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Cutting Heart Disease through Nuts
Many people don’t realize the impact a handful of nuts a day can make on their heart...
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Could Living Healthy Make You 10 Years Younger?
We know that there is no real magic pill or drink out there that will keep you...
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Optimum Performance: NFL trainers to be held accountable when distributing pain medication to players
With the Saints opening their 2014 training camp Thursday at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West...
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Study Links Poor Nutrition to Chronic Disease Development
I read a fascinating study that I thought was of particular interest to everyone interested in improving...
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Good Health Starts in Childhood
I always say it’s never too early or too late to try to improve your health. The...
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Regulating Sleep May Help Memory Function
An interesting study out of the University of Warwick, and featured in Life Extension online last month,...
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America’s Trainer | Muscle & Body Magazine
Current opinion in skeletal muscle biology and exercise physiology is that “aerobic exercise has a negligible effect...
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Top Five Reasons to Join a Team
One of the biggest sporting events in the world is on full display this month as the...
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Postcards from Wimbledon | Mackie Shilstone
Serena came through today beating Anna Tatishvili 6/1, 6/2 in one hour. Tomorrow she, along with her sister...
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Omega-3 Study May Show Benefit in Primates
I have written in the past about the benefits of omega-3, and now a recent study featured...
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Study Links Boswellia Serrata Supplementation with Improved Type 2 Diabetes
An interesting study was recently discussed in the Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders that could have...
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Top Foods to Reduce Cancer Risk
Unfortunately, when it comes to cancer, there are some risk factors that we cannot change. Such factors...
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Optimum Performance: Creatine plus resistance training enhances muscle gain, strength in older people
West Palm Beach, Florida – In my mind, the phrase, “aging gracefully,” sounds like it’s time to...
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The Sweet Science | Muscle & Body Magazine
The important role that simple sugars can play in exercise energy.
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Optimum Performance: Everybody, including New Orleans Saints players, can find benefits in vitamin D
If I were an owner of a pro team like the New Orleans Saints, who are beginning...
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How to exercise with weights
A single set of 12 repetitions with the proper weight may help build muscle just as efficiently...
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Injured Major League umpires’ path back to The Show runs through Mackie Shilstone and New Orleans
Tony Randazzo is doing what every major leaguer does when rehabbing a major injury – he’s taking...
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Curcumin may Help Urinary Function in Prostate Cancer Patients
Could the spice curcumin (derived from turmeric) actually help control the side effects of radiation treatment in...
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Mackie’s 4 Week Beach-Ready Butt-Blasting Course (Complete)
1. Stabilization Plank Sets: 1-2 Repetition: 10-12 Frequency: 2 x per week Lie on stomach proped up on your hands with...
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Congrats to my son, Scott, for booking his first lead in a movie.
Check him out this fall in “Drumline: A New Beat”. SANTA MONICA, CA (May 15, 2013)– VH1?s...
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Top Five Symptoms of Heart Attacks in Women
According to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, a heart attack “happens when the...
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Optimum Performance: How heath-care benefit reform factors in Northwestern University union vote
Have you ever heard a coach say to an injured player, “do it for the team,” or...
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Sleep your way slim
Many people don’t realize that a good night’s sleep is one of the best ways to lose...
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Tips for Heart Failure Patients
According to the Mayo Clinic, heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), “occurs when your...
