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Give the knee a firm leg up

The knees may not always be the first to go: Hair, vision and the ability to locate one’s keys may precede them.
But when knees go bad, as they do so often in mid-life and beyond, costs and consequences can be severe: Knee injuries and osteoarthritis of the knee are major causes of disability in […]

Why is saturated fat inflammatory?

Q. In the IF Rating system, saturated fat is considered to be inflammatory. What is this based on?
A. First, why do we care whether foods are inflammatory? Because chronic, low-level inflammation has been linked to an increased risk of many diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, IBS, and depression.
If you’ve […]

The path to health, happiness

Gary Todd’s life has been scarred by tragedy.
In 1982, his wife died in a car accident during a severe rainstorm. In 1995, his 18-year-old daughter was killed when a truck in which she was a passenger crashed.
PHOTOS: http://www.usatoday.com//news/gallery/2007/n070305_wlc/flash.htm
Todd, 53, of Opelika, Ala., says he dealt with his grief and depression by overeating. […]

The A-list ladies looking swell

Kate Winslet
Curvy Kate, 31, admits she is never going to be a stick insect, and her generous frame also means she has size 11 feet. She has never been afraid to bare her voluptuous figure, as demonstrated by her roles in Titanic, Romance and Cigarettes and, more recently, Little Children.
Food philosophy ‘I’m certainly […]

Donors hope plastinated bodies educate

DALLAS (AP) Stace Owens has no intention of leaving this world when he dies. He plans to stick around for decades or longer, preserved in plastic and displayed in a museum or medical school.
The 33-year-old real estate agent from Dallas is among more than 7,000 people who have agreed to donate their bodies […]