This Entry is all about Obesity and Chuck Norris

The great city of Los Angeles has identified the link between, the obesity rate and the amount of public city parks. Maybe other cities would start to take notice, Houston are you listening?

LA study links child obesity to poverty, lack of parks

LOS ANGELES -- Health officials say affluent communities with public parks have the lowest rates of child obesity. By contrast, the new Los Angeles County Department of Public Health report shows there are more overweight kids in cities with larger numbers of low-income residents, such as Hawthorne, Lawndale, Carson and Gardena.The county's chief medical officer Dr. Jonathon Fielding says the study shows "poverty is one of the determinants of obesity."The county used information on obesity rates from the California Department of Education and compared it with unemployment rates, education levels and households incomes.The report also factored in amounts of park and recreation space.





"Fattening and obesity are caused by an imbalance-a disequilibrium-in the hormonal regulation of adipose tissue and fat metabolism. Fat synthesis and storage exceed the mobilization of fat from the adipose tissue and its subsequent oxidation. We become leaner when the hormonal regulation of the fat tissue reverses this balance". -Gary Taubes-

Has anyone read the book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes.
Gary Taubes reached concluded that public health data has been misinterpreted to mark dietary fat and cholesterol as the primary causes of coronary heart disease(Publishers Weekly, 2007). Essentially the cause of Obesity and modern desieses inst the amout of food people are eating, but what they are eating."

Here is a video, from "Larry King Live" with Gary Taubes as their guest.


This book seems to have many similarities with the PALEOLITHIC DIET
Its been around for years. pun intended A YOUTUBE Documentry for those of you, who dont want to read


The Men Who Run Forever
The Tarahumara native Americans located in northern Mexico are able to run long distances(60 miles) with sandals and on a diet of corn. Almost no Tarahumara men will be killed by heart disease, stroke, and gastrointestinal cancers. If you are into running or interested in general fitness here is the article out of the July 2006 Mens Health

Is the republican presidential race, really this wide open? Chuck Norris=Votes, maybe? Great ad tho