Weekly Linkage 6.28 – 7.04

July 3, 2009

Happy 4th of July everyone. I’m bowing out tomorrow to enjoy zee holiday so I bring you weekly linkage early. Here were the health stories I read and liked this week:

Smart people workout! According to Scientific American, physical exercise is critical to mental health. Challenging your brain with intellectually stimulating tasks help you [...]

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Chubby stars are making you fat!

July 2, 2009

An interesting story in the UK Daily Mail today warns that the success of chubby stars are making people fat by showing that it’s possible to be fat and famous. According to a professor quoted in the story,
The increasing profile of larger celebrities means that being overweight is now perceived as being ‘normal’ [...]

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How to Eat & Drink for Exercise

July 2, 2009
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Understanding how to eat for exercise is a challenge, especially when you’re new to working out or significantly changing your workout? Eat before or after? What to Eat? How much to eat? Drink before, during, or after? How much? Today’s Well features an interview with Leslie Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of [...]

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They Did it Again! It will be another All-Williams Wimbeldon

July 2, 2009
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After being just one point from losing to Elena Dementieva, Serena Williams pulled through to clinch another Wimbeldon final. She will face off against older sister Venus in the semifinals.

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Want good health with iPhone?: there’s a (ton) of apps for that

July 2, 2009
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If you have an iPhone, you’re likely hooked on a few applications. Thankfully, iPhone comes in handy for working out more than your fingers. Earlier this month, the app store listed 1,429 health and fitness applications. If you’re not already, you should definitely be using some of the the free and/or paid applications below [...]

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POTUS talks healthcare

July 2, 2009

The president solicited online questions on health care reform and answered many of them in a town hall forum. It’s a really interesting video and one worth watching for how the President’s thinking on reform is being shaped. Here’s the Prez answer to why we the US doesn’t opt for a single payer system:

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Let the games begin – A Review of Dance Your A** Off Episode 1

July 1, 2009
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I know reality TV is everything that is wrong with television but I do love ‘em. I am (a lil’ bit) discriminating so I won’t watch any reality TV. Project Runway and Top Chef are my drug of choice. Give me competition and I’m hooked, be it models, designers, chefs, or dancers.
I have [...]

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Cankle awareness? STFU Gold’s Gym

June 30, 2009
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I’m all for getting people into the gym and fit. I wouldn’t be plugging away on this here blog thing if I wasn’t. But there is a line and Gold’s Gym is treading dangerously close to it with their Say No to Cankles site.

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Healthier Bbq-ing for the 4th

June 30, 2009
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The 4th of July is fast-approaching and could definitely not come enough. My sister is visiting NYC and I’m excited to enjoy the finally warm weather. Of course, part of weekend is celebrating our country with some food and drink. Many of you are probably making plans for the bbq now. Holidays used to be [...]

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Guns (the good kind) on display at the BET Awards

June 29, 2009
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I didn’t catch the show myself (and judging from threads like this and this, I didn’t miss much).
What I did catch were the many pictures online and I must say there were some great examples of fit, beautiful and curvy bodies on display:

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