Dave O’Brien certainly “Lives Life to the Plus+.” He has run over 400 races (including 30+ marathons), appeared on two TV survival shows, and at the age of 43 climbed the seven highest peaks in his native Ireland in 23 hours, 28 minutes – a 13-year-old record that stands to this day.
Dave recently returned from Antarctica, where he completed the last of four 155-mile endurance races as part of Racing the Planet’s “4 Deserts” series (4deserts.com). Earlier in 2010 he completed the three other 155-mile races: across Chile’s Atacama Desert in May, the Gobi desert in China in June, and the Sahara desert in Northern Africa in October – quite a feat for a man who turned 57 in January. Read the rest of this entry »
Celebrated British chef and food activist Jamie Oliver announced his 2010 TED Prize “wish to change the world” earlier this afternoon on the first day of the annual TED conference.
Oliver, a longtime activist in the fight against obesity and diet-related health issues, wished for the creation of a grassroots movement and a new foundation working to inspire children and adults to change the way they eat and to reduce the incidence of obesity and other diet-related health problems….Read the Everything Long Beach article.
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Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Read the Science Daily article.
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“Eat your fruits and vegetables” is one of the tried and true recommendations for a healthy diet. And for good reason. Eating plenty of vegetables and fruits can help you ward off heart disease and stroke, control blood pressure, prevent some types of cancer, avoid a painful intestinal ailment called diverticulitis, and guard against cataract and macular degeneration, two common causes of vision loss. Read the Harvard article.
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One of the best things about riding your bike is that you get a free pass to eat what you want, right? Well, sort of. You can definitely consume more calories, but the right eating plan will give you energy, help you feel better, fuel your body more efficiently and help you lose weight, if that is your goal.
The best eating plan for a cyclist is one that includes plenty of low fat, high carbohydrate foods to provide energy and fluids to offer hydration. While ‘carb’ is a four letter word to many dieters, they are certainly not the diet-wrecking evil food that some people might lead you to believe. Read the About.com article
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