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Iowa Avenue is a dynamic healthy-living social community connecting people in a meaningful way for a meaningful purpose. It's about health, fitness, and weight loss, with a little fun thrown in for good measure. It's free, so join today!

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David

Are you for or against Obamacare? 10 Replies

Started by David in Health. Last reply by David Dec 18.

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Without your health you have nothing. True or false? 3 Replies

Started by Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE in Health. Last reply by David Dec 15.

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Iowa Avenue on Twitter 15 Replies

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lacy

Gamefly

GameFly is a popular choice of players to play without the title to buy $ 50 or $ 60 a game. It works like any other lease-mail: To subscribe, select the number of games you want to rent each month to keep for as long as you want and send it back when you are done. If the return game next… Continue

Posted by lacy on December 23, 2009 at 7:50pm

Susana

Christmas Fun

Posted by Susana on December 22, 2009 at 3:40pm — 2 Comments

Cheryl Ragsdale

Tight Ass Tuesday - Step Up to Having One - Take the Stairs Today!

Climbing stairs. I know - it's boring. But it's great for your rear end. Take the stairs today!

5 Ways to Decrease Boredom and Increase the Number of Stairs Climbed Today
1) plug in some headphones and listen to music as you climb the stairs instead of taking the escalator or the elevator
2) sing a song out loud! this will help with your rhythmic breathing
3) count how many steps you're climbing and add one more than you think you can do...and one more after that
4) imagine your most fav… Continue

Posted by Cheryl Ragsdale on December 22, 2009 at 9:34am — 2 Comments

Ayala laufer-Cahana MD

Are artificial sweeteners a healthier option?


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Sweet tasting foods are rare in nature. Fruits and vegetables have some sweetness to them, but they’re also packed with lots of fiber, water, micronutrients and phytochemicals, and are nutritious and quite fillin… Continue

Posted by Ayala laufer-Cahana MD on December 21, 2009 at 5:16am — 2 Comments

Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE

Diabetes During and After Pregnancy

Gestational diabetes (GDM) occurs during pregnancy and is usually diagnosed around 28 weeks. 4% of all pregnant women develop GDM. There are about 135,000 cases each year in the United States.

GDM usually goes away after you deliver, but will most likely return again with subsequent pregnancies. Sometimes, GDM will uncover diabetes that has been there before getting pregnant.

If you've had GDM, your risk for developing diabetes goes up. It is important to control your weight and develop health… Continue

Posted by Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE on December 17, 2009 at 9:51pm — 3 Comments

David

Diabetes Meter Mates With PC to Track Trends

By Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal:



This week's column was, in a sense, written in blood. It's a review of a new consumer medical device, and to test it, I had to prick… Continue

Posted by David on December 17, 2009 at 1:55pm

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Ayurveda - The Mother of All Healing Systems

Ayurveda guides followers how to sustain harmony and balance between mind and body. This is a non-invasive technique and provides different ways of achieving healthy life. It’s different from taking a balanced diet, herbal remedies, placid exercise and physical therapies. The particular medicine is the concept of prakruti, an individual's unique formation determined at the moment of outset. An individual's prakruti is a particular combination of the three life forces or elements (doshas), which… Continue

Posted by Naturesformulary on December 16, 2009 at 3:56am

David

Consumer Ranking of Health Reform Elements

From Kaiser:



Percent who say it is extremely or very important to them personally that each of the following be a feature of any final reform plan:

* Making sure affordable health insurance plans are available: 79%

* Requiring insurers to cover those with pre-existing conditions: 71%

* Not adding to the country's budget defici… Continue

Posted by David on December 14, 2009 at 2:17pm

Ayala laufer-Cahana MD

What would you change about the Nutrition Facts Panel?

Nutrition Facts labels became law in the US some 15 years ago, and the familiar panel we all know and strain our eyes over—the one that provides some key nutrition information, an ingredient list and allergen declarations—continues to evolve.
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Posted by Ayala laufer-Cahana MD on December 14, 2009 at 5:00am

 
 

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LMAO! So that's what happens to people, including Santa, who take the "Atkins Diet." OUCH!......:-)
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