This category defines the METRO market in addition to all other categories. Articles Archive
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by Marianne McGinnis
- Issue September 2008
Even seemingly innocuous activities—from carrying groceries to picking up that lucky penny from the sidewalk—can lead to wrenched necks, aching backs, or even painful falls.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue September 2008
When you’re pregnant, you worry about anything that could potentially affect your baby’s health.
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by Stephanie Stephens
- Issue September 2008
Cathi Lee’s weekly agenda used to include planned “action items” like: “Sunday: four chocolate whoopie pies with vanilla topping. Tuesday: Big Mac with large fries.”
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue September 2008
You’ve heard about the benefits of omega-3s, the good fats found in fish: They build babies’ brains, boost teens’ mental health, and protect adults against heart attack, stroke, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and even overweight.
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue September 2008
Simplicity and freshness are the hallmarks of Greek cuisine, which is why these dishes are appealing and healthy options when you’re trying to get good food on the table quickly.
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by Daryn Eller
- Issue September 2008
It’s been a few years since the word superfood, coined to describe those edibles that have standout disease-fighting properties, first entered the lexicon.
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by Elizabeth Somer, RD
- Issue July 2008
If my cookbook shelf had room for only seven books, these would be on it. Each boasts reliably delicious (and mostly healthy) recipes, sensible instructions that even inexperienced cooks can follow, and easy-to-find ingredients.
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by Sara Altshul
- Issue July 2008
If you’ve ever walked through a forest, breathed deeply, and felt serenity wash over you like a pine-scented breeze, then you’ve practiced the Japanese art of Shinrin-yoku.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
Women aren’t wimps they just have more of the nerve receptors that carry pain signals to the brain.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
In an online survey of 52,000 people, 43 percent of women and 23 percent of men admitted they were interested in cosmetic surgery, liposuction, or both.
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by Michael Tennesen
- Issue July 2008
As a journalist who covers both science and health, I get to travel to some exotic places.
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by Mike Mejia
- Issue July 2008
If your workout bores you to tears, it may be causing more serious problems than you realize. Doing the same exercises all the time can create everything from postural and strength imbalances to burnout, which may lead to skipping regular exercise altogether.
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by Sarah Mahoney
- Issue July 2008
It’s midmorning, and I’m trying to write a really good first sentence.
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue July 2008
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue July 2008
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
Women who vacationed once or twice a year were half as likely to feel depressed or stressed out as those who enjoyed less frequent R&R.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
Self-professed chocoholics are metabolically different from people indifferent to the divine cacao confection.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
Experts recommend that women age 30 and older get a double check for cervical cancer: a traditional Pap test, which looks for cancerous or precancerous cells, plus the newer HPV-DNA test, which detects the 13 strains of the human papillomavirus that can cause cervical cancer.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue July 2008
Using spray cleaners in your home just once a week could raise your asthma risk by 30 to 50 percent, Spanish researchers say.
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by Amy Miller
- Issue July 2008
When Rita Laffey and her best friends go out for “girls’ night” dinners once a month, they sometimes order so much they joke that they could be food critics.
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by Julie A. Evans
- Issue July 2008
In 1996, Lanita Moss, then 32, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer called Paget’s disease.
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue July 2008
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue July 2008
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by Meredith Deeds
- Issue July 2008
Cooking with wine is a wonderful way to enhance flavor without adding extra fat.
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by Robin Warshaw
- Issue July 2008
For years, we’ve been warned to treat many of the foods we love as if they were marked with a skull and crossbones.
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by Suzanne Schlosberg
- Issue July 2008
Fretting about calories—how many we’re eating, how many we’re burning, how many we’ve saved by ordering the chicken grilled instead of fried—is practically a national pastime.
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by Sara Altshul
- Issue July 2008
Here’s one powerful antioxidant you’re not going to find in the produce section.
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by Adrienne Greer Foley
- Issue July 2008
No longer are Minnesotans satisfied just watching the The Biggest Loser on TV. Now they’re organizing at-work versions of the popular NBC program.
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by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
- Issue July 2008
At midday, do you crave a comfort meal packed with flavor and nutrition? Or is tasty but calorically virtuous fare what you seek? Either way, you’ll find it in these five best-bet spots for lunch.
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by Kay Harvey
- Issue July 2008
Centenarians in remote corners of the world are doing physically active work every day, enjoying spirited gatherings with friends, and offering us a new model of health and longevity.
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by Jay Gabler
- Issue July 2008
What’s your favorite summer thing to do in the Twin Cities?
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by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
- Issue June 2008
The new buzzword in the health- and eco-conscious community is locavore, a term for people who eat foods grown within 100 miles of their homes.
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by Kate Dailey
- Issue May 2008
5 common beliefs get a dose of reality
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by Suzanne Schlosberg
- Issue May 2008
If you think dieting success depends on discipline and willpower, you probably still have a few pounds to lose and a couple of things to learn.
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by Selene Yeager
- Issue May 2008
You can beat “sitting disease” by getting off your duff. Here are 7 ways to put a little movement in your life
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by Angela Braden
- Issue May 2008
I thought it was just a pimple. It appeared on the back of my leg the day after I went swimming in our community pool.
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by Marianne McGinnis
- Issue March 2008
Don’t have 6 hours to exercise like the contestants on The Biggest Loser? Not a problem: You need only 10 minutes here and there to get great results.
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by Susan Flagg Godbey
- Issue March 2008
WELCOME to your first edition of Better Health & Living!
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by Linda Formichelli
- Issue December 2007
We all know an energy vampire—a friend who buffets us with tales of woe, a coworker who whines more than a lost puppy, an acquaintance who has to top everything we say or do.
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by Elizabeth Somer, RD
- Issue October 2007
I just know that if I miss my daily supplements, I’m destined for some unknown health disaster; I just don’t feel completely safe without them.
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by Sarah Mahoney
- Issue October 2007
Jenna Druck was 21, traveling in India during a semester abroad, when she was killed in a bus accident. Her father, Ken, didn’t think he’d ever get over his anger—at God, at the universe, at anyone who hadn’t lost a child.
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by Sara Altshul
- Issue August 2007
The next time you need a break, try this fragrant stress-relieving ritual, guaranteed to send you on an instant retreat.
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by Linda Formichelli
- Issue July 2007
Life coaches and career experts everywhere urge you to follow your bliss and do what you love.
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue April 2007
Sipping 6 to 8 ounces of juice, a day, brings you one serving closer to reaching your fruit-and-veggie quotient—which is good news
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by Sarí Harrar
- Issue April 2007
Hampton, 58, a real estate agent and insurance broker from Cynthiana, Kentucky, took his last sleeping pill on November 21, 2005.
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by Carol Krucoff
- Issue January 2007
Most people lose their cool when forced to wait more than 5 minutes on hold or 15 minutes in line, according to an Associated Press poll.
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by Julie A. Evans
- Issue January 2007
Bellyache. Dizziness. Confusion. Constipation. All pretty harmless conditions that everyone has at one time or another.
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by Megan Otherson-Gorman
- Issue April 2006
Pessimists see the glass as half empty, optimists as half full. And when it comes to your health, science now says, how you judge the volume in that glass could be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
