Salmonella Outbreak - Peanut Butter
Sunday, February 18, 2007

The big health news of the week was the latest outbreak of Salmonella in peanut butter.

So will this news effect the peanut butter industry the way Taco Bell was effected by it's E. Coli outbreak? And do you plan on avoiding peanut butter the way that most people avoided bagged spinach? How long will be before we can all start enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without any worries?

I've been trying to eat only natural peanut butter lately because it's a lot more healthy than brand name peanut butter. You have to mix the peanut oil that rises to the top of the jar back in but other than that I'm quite fond of it.

With all these outbreaks in the news, do you think that they're occurring more frequently or do you think that they are just being reported more?

And how long before all these health scares are tied to some sort of terrorism? I can see it now, "Is Al Queda poisoning your peanut butter? Film at eleven."

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Keeping Your Brain Fit
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Staying fit is a great plan to help lead a longer healthier life but if my brain can't keep up, then what's the point. The brain is a muscle too and it follows the same "use it or lose it" policy as your other muscles. So how can you keep your brain fit? Brain exercise is the answer.

Two of the most important factors in keeping your brain healthy are traditional exercise and nutrition. Keep your body healthy and your brain will follow suit. But after that there are other ways to exercise your mind.

You've probably heard people describe one of their older relatives like this, "my Uncle Larry is a sharp as a tack, he does the New York Times Crossword puzzle everyday." Well, Uncle Larry has the right idea but his execution is a little off. You see the best way to stimulate your brain is to break free of everyday activities and challenge yourself in new and unexpected ways. By doing the crosswords everyday, he has created a familiar routine that becomes less challenging everyday. Uncle Larry, it's time to add Word Searches and Sudoku for some variety.


Your mother may have told you that playing too many video games will turn your brain to mush, but she was wrong. The Nintendo DS Lite (aff) has a few games that are designed to exercise your brain and they are varied enough to avoid becoming routine.

I recently played my cousin's copy of Big Brain Academy (aff) on her DS. The game consists of a bunch of fun puzzles that you try to finish in a set amount of time. Just as you get the hang of the puzzle, it's over and there's a new one to try. When I finished, the game informed me that my score was that of a hair stylist.

Yikes! I had better get some more brain exercise.

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Health News, Articles & More
Thursday, February 08, 2007

In my quest to get myself fit and healthy, I browse a lot of websites. And it's a sad fact that most of the diet, nutrition, exercise or health related websites out there are all trying to sell you something. So it's hard to weed through all the junk to find the good stuff.

Well I just discovered some good stuff at the Yahoo!Health website and I'm impressed. It's really full web portal and it's got a little bit of everything related to healthy living. Yahoo!Health includes health news, articles, healthy recipes, dieting tips and tons of other stuff.

It's going to take me a while to digest all of this information but right off the bat I plan on doing the Free Diet Evaluation.

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