Archive for February 7th, 2012

Shay Weigh In!


I’ve lost 11.8 pounds!

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Who To Follow on Twitter: Health News

followmebird 2 Who To Follow on Twitter: Health NewsA feed of real-time information from newspapers, celebrities, politicians, and sports teams makes Twitter a continuous newswire. Credible sources? Perhaps not always; but the popular social network is certainly a great place to get updates and articles from your favorite users.

If you have yet to give in to the Twitterverse, here’s how it works: after creating an account you can choose to follow other users based on your interests or your field of work, or just follow friends and family. You’ll then be able to see their tweets (140-character updates) all on one page. Many tweets include links to articles or other websites, or even photos or videos. Here at Integrative Nutrition, we use Twitter to stay in touch with our students and grads, read articles from our nutrition experts, plus follow major news outlets and organizations to stay in the know about current events related to health and wellness.

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Fitness Foods: High Protein Lunch Recipes

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Authored by Amazon Best Selling Author Gloria Elizabeth Livingston.

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Heart Hormone Linked to Calorie-Burning Brown Fat

Research Could Lead to Obesity Treatment Down the Road

Feb. 6, 2012 — You may have heard about brown fat — a unique type of fat that acts like a furnace in the body to burn calories instead of storing them as excess weight.

Adults don’t have much brown fat, but a new study suggests that hormones produced by the heart just might help them make more.

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