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I’ve noticed that my skin has been fairly clear over the last few weeks. This is important because I usually have horrible breakouts, especially just prior to that special time of the month that only women experience.
I’ve been doing some research on the benefits of zinc oxide in relation to skin [...]
Categories: Alternative Health
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Tags: Acne, Desitin, The Zone, Zinc Oxide
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Many wonderful, mountain biking-related opportunities occurred this past weekend:
National Trails Day;
High Country Pathway ride and camping trip;
Hanson Hills CPS race.
I did not participate in any of these events. It’s really quite sad.
I’ve participated in National Trails Day activities since I began doing trail work in 2007. I was absent, this past [...]
Categories: Illness
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I was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday – truly surprised. I was heading into East Lansing to see a friend play at a local brew pub. It’s a nicer place, so I could dress up a little bit.
I decided to try on some denim shorts that haven’t fit me since last [...]
Categories: Weight Loss
| Tags: The Zone, Weight Loss
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This article was first published on August 12, 2009 as part of my Examiner column.
Weight-bearing exercise is recommended because it promotes bone health and slows the development of osteoporosis, which is the decrease of bone density due to mineral loss. According to the article, “Exercising with osteoporosis: Stay active the safe way,” by [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Health, Mountain Biking, Weight Bearing Activity
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Weight loss is incredibly frustrating. Some of us are just more prone to gaining weight than others. There are women who can pop out three kids, eat whatever they want, and still look like bombshells. Then there is me. I so much as look at a nut and my Polish body [...]
Categories: Weight Loss
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I’ve been dreaming.
This is of significance because I haven’t really been dreaming, lately. Call it stress, lack of exercise, lack of healthy food, whatever; the fact is I haven’t been dreaming because I haven’t been healthy.
Yesterday, for the first time in a while, I didn’t wake up feeling like I absolutely needed my [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Dreams, REM Sleep, Sleep Hygiene
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I find it ironic how, after the day that I wrote several LiveStrong.com articles about heart-healthy diets, I receive my life insurance blood test results with a heart-healthy flag.
While my HDL (good) and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels are normal, my overall cholesterol is 16 points too high. [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Cholesterol, Heart-Healthy Diet, Liver Function Tests (LFTs)
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I spent the last month fighting a condition that created a lot of pain and bleeding for me: chapped lips. I know. It’s weird.
It started about the time of Ore to Shore. I headed to Lakeview Arena to get my registration packet and meet my friends, Ali. Ali presented me [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Chapped Lips, Cheilitis, Toothpaste
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It has been my personal opinion, for quite some time, that mountain biking is a weight-bearing activity. I’ve had many mountain bikers refute this because, after all, we are just cyclists. We sit and we pedal. I call shenanigans.
I know that I stand a lot when I ride. I [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
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Today, we’re going to take a little break in the Fourth of July Weekend series. I have more to tell, but I want to share something else, today.
Many of you are readers of the Fat Cyclist. As many of you know, Fatty’s wife is battling cancer. Her cancer set something pretty amazing [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Examiner, Fat Cyclist, Lance Armstrong Foundation
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