The Healthy & Fit Magazine Blog Archives

• Healthy & Fit Magazine remembers David Hinz  11/30/09

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  The Healthy & Fit Magazine family is saddened by the passing of David Hinz.

  Hinz, who was an avid duathlete and former marathon …

• Pepper makes Team USA  5/22/08

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  JD Pepper, 45, of Leslie, has been a top master runner since 2003. Racing primarily 5Ks and 10Ks, he began biking in 2007 to take stress off of his legs. After entering and competing in a few local duathlons, it was soon apparent that he was on his way to elite level on the bike as …

• A Step In The Right Direction  4/30/08

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  By Denise Cook and Ann Kostin-McGill
  In September, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan Recreation and Park Association announced an innovative partnership to promote walking as a viable form of exercise and recreation. While each organization has a long existing walking program with its own target market, they have a shared value of …

• For people with high cholesterol, national study shows importance of nutrition help from registered dietitian  3/4/08

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  Worried about your cholesterol? You may want to schedule a few appointments with a registered dietitian, to get some sound advice about how to shape up your eating habits, according to a new national study led by University of Michigan Health System researchers.

  Not only are you likely to lower your cholesterol levels, you may …

• Congestive heart failure: What are your options if you have it?  1/5/08

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  by Dr. Divyakant B. Gandhi

  The heart performs two primary functions in the body. The right side of the heart collects deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it into the lungs, that purify, filter, and oxygenate the blood. The left side of the heart, then, collects the blood from the lungs and pumps …

• Study Suggests Honey May Help Relieve Children’s Cough, Improve Sleep During Colds  12/19/07

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  A single dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime provided the greatest relief from cough and sleep difficulty compared with no treatment and an over-the-counter cough medicine in children with upper respiratory tract infections, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

  “Cough is …

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