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According to Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the US medical system spends around twice as much treating obesity related illnesses than it does on cancer.
Obesity Related Illnesses: $147 billion
Cancer (all types): $93 billion
And how, you may ask, is that $147 billion being spent?

Prevention…….Nope
Drugs & Surgery…….Yep

But, not anymore.
A few years back, the CDC initiated the Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention Project (aka the Measures Project).
The goal of the Measures Project was to identify and recommend a set of obesity prevention strategies and corresponding suggested measurements that local governments and communities can use to plan, implement, and monitor initiatives to prevent obesity.
The Measures Project process was guided by expert opinion and included a systematic review of the published scientific literature, resulting in the adoption of 24 recommended environmental and policy level strategies to prevent obesity.
This report presents the first set of comprehensive recommendations published by CDC to promote healthy eating and active […]

Original post by DR

I just finished reading Why Diet and Exercise Fail…and I am ticked off.
Ticked off because author Daniel Matthew Korn is making me re-think my morning cup of Gold Coast.
Korn believes that long term caffeine consumption, when combined with a typical Western Diet, is akin to throwing gas on your obesity bonfire.
Or, as Daniel says, “long term caffeine use, in combination with other dietary factors can contribute to lowering our ability to use our stored body-fat and interfere with our storage of nutrients”.

Why would coffee lead to obesity?
Theory #1

Long term caffeine use can lead to elevated stress hormones (ie Cortisol)
And heightened cortisol levels is associated with obesity

Theory #2

Chronically elevated cortisol levels results in increased feelings of hunger
And obviously hunger leads to eating and drinking more coffee and eating more food and…

Theory #3

Chronic caffeine use may interfere with your sleep patterns
And sleep deprivation is associated with obesity

Korn’s Conclusion
Chronic caffeine use contributes to […]

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This morning, someone emailed me this question:
I’ve Got a question: I’m supposed to do as many rounds as possible of 20 squats and 5 pushups. Do I rest between exercises? Do I rest after doing a set of each? Do I not rest at all? If I do rest how long is a rest for? Sorry for all of the questions but I want to do this right.

Great question. Here is the answer:
Rest as long as you need to between sets, however, keep rest to a minimum. When I do this workout (called AMRAP, as-many-rounds-as-possible in X minutes), I usually do not rest because that would mean accomplishing fewer sets and a lower score.
You may want to benchmark yourself for the first 5 minutes. Eg, suppose you complete 6 sets in the first 5 minutes and the total workout is 10 minutes. Try to […]

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According to this study,

Americans spend $147 billion per year on “medical” obesity treatments,
This spending on obesity treatments eats up 9.1% of America’s total health care spending,
Annual medical costs due to obesity have doubled in less than a decade,
Between 1998 and 2006, the prevalence of American obesity swelled by 37%.

The results also showed that an obese person has $1,429 per year more medical costs, or about 42 percent more costs, than someone of normal weight.
Costs for an obese Medicare recipient are even greater.

Much of the costs to Medicare are a result of the added prescription drug benefit. The results reveal that Medicare prescription drug payments for obese individuals are roughly $600 more per year than drug payments for normal weight beneficiaries.
The researchers also found that 8.5 percent of Medicare expenditures, 11.8 percent of Medicaid expenditures, and 12.9 percent of private payer expenditures are attributable to obesity.

According to lead author Dr. Eric […]

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The basis of Tabata Training is 4 minutes of intense interval training. What you are doing is taking an exercise we’ll use sprints as an example here. Sprint as hard as you can for 20 seconds Walk for 10 seconds Repeat 7 more times for a total of 8 sets. So what you have is a total of 4 minutes workout time. Tabata Training can be done with a number of different exercises the idea is to use an exercise that gets the whole body involved or at least the major muscle groups.Tabata Training can be done with Barbells, Dumbells, Kettlebells or just Bodyweight exercises. I’ll give you some other exercises and routines to try in a minute but first let me give you some background and how Tabatas work. Tabata Training was developed by Izumi Tabata (imagine that) at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. […]

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Like any true Irishman, I love me some fishcakes. So much so that I’ve nearly an arsenal of fishcake recipes! In my days, crab in Ireland was pretty much served as a ’salad’ mixed with mayo and Mary Rose Sauce or in a casserole. My first experience with a crab cake was on my first trip stateside, in Martha’s Vineyard and I’ve been hooked ever since. Traditionally they’re made with mayo and sometimes even butter but you know me, that’s not my bag (unless you make homemade mayo–click Mary Rose link above). But really, there’s nothing worse than ordering a crab cake that’s full of mayo and not so much crab, right? You won’t have to worry about that with this recipe! Also good to note, Dungeness crab meat is rated an Eco-Best choice.
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