Archive for the ‘Health and Fitness’ Category

Walkable Neighborhoods

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My house might have practically no lawn to speak of, and sometimes the college students get a rowdy on the weekends, but I still love living downtown. I’ve always said it’s so great to be able to walk to anything: parks, restaurants, grocery stores, the gallery, the market. I know it’s something we probably take [...]

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These feet are made for walking

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For a few years now I’ve been playing around with going barefoot more often. I’ve experimented with running barefoot and hiking barefoot in the woods. If I’m unsure about going barefoot (for health or hygiene reasons) then I wear my ballet shoes, which allow the same kind of feedback and feelings as going barefoot. I’m [...]

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NB food service inspection data available to the public

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I caught a quick blurb about this on the news and wanted to check it out. The NB department of health is now providing information to the public regarding food service establishment inspections. Food Service Establishment Inspections Here are some that came up “yellow” in Fredericton: BEAIRSTO’S FAMILY RESTAURANT MAMA’S PUB RAYMONDE’S GENERAL STORE RED [...]

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New Study: Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle

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“following exercise training the transcriptional signature of aging was markedly reversed back to that of younger levels for most genes that were affected by both age and exercise” Click here for the article Click here for the study

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The Fat Lesbian Stereotype, True?

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Ready for my first “rest day rant”?!?!? According to this Reuters article, a study was just published showing that lesbians are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese. The most puzzling line from the article for me was “The results of these studies indicate that lesbian women have a better body [...]

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