Archive for January, 2008
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What is Your WalkScore?
A new company, WalkScore.comuses mapping data about your neighborhood to determine how “walkable” your neighborhood is. You simply give it an address and it crunches the number nearby stores, restaurants, schools, and parks. The resulting number is what a “WalkScore.”
A WalkScore is a rating from 0 to 100. Unless your score is […] -
Honey, Let’s Fight This One Out
Earlier this week, the University of Michigan released a marriage study that says fighting with your spouse can be good for you. The report advocates not letting anger bottle up inside. It’s careful not to advocate physical violence.
How healthy can it be:“The anger-suppressing couples were nearly five times more likely to both be […]
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Setting Health Goals for the Next Year
Over at Lazy Man and Money, I’ve listed my 2008 Goals. Since some of those goals were health-related, I figure it’s best to write about them here. I have a lot of spare time right now - and if things remain that way, I’ll devote more time to exercise. However, if I […]
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How to be Healthy in New York City?
This past weekend, I took a trip to NYC to visit with some friends and celebrate the end of his bachelorhood. I did too much eating of foods that I can’t call healthy by any stretch. I also drank some alcohol. By “some” alcohol, I mean too much alcohol. It was […]
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Some Tips to Eat More Fruit
J.D. at Get Fit Slowly has published his first food hack. The hack is to cut up food, it makes it easier to graze. In his case, it worked to get him to eat an apple. The great thing about cutting up an apple is that you have to eat it or […]
