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Diet, fitness and preventing dementia

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

BelliesYou know, lately it seems like EVERYTHING can prevent dementia from diet to fitness to coffee to…you only have to check out the news to see what’s the latest cure. 

Today, I want to direct you to:

….That Buddha belly makes your jeans tight.

That paunch gets in the way when you bend over for the change in the candy machine.

And now a new study warns that a large belly in midlife could raise our risk of dementia when we’re old.

The study, begun in the 1960s, concluded that people who were both obese and had a big belly were three times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia in their 70s and 80s than those of normal weight and belly size.

And, because the dementia risk nearly doubled in people who were considered a healthy weight but had large waists, researchers concluded that it matters where you carry your weight …..MORE….

Now, if you’re blogging about diet or fitness, the above article would be a great source for you to write about your achievements and ideas and goals etc.   Remember, one of the easiest ways to blog is to find something human-interest that relates to your topic…and then draw your readers in by your own story-telling.

Here are more resources for this particular discovery:

Hope the above is useful.

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

Like this post? Please feel free to Digg It - I very much appreciate your time!

ps - speaking about prevention:

 

Blog about tracking your calories via calorie counters

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Calorie CountersMorning!

Need some useful resources to share with your blog readers?  One of the most popular concepts out there in diet/fitness land is that of counting calories.  Everyone who is on a diet counts calories at least once in their life!

Here are some of the more popular ones:

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How to easily add Flickr photos to your diet or fitness blog

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Easy ButtonMorning!

A picture is worth a thousand words…and did you know that Flickr has millions of photos you can use under the creative commons license?

And not only that, but you can include them in your blog postings as well?

I know, I know - truly this is joy beyond imagining!  Here’s how to do it. (more…)

Making money with your diet and fitness blog - Google Adsense

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

AdsenseMorning!

Have you ever visited a blog and see those cute little Ads by Google on them?

The good news for those happy blog owners is, when such ads are clicked, they get money.  Joy!

The bad news for those unhappy blog owners is, the diet/fitness niche doesn’t really deliver a whole big huge sweeping amount of moola.  Mesothelioma, now, that’s huge, as is DWI driving in Texas ads….but diet and fitness?  Nope, not by a long shot.  Still, you WILL get (more…)

March 26th - National 300 Pushups Day (and other unique blogging ideas you can use)

Monday, March 24th, 2008

National 300 Pushups Day

Morning!

Did you know that March 26th is National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day?  And that March 28th is Something on a Stick Day?

No?

Well, do you realize this gives you rather unique ideas for writing your diet or fitness blog?

I’m taking advantage of that myself, of course.  Since I’ve recently realized that my physical abilites have gone, ahem, in the downwards direction, I’m trying to improve my all-around upper body strength.  Thus, I’ve designated March 26th to be: (more…)

Grab more readers today - Easter and Purim Holiday Diet, Health and Fitness Tips

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Howdy all,

Today is Easter and Purim! 

And if you’re maintaining a diet or fitness blog, you have an EXCELLENT opportunity to write about something your readers will adore.

If you’re focusing on diet, you can research about for your particular diet recipes…and include links to helpful cooking sites.  For example, check out these goodies:

Finding relevant content is quite easy - just

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Why you want to adore Digg

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Morning!

Digg This!

If you’ve been in the diet/fitness blogging arenas for more than 2.7 seconds, you’ve probably heard of social networking; it the ability of people to share and communicate their favorite resources and help one another out.

Today I’d like to talk about Digg with you.  Digg is a social network that lets readers submit sites of which they approve…but it can be so much more for you!

When readers want to submit your post,  they  usually  look for the nifty cool DIGG button that’s hopefully blazingly obvious (you can see an example over at (more…)

Blogger.com tips for those with a diet/fitness blog already on Blogspot

Friday, March 21st, 2008

So you’re already blogging on Blogger.com?

Thanks Blogger.com
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I’ve noticed that many diet/fitness bloggers use Blogger.com for their daily musings.  I’m a Wordpress person myself, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t search out (more…)

How to start a diet blog

Thursday, March 20th, 2008
So you’ve lost some weight or are in the process of doing so…
and you want to start a blog about it.
day 2 of 30 - 134 lbs
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Congrats to you!  Losing weight is truly a hero’s journey…it’s something that requires a great amount of personal determination and effort.  Having lost 45+ pounds myself, I certainly know from where you are coming!

Starting a blog is very very easy.  You can either choose to grab a free blogging platform at (more…)


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