How much is enough? (Scoop: health/fitness/nutrition/diet/supplements/personal care/environment).
Moderate exercise is enough to ward off heart disease, right? Maybe not. Results of a study published in the April 2003 issue of the British medical journal Heart challenges this popular notion, reporting that only vigorous exercise--such as jogging, hiking, climbing stairs, racket sports and swimming--will mitigate the risk...

D for deficiency. (Scoop: health/fitness/nutrition/diet/supplements/personal care/environment).
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that breastfed infants should receive vitamin D supplements beginning at 2 months of age and continue until they can take at least 17 ounces of vitamin D-fortified milk daily. The recommendation, published in the April 2003 issue of Pediatrics, also applies to children...

Heart health update. (Scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
There's good news on the cholesterol front, which is only fitting since September is Cholesterol Awareness Month. A new study has found that many more people than previously thought, including women and the elderly, can benefit from cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. The study of 20,000 adults, conducted at...

Good partners. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
Vegetarian Times is co-sponsor of the National Center for Homeopathy's 29th annual conference, scheduled April 10-15, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency, Penn's Landing, in Philadelphia. The conference will offer more than 20 workshops conducted by the world's leading naturopaths. Among other topics will be homeopathic alternatives and treatments for...

B smart. (Scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
A study of 92 other studies suggests that homocysteine--a little-known amino acid--may be as big a factor in causing cardiovascular disease as better-known cholesterol, the November 23, 2002 British Medical Journal reports. But homocysteine is also more easily and inexpensively controlled. To lower homocysteine levels, say the researchers, take...

Blues busters. (scoop: health fitness nutrition diet supplements personal care environment).
What you eat can influence how you feel, mentally as well as physically. A September 2002 survey conducted by the London-based Food and Mood Project found that 88 percent of participants improved their emotional states through their dietary choices. By deliberately reducing their intake of such "stressors" as sugar,...

On the road to wellness: lawmakers want Americans to eat better, stop smoking, exercise and relax.
Dave Barry was kidding, but he was way ahead of the curve in 1985, when he advised everyone to "stay fit and healthy until you're dead." U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, however, was dead serious when he said, in October 2006, that he wants to...

National Nutrition Month(R) 2001 Kicks Off in Orlando, Fla.
Leading Nutrition Scientists and Policymakers Gather March 1-3 at Disney Institute in Orlando to Report The Latest Science-Based Nutrition Information Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. Half of all American adults and nearly five million children are overweight. Millions of Americans are at elevated risk...

Interventions for the management of weight and body composition changes in women with breast cancer.
Weight gain and body composition changes are common during the first year after breast cancer diagnosis. Women who are overweight or obese at the time of diagnosis or who gain weight following diagnosis are at higher risk for adverse clinical outcomes. Unhealthy weight conditions, compounded or caused by weight...

LIME Launches 'Green' Ad Network.
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 April 2007-LIME Launches 'Green' Ad Network(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com LIME has launched what it calls the first-ever "green" ad network that will provide advertisers with a one-stop-shopping opportunity to reach the burgeoning green market. Called LIME Ad Network, it is made up of...