marins-best-kept-bodyshaping-secret?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d10-5-reasons-to-eat-one-a-day--health-benefits-of-apples?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Apples enjoy a well-deserved good reputation as good nutrition. In this month of Halloween, when apples start to appear in all shapes and forms:  from pies to candied to appearing in the dunk tank - let's give it proper respect in it's plain, s... Nutrition Diet and Nutrition Plant Based Diet organic foods vegetarian diet Women's Health and Fitness Vegetarian Awareness Month Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:30:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d10-5-reasons-to-eat-one-a-day--health-benefits-of-apples?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-More-on-the-Bay-Areas-gift-to-the-health-world-Jack-LaLanne?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Jack and Elaine LaLanne at John's Grill in SF for Jack's 95thOur fitness hero Jack LaLanne is in town this week.  Evidently the celebration of the 95th anniversary of his birth continues! Though Jack's birthday was announced right here just... Fitness Exercise Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:03:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-More-on-the-Bay-Areas-gift-to-the-health-world-Jack-LaLanne?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Genetic-evolution-of-a-breast--cancer-tumour-decoded?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Timely news, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer ... Women's Health and Fitness Breast Cancer Awareness Month Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:38:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Genetic-evolution-of-a-breast--cancer-tumour-decoded?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Is-it-menopause-or-is-it-your-thyroid?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here Eye-opening news from Mary Shomon in her new book, The Menopause Thyroid Solution.   Evidently, thyroid problems can mimic menopause – and peri-menopause symptoms – quite cleverly.  (Oh boy!)... Wellness Thyroid Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Is-it-menopause-or-is-it-your-thyroid?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Oct-3--San-Francisco-Vegetarian-Society-World-Veg-Festival-Oct-3--4?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner The San Francisco Vegetarian Society and In Defense of Animals will present the 10th annual award-winning WORLD VEG FESTIVAL, commemorating World Vegetarian Day.   This two-day event features informative lectures by the movers and shakers of the... Nutrition Diet and Nutrition Environment Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet Women's Health and Fitness Vegetarian Awareness Month Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:24:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Oct-3--San-Francisco-Vegetarian-Society-World-Veg-Festival-Oct-3--4?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m9d30-What-we-eat-effects-everyones-health--World-Vegetarian-Day-October-1st?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner October 1 is World Vegetarian DayWorld Vegetarian Day is observed each year on October 1st. This kicks of Vegetarian Awareness month.  The focus is timely and imperative.  Let's face it.  What we eat - and what others eat - ... Nutrition Diet and Nutrition Environment Plant Based Diet vegetarian diet Vegetarian Awareness Month Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:33:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2009m9d30-What-we-eat-effects-everyones-health--World-Vegetarian-Day-October-1st?cid=exrss-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner