http://slashfit.com Diet, Health and Fitness for Everyone Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:18:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That is a crazy, scary statistic for all sorts of reasons... when you think of the cost of treating all those people and the lost productivity, the numbers will be staggering- well, the numbers are already staggering at 1 in 10 but as it moves toward 2 in 10 we ... http://slashfit.com/1-in-3-americans-will-have-diabetes-by-2050/ MSNBC has an article up on a new study that shows a daily aspirin can significantly cut your chances of developing colon cancer. That is great news since colon cancer is the #2 cause of cancer deaths. People that are sensitive to aspirin do need to be careful since it ... http://slashfit.com/aspirin-may-reduce-colon-cancer-risk/ This is a good reminder to be careful of what you take and how much you take. There are no completely safe pain meds (ibuprofen, Aleve, etc.) I suffer from chronic back pain from an injury many years ago so I take Aleve daily but I am very careful to ... http://slashfit.com/otc-pain-meds-can-be-dangerous-to-athletes/ [caption id="attachment_936" align="alignnone" width="130" caption="Got Milk?"][/caption] An article over at MSNBC corroborates what a lot of athletes already know- milk is a great cheap post training supplement. The high dollar drinks are simply taking what is already in milk and selling it to you at a higher price. Granted, they often ... http://slashfit.com/milk-great-for-after-training-recovery/ Hmmm, why doesn't this surprise me?  I think one reason is that with so many people being extremely overweight, it is easy for people to look around and think that they look better than most other people. At any rate, it is a pretty interesting glimpse into the human psyche. ... http://slashfit.com/most-people-think-they-are-better-looking-than-average/ From Andrew over at MPF- What's a complex? Two or more exercises, back to back (choose bang-for-your-buckers, no filler isolation moves!), done back to back for a set number of reps, sometimes timed, with the same resistance--bodyweight, barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell, your dog. Then you have a timed ... http://slashfit.com/high-intensity-training-techniques/ This is a very interesting study- It basically shows that overeating and lack of exercise have long term effects even after people clean up their diet and resume exercising. Psychologically, it becomes easier to see why many people seem to struggle with permanent weight loss. In the US where practically ... http://slashfit.com/effects-of-even-brief-overeating-hard-to-overcome/ [caption id="attachment_971" align="alignnone" width="124" caption="Good Salad"][/caption] Salad sounds so healthy... but really, it all depends on what is on the salad. If it is lettuce, bacon and ranch dressing, you might as well get the Whopper. Pretty much any creamy dressing is going to be extremely high in fat and sodium- ... http://slashfit.com/5-salads-that-are-worse-than-a-whopper/ [caption id="attachment_967" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Giant Burger..."][/caption] Here is a crazy concept... hand out free anti-cholesterol statin drugs with high fat fast foods. I guess the idea is that since you won't get people to quit eating unhealthy food, you might as well give them the magic pill to partially counteract the ... http://slashfit.com/would-you-like-lipitor-with-your-burger/ It is well know that many of our modern ailments are self-inflicted and caused by the high stress culture we live in. Add in poor diet and lack of exercise and you have the perfect storm. But many of those symptoms can be alleviated with natural remedies. Take for instance depression. ... http://slashfit.com/natural-cures-for-depression-insomnia-and-others/