Welcome to the 2nd "Healthy eating, diet & fitness blog carnival." A blog carnival is one way of letting you in on links to other great articles posted recently on a particular topic. In this case, the topic is Healthy Eating, Dieting & Fitness.
Fitness
RT presents Beautiful Abs. "Here are some rules that you must follow if you want to start blasting your Abs." You should know I LOVE this fitness site, and there is much more to this article on "sculpting" your abs ... read more »
Muse presents Marathon dreams. Muse reminisces about her dreams of running marathons and points to this MSNBC article that talks about how "running less than 40 miles per week prior to running a marathon leads to temporary heart muscle weakness." ... read more »
Healthy Eating
Brian presents A moment on Artificial Sweeteners. Brian talks about why he prefers liquid Splenda and Stevia ... read more »
Elaine Magee from WebMD Healthy Recipe Doctor presents Magnesium Deserves Respect Too. "We all know calcium is vital to our health, but the mineral, magnesium ... is involved in biochemical reactions that keep our bones strong, keep our heart rhythm healthy, and our nervous system functioning smoothly ... But only about 32% of the U.S. population met the recommended daily intake for magnesium." Uh-oh ... read more »
Midnight Raider presents Trim Your Tummy By Avoiding Trans Fats. Midnight Raider talks about "a Web MD report on a Wake Forest University study that found a diet full of trans fats packs on more pounds than a diet full of unsaturated fats like olive oil. And, according to the researchers, trans fats not only increase weight gain--they actually move fat from other parts of your body to your belly!" Uh-oh ... read more »
Dieting and Self Image
Sally presents Summer Dieting. "I'm on that diet again. The one where I hope to fit in to those clothes in time for my holiday!" I can so relate! Good luck Sally - I'm rooting for you ... read more about Sally's journey »
Midnight Raider presents The "Eat What You Want" Diet. "These days, many diet and health professionals suggest we eat what we want when the craving strikes. In fact, a CNN article suggests that folks who don't give into their cravings actually consume more calories overall, because we're eating unsatisfying foods." This would never work for me since I have no willpower, but it's definitely an interesting concept ... read more »
Joel Fuhrman, MD presents Disease Proof: The Fallacy of the Metabolic Type Questionnaire. In this article Dr. Fuhrman examines some of the fallacies of Dr. Joseph Mercola's diet strategy, which involves filling out a questionnaire which is heavily focused on your feelings after you eat meat to determine what you should be eating. This article and the comments are very interesting and highly recommended ... read more »
Nick Schweitzer presents Needing vs. Wanting to Lose Weight. "One of the indicators I use is listening to their reasons for losing weight ... It's either "I really need to lose weight" or "I want to lose weight". In my experience, people who need to lose weight rarely do. People who want to lose weight are much more successful." Harsh words? Maybe, but interesting observation ... read more »
That concludes this edition of the Healthy Eating, Diet & Fitness Blog Carnival. If you would like to submit your blog article to the next edition of, go to our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Elaine
Great carnival, thanks for including me.
Ross
Darn - missed it again! Can you believe it!
Definitely booking in for next time....
Hope all is well with you Tanya
Ross