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Oct 19, 2011

HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Oct 19, 2011


Diet.com Announces Video Host Will Compete in Men's Health Urbanathalon Series ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
According to Diet.com, Dussault, a full-time health/fitness vlogger and blogger, has been featured in Glamour Magazine, Shape Magazine and the Washington Post and has been known for tackling challenges in the past. In her videos, she's taken on ...
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Fitness A to Z
The Province
Unique — Remember, your body doesn't have to look like a fitness model to be healthy. Work hard, be yourself and be proud. Vitamins — A diet rich in vitamins and minerals is necessary for optimalhealth and vitality. Focus on natural, organic ...
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Come ALIVE with this fitness program
DenverPost
Personal trainer, martial artist and fitnessinstructor Dianne Bailey finds success for her clients with the "Alive" health, diet and weight loss program.
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Fitness with a smile
Chicago Sun-Times
Hmmm. One avenue is necessary to improve or maintain health; and the other is elective, to enhance one's appearance. So once again, what does this have to do with fitness? The need forfitness — defined as exercise and diet — can be determined by a ...
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Laker Girls Fitness Profiles
Lakers.com
I tried to go to the gym 4 to 5 days a week - and stayed on a low fat, sugar free dietplan. In addition, I attended the Laker Girls workshop where I was given helpful tips on what the judges were looking for in a Laker Girl. What other styles of dance ...
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I am CLEAN!
Jamaica Gleaner
Hope you will join me and get clean! Sharon McConnell-Feanny is a certified yoga instructor and co-owner of Shakti Mind Body Fitness in Kingston. She has more than 25 years' experience in healthand fitness; email: yourhealth@gleanerjm.com.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Audax Health(TM) Partners with Leading Video Content ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The library, which receives over 30 million views monthly, covers more than 100 different healthconditions including diabetes, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, and bipolar disorders as well as extensive libraries on diet and fitness, ...
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Celebrity Stylist Kithe Brewster Loses 100 Pounds on Duke Diet Plan
JustLuxe.com
Kithe said that he chose the Duke Diet and Fitness Center's plan because he felt that it is the most medically sound solution for him. "The four main components appealed to me. A personalized diet plan that fits me personally, medical advice tailored ...
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Nutrition & The Jet Stream Of Rapid Improvement
velonews.competitor.com
With CrossFit's ultimate aim being to define and generate improved health, the application of dietary science is natural. But Glassman also spoke about the direct correlation between an improved diet and improved performance. Glassman said there are a ...
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Weighing in on fat issue
The Sun Daily
People strive to work harder either to maintain or increase lifestyle quality while healthand fitness take a back seat. Alcohol consumption and overeating are usually associated with poor lifestyle habits. Trying to boost your metabolism probably will ...
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Greensboro Chiropractor Announces Weight Loss Workshop
MarketWatch (press release)
This is not a 'quick-fix' diet, but a long-term health solution that will re-boot your metabolism and reshape your relationship with food." Dr. Jeff is also a certified personal trainer who follows a holistic approach to nutrition, fitness, health and ...
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Protein supplements boost strength but watch for sugar and carbs
Medill Reports: Chicago
“A nutrient-dense diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dietary fiber and complete protein from vegetables and potentially, animal sources, is the fundamental component that, next to a well-conducted fitness program, ...
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iHealth Lab's Digital Scale Provides Tools to Manage Health and Fitness Goals
MarketWatch (press release)
"The iHealth Digital Scale helps you manage your short and long-term health and fitness goals, while letting the app do the hard work for you with automatic data entry." The iHealth Digital Scale allows an unlimited number of users to measure, ...
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Local health briefs: Knitting promotes relaxation
Bradenton Herald
The plan is a whole foods diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, 25 to 30 grams of fiber, and healthier fats such as olive oil. Dianne Cogburn, a registered dietitian and former nutrition director of Duke University's Fitness and Nutrition ...
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Free expo for women Saturday in Buckeye
Arizona Republic
16 will cover specific tips and strategies to improve memory and brain function, build a healthy brain through diet and increase brain fitness through exercise. Seating is limited. To RSVP or for more on this seminar, call 623-537-7521.
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Self discipline is key to well-being
Arab News
This means everyone no matter what your age or fitness level you need to take some exercise. I recommend a few minutes of exercise every morning to stretch and gently get movement into each part of your body. My award winning Mini-morning Workout is ...
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Gamma Labs And General Nutrition Centers (GNC) Partner In A National Video ...
Daily Markets
About GNC Holdings, Inc.: GNC Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading global specialty retailer of health and wellness products, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplement products, sports nutrition products and diet ...
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Don't sweat dinner while working out
Express from The Washington Post
Meal Deal: Personal trainer Ken Stewart, who works at the Regency Sport & HealthClub in McLean, Va., is a competitive bodybuilder, so he has to be extremely strict with his diet. The expert in calorie counting decided to make the math easier for his ...
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Training Tips For Marathon Season
FitSugar.com
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Staying healthy and strong may not be quite that simple, but dietary supplement specialist Lori Bestervelt of NSF ...
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Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease
Medscape
Vitamin D intake in the United States J Am Diet Assoc 2004;104:980–3. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Giovannucci E, Willett WC, Dietrich T, Dawson-Hughes B. Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes Am J Clin ...
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County sweetens approach to wellness
San Mateo Daily Journal
Supervisors and managers are encouraged to hold “walking meetings” and reimburse employees for on-site health and fitness classes. All of the new guidelines and recommendations are part of the policy which also includes goals of physical activity, ...
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Fight the winter blues with exercise
Bluff Country Reader
Our 12-week challenge is designed to keep you on track with your health and fitness goals this fall and winter season. Our team of fitness geeks will offer you support and encouragement to keep you motivated for making positive lifestyle changes. ...
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"The Biggest Loser" Season 12 Week 5 recap: Bob's "Best Week Ever"
phillyBurbs.com (blog)
You all think that's craaaaazy, but in my pre-Paleo life I easily downed a two-liter bottle of DietMountain Dew (we call it "pop" where I'm from) with breakfast. So, all hail the Queen of Strange Beverage Habits. When my Paleo Challenge is over this ...
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Senior Savvy: Best foods for older diabetics include beans, berries
Bradenton Herald
A healthy diet, coupled with regular exercise and medication (if needed), are the keys to keeping your husband's blood sugar under control. To help meet your husband's new dietary needs, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a list of top 10 ...
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New Service Means You Only Have To 'Tell Us Once'
Chesterfield Post
Yesterday marked World School Milk Day across the UK to highlight the importance of milk as a nutritious and healthy part of childrens diets. More... has created a new apprenticeship scheme for young people which will create 500 Derbyshire County ...
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Get Energized Today
WALA-TV FOX10
Additionally, multiple brisk walks a day can increase overall fitness levels giving you more stamina in the long term. Water Works: Lack of adequate fluids can make you feel mentally and physically fatigued. You need 8-12 cups of fluid a day to stay ...
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Halloween Eats: No Tricks, Just Treats | Diet ... - Diet & Fitness Blog
By Shawn
You can enjoy Halloween -- even the candy -- if you follow these expert tricks to make the treats less terrifying.
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Oct 19, 2011

Mervyn King: time 'running out' to solve world economy crisis
Telegraph.co.uk
Western governments have responded to the recent financial crisis and sloweconomic growth by trying to inject more money into their economies. Most of the stimulus measures, including record low interest rates, quantitative easing or printing new ...
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Debt crisis: as it happened - October 18, 2011
Telegraph.co.uk
18.01 Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that the Japanese government and Bankof Japan will join forces to form team 'weaken yen'. The newspaper said proposed measures would include financial assistance to small and midsize businesses, ...
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Goldman Sachs sees losses for first time since financial crisis
Los Angeles Times
Goldman Sachs lost money in the last quarter -– the first time it has experienced a quarterly loss since the financial crisis. Goldman, the most storied and envied Wall Street firm, saw nearly all of its revenue streams hit by the volatile markets and ...
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Fed: Crisis alters central-bank focus
AZ Central.com
by Neil Irwin - Oct. 18, 2011 06:02 PM WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that he is more open to using the Fed's interest-rate policies to combat financialbubbles, arguing that in the wake of the economic crisis, ...
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Is a Greek default inevitable?
CNN International
If banks are forced to take this hit, it could have global economic consequences similar to those seen in the financial crisis that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Investors would also begin looking at which other countries are facing...
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CNN International

The IMF should pull the plug on the euro
MarketWatch
By Matthew Lynn LONDON (MarketWatch) — Every financial crisis in the end boils down to one very simple question. Who pays? The euro /quotes/zigman/4867933/sampled EURUSD +0.3103% debacle has now reached that point. After the G-20 summit in Paris last ...
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Ghost of Lehman Brothers haunts European politicians and bankers
Washington Post
The failure of that Wall Street investment bank in the late summer of 2008 turned what had been largely a domestic financial crisis in the United States into a global emergency that tripped up the world economy, including that of Europe. ...
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INSIGHT-Doomsday hedging pushes China markets to extremes
Reuters
Chinese markets have been pushed to absurd levels that are hard to justify unless a majoreconomic and financial crisis occurs in the country, some investors say. And there is little evidence to suggest such a crisis is going to happen. ...
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'Severe risks' in culture of thrift
The Australian
According to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority figures, banks now hold $1.4 trillion worth of deposits from Australian households and companies, up from less than $1 trillion in 2007 before thefinancial crisis. Households now have more than ...
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G-20 meet skirts key issues
Hindu Business Line
Besides, unlike India's stimulus programme, the actions of the US Treasury bailed out the financial firms and banks that had set the meltdown into motion in the first place. The Obama stimulus for the economy was not been enough to get the economy back...
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Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index: Report Finds Grim Outlook ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Also, nearly 60 percent of respondents in our survey said they are angry or very angry about the current economic situation - the highest level of anger we've found since the earliest months of thefinancial crisis," said Luigi Zingales, the Robert R. ...
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Explaining Wall Street, recessions and the economic crisis to kids
Washington Post
So what does that have to do with the economy? Wall Street is one small street in New York City, but it refers to the biggest banks and other financial firms. (In the old days, the financial firms were located in and around Wall Street, but now they're ...
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Bank Puts Drop Most in S&P 500 as Profits Cut Pessimism: Options
BusinessWeek
Results from Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are reducing pessimism after concern Europe's debt crisis would spread sent price-to-book ratios on financialcompanies to the lowest level since April 2009. ...
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Is China Due For Its Version Of A Subprime Crisis?
Seeking Alpha
IMF data show that the price to income ratio for housing is 20 in Beijing, and 14 in Shanghai and Huangzhou, triple the levels in US cities during the subprime bubble. The head of China's International Finance Forum calls the central bank's tightening ...
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Simplistic arguments abound over protests
StarPhoenix
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, for example, implored European leaders - again - to come up with more than a "plan for a plan" and not seek financial aid from the IMF. In the United States, a recent New York Times headline read, No Jobs and No ...
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The Greeks deserve a break
Owen Sound Sun Times
Politicians and financial experts who hold the power in the United States to exercise control over the government's finances are using the European financial crisis, in particular the Greek debt situation as an excuse and reason for the current ...
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Hopes of Big Deal in Europe, Then Denials
New York Times
Finance officials want to have something in place before their bosses — the presidents and prime ministers of the Group of 20 industrialized nations — gather Nov. 3 and 4 in Cannes, France, to discuss the economic and financial problems that now ...
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The U.S. Economy Will Continue To Grow
Seeking Alpha
I believe, as I have written before, that the United States economy is recovering and will continue to recover. However, I also believe that “financial crises are protracted affairs.” (Reinhart and Rogoff, “This Time is Different”, page 224. ...
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Stocks, Euro Gain on Europe Outlook; US Futures Drop on Apple
BusinessWeek
The shared currency appreciated yesterday after the Guardian said Germany and France agreed before a weekend summit to boost the 440-billion euro ($604 billion) European Financial Stability Facility to 2 trillion euros. The two nations are also in ...
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Norway May Push Back Rate Increases as Crisis Threatens Growth
BusinessWeek
The government this month pledged to increase spending of oil money next year to guard against a slowdown. Finance Minister Sigbjoern Johnsen cut the 2011 growth forecast for the mainlandeconomy, which excludes oil, gas and shipping, to 2.8 percent ...
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Heavy Is the Head That Wears Crown
Wall Street Journal
Citigroup Inc. lost its position as biggest financial institution in the world by assets last decade when it lost its focus on US consumer banking and loaded up on toxic mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 economic crisis. ...
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Australian banks 'strong' amid Europe woes
ABC Online
By finance reporter Sue Lannin Borrowing costs for European banks have risen sharply this year amid the sovereign debt crisis, but it was unclear how Australian banks would be affected, a senior Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) official has said. ...
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ECB's Stark: Give up budget sovereignty
BusinessWeek
EU and national officials are working on an immediate solution involving possible debt reduction forGreece and putting money into banks to buffer them from losses. The goal is to keep the crisis from spreading to countries such as Italy that are too ...
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A look back: Wall Street in turmoil
Washington Post
Japan's Nikkei share average rose 3.8 percent on Friday, rebounding from a three-year closing low hit the previous day, on hopes for a more comprehensive solution to the financial crisis that has roiled markets worldwide. Japan's Nikkei share average ...
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IMF Warns Australia as Economy Begins to Pick up Pace
International Business Times AU
The warning came in a briefing to finance ministers and central bank governors attending last weekend's G20 meeting, which also contained a warning that some of the leading contributors to the Great Depression in the 1930s - namely reduced spending by ...
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Greater Cleveland banks expected to report sluggish financial results
Plain Dealer
While the health of banks nationally and locally is continuing to improve, the stalledeconomy and low interest rates are squeezing lending and profits. The first of this region's big banks, PNC Financial Services, will release its third-quarter ...
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GREECE Today, Oct 19, 2011

Greeks Clash With Police as Papandreou Demands More Austerity
BusinessWeek
Riot police in white helmets used tear gas to hold back demonstrators from the parliament building in the Greek capital today as lawmakers debated the extra austerity measures demanded by Greece's international creditors to keep aid flowing....
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EUROZONE Crisis News, Oct 19, 2011

There is no sunlit future for the euro
Globe and Mail
The euro zone's crisis will be solved at the European Union's summit this Sunday. So participants at last Saturday's meeting of finance ministers of the group of 20 leading advanced and emerging economies have suggested. Will such hopes be vindicated? ...
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