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Training effect climbing 7 flights of stairs in 2.5 minutes?
I work on the 7th floor of an office building and it takes me about 2.5 minutes to walk up the stairs at a normal walking pace. My heart is beating fast by the time I get to the top and I need to take a moment to catch my breath. I don't do this with much regularity and I'm wondering if it would be good for me to do so.…
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Pot roast: stove top, oven, or slow cooker?
I love pot roast but I've never made it before. I don't own an oven safe pot or a slow cooker, but I'm willing to purchase them. I do have a big soup pot I could try making stove top pot roast in. (The pot has plastic handles, hence, not oven safe.) My question is, what are the pros and cons of cooking pot roast on the…
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Vegan!!!
JP Sears has me thinking of becoming vegan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvdf6e8birI
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FDA Criteria for "Healthy"
I stumbled across an interesting article: FDA: Kind bars not so kind to your health http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fda-kind-bars-not-so-kind-to-your-health/article/2563046 Excerpts: * The Food and Drug Administration is tearing into several Kind fruit and nut bars, blasting the company's claims they are healthy... *…
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Is processed meat safe? (bacon, sausage, cold cuts...)
Big debate going on in the litter box about "the assertion that there is no bad food." http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10115316/the-assertion-that-there-is-no-bad-food The OP includes a reference to an MFP blog about processed meats. In the blog they cited this AICR article:…
