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Optimum Performance: Getting MLB umpires prepared for the rigors of the season | NOLA.com
Scottsdale, Ariz. – For the past 15 years, all 68 Major League Baseball umpires have participated in the...
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Top Five Benefits of Pomegranate
Pomegranate is a tremendously healthy and good tasting fruit that is garnering a lot of attention from...
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Top Five Benefits of Testosterone Therapy
Over the last few years, a topic that has received increased attention from clinical researchers and the...
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Shilstone: Vitamin C should be part of your everyday diet for many reasons | wwltv.com New Orleans
You know how it seems every year there's at least one new report about the health benefits...
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John Goodman: Americas Scene Stealer – WSJ.com
Mackie client and acting great Goodman gets a terrific career review in the Wall Street Journal, and...
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Mackie’s GNCs – new commercial!
Check out Mackie's new commercial and come by any of Mackie's 7 local GNC franchise locations for...
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Top Five Goal Suggestions
Now that we are a few days into January, it is the time to set personal goals. ...
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How Running Strengthens Joints | Muscle & Body Magazine
Research debunks the myth that running causes knee arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis...
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Optimum Performance: LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger should be cautious with ACL rehabilitation as NFL looms | NOLA.com
With LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s college career over as a result of a torn anterior cruciate ligament...
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Top Five Tips for a Healthy 2014
From my family to yours, I wish you a happy and healthy 2014. I have always believed...
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Optimum Performance: A little psychological gris-gris to help New Orleans Saints break through on the road
“I think it is obvious, there’s something about us on the road that has to be addressed,...
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Optimum Performance: How much should we push our kids to excel in sports? | NOLA.com
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. — While at tennis practice standing next to Richard Williams — father and...
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Top Five Magnesium Sources to Reduce Diabetes Risk
New research that was recently released links higher levels of magnesium with a lower risk of diabetes....
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Top Five Snacks
Now that the holidays are here, many of you will be on the go much more than...
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Top Five Cancer Fighting Foods
Researchers have long studied the effects of varying foods and its short and long-term impact on the...
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Top Five Nutrients to Fight Bladder Cancer
An interesting study was recently published in the Journal of Nutrition that discussed the protective effect of...
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Listen to Mackie on WWL-870’s “Open Mind” with Angela Hill
We saw him in the stands cheering on Serena Williams at the U.S. Open. We’ve seen him...
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Top Five Thanksgiving Menu Items
Now that Thanksgiving is coming and everyone is busy planning their family menus, I just wanted to...
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Optimum Performance: Surviving the coaching lifestyle and living to talk about it | NOLA.com
In 1995, I hosted a seminar for local high school coaches called “Surviving Coaching.” Using a hospital...
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Optimum Performance: NFL-funded study reveals young athletes more prone to concussions | NOLA.com
A recent report by a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel of experts noted a high rate...
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Top Five Tips to Relieve Knee Joint Pain
As the overweight and obesity rates have steadily climbed over the last few decades, many chronic health...
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Congratulations to Casey DeLatte and Ferris Walkenford
Mackie Shilstone’s 7 local GNCs are pleased to announce that 10-year Mackie GNC team member Casey Delatte...
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Making Football Safer | Muscle & Body Magazine
Professional football players have taken the field and the 2013 NFL season is upon us, so I’d...
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Optimum Performance: Training toward disaster | NOLA.com
A reader asked if I would tell the story of his near-death experience based on his encounter...